Alas, with the beginning of a school year comes change
I don't know if you guys care about this, but I'm going to blog it.
For me, the beginning of a school year is like New Year's and Lent. It's a time to restart, try to lose some weight, or refocus. It's also a time for me to sacrifice some things I love, but know are ultimately bad for me.
Like blogs.
No, not like blogging. I'm still going to keep this going. But my life's about to go from lazy to busy very quickly.
All summer I've been following the blogs, mailing lists, and Twitters. And this summer--more than usual--it's seemed the blogs have exploded in controversy. Whether it's the CSI guy writing a book/movie/seizure waiting to happen. Or certain writers going off on other writers for writing what they feel is a bad book. Or whether a good critique is personal or not.
It was like crack to me. I read every comment, emailed them to other people. Laughed at them, got angry at them, worried about them. And it slowed me way down.
I'm writing two books right now. I'm 90 pages into a standalone and 120 into Donne #3. I have to focus on those. I have to focus on work, my life, my girlfriend, TV shows I missed, reading. All that good stuff.
So I'm cutting it all out. I'm not going to read as many blogs (mostly cutting out the ones that draw drama). I've trimmed CrimeSpot from my bookmarks. I gone "No Mail" on all the mailing lists. I've cut the amount of Twitters I get on my phone down to a few close friends.
It's time. I'll miss it, I'm sure. And hopefully, I'll be back at some point. But for right now I have to refocus.
And let's be honest, what am I going to miss? How many times can I read about "How to Write a Sex Scene" (apparently there are no other scenes to write), or "How Great Ken Breun is" (Ken I love ya and your books, but apparently so does EVERY OTHER BLOG), or the greatness that is Barry Eisler's hair.
I'll keep updating this blog... (Look for updates on sex scenes and Ken) about as often as I usually do. Live blogs of movies. Comments on Rutgers football and basketball. My thoughts on writing, if I have any... I'm just not going to follow everything else.
So... lemme know if I miss something good... will ya?
For me, the beginning of a school year is like New Year's and Lent. It's a time to restart, try to lose some weight, or refocus. It's also a time for me to sacrifice some things I love, but know are ultimately bad for me.
Like blogs.
No, not like blogging. I'm still going to keep this going. But my life's about to go from lazy to busy very quickly.
All summer I've been following the blogs, mailing lists, and Twitters. And this summer--more than usual--it's seemed the blogs have exploded in controversy. Whether it's the CSI guy writing a book/movie/seizure waiting to happen. Or certain writers going off on other writers for writing what they feel is a bad book. Or whether a good critique is personal or not.
It was like crack to me. I read every comment, emailed them to other people. Laughed at them, got angry at them, worried about them. And it slowed me way down.
I'm writing two books right now. I'm 90 pages into a standalone and 120 into Donne #3. I have to focus on those. I have to focus on work, my life, my girlfriend, TV shows I missed, reading. All that good stuff.
So I'm cutting it all out. I'm not going to read as many blogs (mostly cutting out the ones that draw drama). I've trimmed CrimeSpot from my bookmarks. I gone "No Mail" on all the mailing lists. I've cut the amount of Twitters I get on my phone down to a few close friends.
It's time. I'll miss it, I'm sure. And hopefully, I'll be back at some point. But for right now I have to refocus.
And let's be honest, what am I going to miss? How many times can I read about "How to Write a Sex Scene" (apparently there are no other scenes to write), or "How Great Ken Breun is" (Ken I love ya and your books, but apparently so does EVERY OTHER BLOG), or the greatness that is Barry Eisler's hair.
I'll keep updating this blog... (Look for updates on sex scenes and Ken) about as often as I usually do. Live blogs of movies. Comments on Rutgers football and basketball. My thoughts on writing, if I have any... I'm just not going to follow everything else.
So... lemme know if I miss something good... will ya?
Labels: Blogs, Jackson Donne, Ken Bruen, Sex Scenes, Standalone, Writing
posted by Dave White at 10:35 AM
4 Comments:
Barry definitely has great hair, but so does Marcus. Cage Match?
The fewer blogs you read, the more you'll realize what a waste of time they are. Think of all the stuff you'll get done with the time you save.
How can you honestly say blogs are a wate of time, they...
OMG!
FLipRbabEe.blogspot.com just Sarah Palin is a VPILF. She totally is!
I've trimmed CrimeSpot from my bookmarks.
Dude, you need to focus on the nonessentials first. Drop the girlfriend.
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