Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Quick Thank You

I knew it was coming up, but looking back to my original post, it seems that tomorrow is the one year  anniversary of this very blog.  I'm honestly astonished that I've kept at it so long, and with relative consistency.  When I started, I told myself that this would be a place I could unpack my brain a bit, keep all of my research in one place (well, some of it at least), and keep filling up blank spaces on a computer screen to constantly work on finding my voice and improving my writing (not sure if that last bit has happened, but you gotta have goals).
    Along the way I found that one of the joys of blogging come from being discovered by someone new.  My audience is small enough that I can usually tell from the statistics when someone new finds my work (my assumption is that it is they who delve into my back catalogue).  I treasure my regular readers, but you can't tell who reads a whole post, or takes their time mulling over my musings.  Each hit could simply be someone clicking over by mistake... What?  My self image is fine.
    Currently, I'm ramping up to start work on my next novel.  I know, I know, you all want to know where you can send money to get the first one.  Patience, my lovelies.  We all must have patience.  I'm told by myriad reputable sources that many early attempts either take time to be recognized, or may remain locked in a trunk for eternity.  My creative aspect doesn't really care, I'll just keep writing, so I'll have a bunch ready for publication whenever I'm discovered (see? I told you my self image was fine).  The point is, I should have loads of new fodder for posting starting to flow very soon, but I would still like to know what you, my audience, is interested in.  Do you like History?  Science?  Musings on the industry?  Perhaps you'd like updates on my Ultimate Frisbee pickup sessions.  While this is my space to work in, I'd like you to feel at home here too.
    You know, it's funny, I set out to create this blog on the advice of other writers, to get my name out into the world, but then set out to routinely undercut this end.  I only ever posted about it once on FB.   I tell my friends about it sometimes, but only send them links to it when they specifically ask.  What I'm trying to say is that it's a small miracle that I've achieved having even ten visitors a day for the past year, but I really want to thank those of you who take the time out of your day to read my thoughts.  You don't know how much your support means to me.
    Now go out there and tell all of your friends.  ; ).

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