So I have decided to take another shot at the blog thing, once again in a effort to keep my writing a little sharper. Despite the massive failure of my last effort, I did enjoy the process and learned a few things that I hope will make this one a little more successful. Those few who followed my blog will obviously recognize a different website and a different theme. This has been done for two reasons. 1.) Typepad and I had a disagreement on the requirements for them to host my blog. They wanted money, I no longer wanted to pay for a service that is free elsewhere. Hopefully it was an amicable separation. 2.) I am hoping the new digs inspire me to keep up with it and allow me a fresh start. Hopefully no one was too attached to the old site.
Last time around I went to great lengths to keep my identity private, which I think resulted in several goofy entries. Being that I am entertaining several career paths at the moment, one of which happens to be writing, I am going to try and get used to the action of putting my words out there with no anonymity. I am hoping it will force me to stand behind my thoughts and remain aware of the words I am putting out there. I think an important part of writing is the relationship that grows between the writer and the audience and obviously this is hampered when the author builds a wall between the two. In order to facilitate this I will not link to any other blogs whose authors wish to remain anonymous and despite the massive blow it will have to my readership I am fine with not being linked to any as well.
Secondly, in the introductory post of my last blog I put self-imposed restrictions on the topics I was looking to cover. This came back to haunt me as I often had thoughts I wanted to share on a certain topic but felt like I was breaking my word if I chose to write on it. This time I will put no restrictions and I hope I will write on whatever topic I feel like, depending on my perspective that moment.
Lastly, I will keep the constructive criticism I received and try to maintain shorter posts. I recognize that I have a tendency to rant and can often make the simplest subjects seem too long-winded. I will try to keep my thoughts concise here (likely with the occasional long post) and hope that makes it easier for anyone who wants to follow my thoughts. So here goes…..
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Laz // March 14, 2008 at 5:48 am |
Glad to have you back! Keep writing and keep following your heart and you will have a very rich life. Would love to see you write about some of your life experiences and travels and insight into things very few people know. Personally, I think you could write a book entitled “How The U.S. Lost Latin America and Betrayed a Continent.” Even a novelized version of that would be interesting.