an update on new directions

I’ve been having a great time with my new blog/website/brand-portal, posting links and talking about general thoughts on various semi-related topics, but now that I’ve got a few entries under my belt I’m going to change directions a little bit. First, I’m not going to be posting as frequently as I have been. Second, I’m (thinking about) talking more about my book-in-progress. Why? Because I’ve reworked it (and by “it” I mean the plot/story/theme/approach/pov/characters, etc.) a little bit (a tweak or two here and there), and today I began working on the new draft regularly and in earnest. There’s a part of me that wants to use this site to discuss thoughts and ideas I have regarding the writing process, mostly because it’s a convenient space to work through any issues I might be grappling with at the time, and I think that would be an interesting experiment, to in effect liveblog the struggle of writing a book. I don’t know exactly what that would mean yet, and I don’t know if that’s something I can actually do (I don’t want to give much away about the specific plot details, and some of the issues I’m dealing with are personal in nature.), but it’s the mindset I’ve adopted going forth, and at the very least it’ll be interesting to see what happens. I think the key to success in blogging and writing in general is that you can’t concern yourself with what people are going to think, or put too much weight behind your expectations about where a given piece/project is going. “It’s all about the journey. Man.”

We’ll see. If I change my mind at any point I’ll be sure and turn it into an entry, like this.

whataworld

I had a long, long day today, and didn’t have the energy to finish the long entry I’ve been working on. I’ll post it next week. So instead of doing a post of my own today, I’m going to share something I found on the internet. Warning: it’s one of those things that makes you look up from your macbook at the local coffee shop and study the other patrons: I wonder how many of them know the definition of frugal?