Where I've Been
I've been meaning to post this here for a while, but my cynical Irish side has convinced me to hold off in case of disaster. I've managed to distract him with beer and song long enough to pull this together.
About a month ago, I decided I needed to improve my writing. There was no specific catalyst for this, but rather an accumulation of small things. I didn't want to make a big deal of it, since it was more of a challenge to myself than anything else, but I was lookign to write more often, and more consistently, so I set myself the challenge of wring one blog post every weekday.
I'd made commitments like that to myself before, and I didn't want to sabotage myself, nor did I want to draw too much attention to it for fear I'd flub it, so i decided to take it over to my little used blogger account. The decision to go to blogger was one driven by two simple technical limitations. First, I can't reach livejournal during the workday, and with the kid at home, my evening access is spotty. Second, I needed to be to work on several posts at once, and schedule their release when appropriate. Those two factors demanded I use another platform, and choosing blogger over wordpress was more or less a coinflip.
Much to my surprise, I've been successful.
So, as long as I hold it up, I'm writing over there now. It's been a month, and while they're not all winners, I think there have been a few solid hits along the way. I'll still be hanging around here, and if I'm not a total slacker I'll try to start putting pointers up when something bears notice. I will also be finding my way back here for more casual writing - as I write more, I find it grows easier, but not everything I'd want to write belongs in the same place. Some things are just better suited to LJ, simple as that.
So, thank you all, and sorry about going silent for so long with no warning.
About a month ago, I decided I needed to improve my writing. There was no specific catalyst for this, but rather an accumulation of small things. I didn't want to make a big deal of it, since it was more of a challenge to myself than anything else, but I was lookign to write more often, and more consistently, so I set myself the challenge of wring one blog post every weekday.
I'd made commitments like that to myself before, and I didn't want to sabotage myself, nor did I want to draw too much attention to it for fear I'd flub it, so i decided to take it over to my little used blogger account. The decision to go to blogger was one driven by two simple technical limitations. First, I can't reach livejournal during the workday, and with the kid at home, my evening access is spotty. Second, I needed to be to work on several posts at once, and schedule their release when appropriate. Those two factors demanded I use another platform, and choosing blogger over wordpress was more or less a coinflip.
Much to my surprise, I've been successful.
So, as long as I hold it up, I'm writing over there now. It's been a month, and while they're not all winners, I think there have been a few solid hits along the way. I'll still be hanging around here, and if I'm not a total slacker I'll try to start putting pointers up when something bears notice. I will also be finding my way back here for more casual writing - as I write more, I find it grows easier, but not everything I'd want to write belongs in the same place. Some things are just better suited to LJ, simple as that.
So, thank you all, and sorry about going silent for so long with no warning.