Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no good. It can even be done algorithmically. Writing is process-intensive activity.
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.
Accept diversity and don't take any crap.
Luck favors the people who are willing to grind it out.
My real mantra for my life is "empower others".
You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."