I’m willing to admit, there’s a few things that make me impatient. I’m not going to go into all of them here, but as this is awards season, I’m going to let you in on one. I hate it when actors complain about how hard it is to act. In the words of one of my friends, who gets much more work that I do, “Oh please. You stand around all day and people bring you food. How hard can it be?”
So, by association, I become impatient when writers talk about how hard it is to write. I admit, having time to write is a luxury. And I’m eternally grateful to the company of folks I work with who have sacrificed to give me these seven weeks. But I’ve promised myself to not write blog posts about how hard it is to maintain a blog. In fact, I’ve promised myself to not reference the act of blogging in an actual post (like I’m doing now.)
So, in a way, I’ve broken a promise. To myself. But that’s okay because I can forgive myself. Now, when Bruce Willis starts in about how hard it was to make Die Hard, well … I change the channel. So those of you who are like-minded, may want to browse elsewhere.
The blog, and the site (and the webpage about the book) are a way to build what publishers call a “platform”. To that end, in an effort to get the word out, I’ve posted six days a week (as per Stephen King), and mentioned in my Facebook status every time I’ve written something new.
Many of you have commented here, but most of you have commented on my Facebook updates. (Or hit the ubiquitous “like” button.) I’m ever grateful for your support. Thanks! Keep it up!
Now, about the “subscribe” button many of you have asked about. After several rounds of technical support, it turns out the development platform I chose to create my website doesn’t support putting a subscribe button on this blog page. Which to me is okay. Here’s why: I write a post every day. If you subscribed, that means I’d be bugging you every day. And my number one goal in writing is to NOT BORE ANYONE. Honest. Don’t want to do it. So, at least for the sabbatical, I’m blogging using website developer. Once the posts become less frequent. (I’m imagining once a week when the sabbatical is over. Twice, tops.) I’ll archive these posts and switch to a development platform that allows you all to subscribe.
I promise.
Last bit of news: The plays still exist as plays, they just aren’t in the collection. (I think it’s better that way.) Also, I have a goal of 90,000 words for a rough draft. Today I passed the 60k mark.
I’m going to celebrate by making falafel.