I watched startrek before it was cool

I'm returning to this blog after an extended hiatus. My imaginary (for now) audience may be wondering "why did you stop posting?" The answer is simple. I didn't feel like I had anything worth sharing or chronicling except perhaps my fiction. The problem with publishing fiction in a place like this is, three-fold (because I like the phrase and it probably will work here.)
1.) people can copy right any good ideas you post.
2.) You're not as likely to spend time editing, and even if you do you don't have the anxiety of showing editor or publisher to force you to really examine your work, so its easy to be sloppy and not improve.
3.)if you manage to write something of quality despite number 2, and people don't steal your ideas like in 1, You would have just published your excellent idea for all the world to read for free. Making later professional  publishing a head ache if not an exercise in futility.

Thus the Hiatus. But I've come up with something I think I can consistently write about. My Journey as a write. That may be of zero importance to the entire world. But it offers me a new perspective on my writing, yours, or what I imagine my imaginary audiences perspective might be. As I learn to write better and better I can make note of it on here, as a reminder to myself. As I read magazines, listen to podcasts (writing excuses), and any other method of growth, I can share what I've learned, what's stuck with me most and do some live editing.

I was also given the idea of limiting what I share from my as-yet-unpublished works, for two reasons. first it avoids the afore mentioned problems, and secondly, it allows me to get a more targeted feed back. Instead of getting an opinion of a story as a whole I can post a section, scene, or sentence, that will be judged on its own merits. Its true that this will limit the usefulness of the comments as the whole story and purpose will often be lost to the reader, so I may do some explanation before and/or after, as seems fitting.

I've also decided that I will eventually be a published author. In the past this wasn't really a thing a person could truly decide, luck and skill and a market were important factors in getting published. But you can publish an E-Book on amazon now really easily. This isn't my preferred path, and I think I have what it takes to be an excellent and well received writer of speculative fiction novels. So I plan to chronicle my attempts at getting published too, when that comes up.

I don't really seeing this blog having a sizeable audience, but it may be of interest to other aspiring writers, some of my friends and family, and one day maybe my fans. But for now, this is mostly just for me. But please read and comment (always comment!) and share with friends and family that you think might enjoy this, or any enemies you think will hate it! :)
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Geek cred. established.
I'm out
You can know where I am, or you know how fast I'm leaving, but you can't know both.