David has decided since Bouchercon that he and I need another blog devoted to mysteries. I see the thought process, but since I'm so GOOD at keeping at this one that I'm not sure how adding to my things not done list will help.
I started this because I got tired of columnists especially, not really bloggers, complaining about how hard it was to write one column a couple of times a week. I thought that was so bogus. And I wanted to write to them and say I'll do it. Give me the money. And all you whiney famous and rich people--I'll take your money too and try my hand at famous and rich. So this was to be a personal challenge.
I also hated when columnists wrote columns about writing. So this blog was never to devolve into how I couldn't find a topic for the day. Such a really terrible topic. Who cares how hard your job is--just do it. Or as we say here at chez speer--give the money back.
I kinda hoped I'd write more if a "safe" outlet were afforded to me. Nobody really reading it, but something I hoped would be more than a journal. Things I hated. Things I loved. My various rants about politics, grammar, life, the universe, and everything.
So I still have put the butt in the chair issues. It's not topics that elude me. It's motivation. It's doing this instead of twenty other things. Things that might actually improve my quality of life. Like the dishes.
But David will, I'm sure, start this mystery blog. So now there will be 2. God help us.
1 comment:
I totally understand the feeling of "I can do this blog thing!" and then falling off the wagon. But I still like having it available to purge my weirdo thoughts, to put stuff out there if I want. I have to admit, I had aspirations of blogging weekly, too, but alas, I haven't been very good at the follow-through. But whenever you choose to blog (or can work it into the millions of things on your to-do list) I love to read it!
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