I used to have two blogs, one I am still currently contributing to, A Simpler, Greener, Productive Life. The other was a much older blog, Manic Depressed Muse, a very personal blog where I posted random ramblings and observations, along with snippets of stories I was working on.
In October of 2012 I began to work for a public blog that took up a considerable amount of my time. I can't list that blog here, for everyone working at the blog works under non de plume. This is because the blog is about a certain fangirl/boy subject and many of the people involved have professional lives and worry that their work on their "hobby" might one day come back to bite them in the ass. I don't worry about that. I'm unashamed of my pop addiction, but when I signed on as a contributing writer, I was asked not to reveal my real name or to mention it on either of my other blogs. The reasoning is that I used my real name on my personal blogs and that might lead back to their real identities, blah blah blah... you get the picture, right?
That blog took up so much of my time. So much so, that my personal blogs as well as my personal writing, were being neglected. I was also in the middle of facilitating a move from the Southern United States, to the Pacific Northwest. I simply was overwhelmed, overworked, and uninspired. After much angst and over thinking, I decided to delete the older, way more personal blog. It broke my heart to do so. I was really proud of some of the writing I had presented there, but in an impulse decision. I hovered my little arrow on the deactivate button then clicked. POOF! Gone. *hangs head*
Now that the move has been accomplished (I'm three months in my new home) and the time I work on the public blog has become manageable, I have time to do real writing again. Not just posting things on the still functioning blog listed above, but real honest to goodness writing.
I am working on a book. I am super crazy about this book. It's different from anything I have ever set out to do before. I am really stretching myself as a writer. The chapters have been making the rounds throughout my writing circle and the response has be mostly extremely positive. One friend asked why I wasn't just posting the chapters to my blog and sending an update to everyone interested. This way they could link friends and I could build a fan base. Well, damn, this was a great idea, only I had deleted the very blog where that could have been accomplished. Go me.
After much thought and consideration, I decided to create a new blog to show case my writing. I do plan on posting random thoughts and observations, but it will also be a place to show case my work. I plan to post the first few chapters in the very new future. Please note that this is still virgin work, most likely first draft and most assuredly unedited by professionals. While I do want honest feedback, keep it constructive and don't be petty.
