It is time to stop pretending. It is time to stop writing blog posts that go unfinished. It is time to stop feeling the crushing guilt of a neglected blog every time I log into WordPress.
In other words, I’m giving up Exaltation of Larks.
This decision has been a long time coming. While I like blogging and I like talking about writing and reading I’ve discovered that I don’t like blogging about them so much. I love structure and data, which is why I had a lot of fun posting my NaNoWriMo word count and my revision statistics. But I don’t work in such a way where I can keep that sort of blogging up. It ends up being a double-edged sword of sorts. When I’m really into a project and working on it 3+ hours a day, I’m too protective of my time and my progress to blog about it. When I’m not working on a project, I don’t really want to blog about spending 3+ hours playing ModNation Racers or watching an entire season of Army Wives. So that leaves me without stuff to write about 99% of the time.
For the other 1% of time, when I have inspiration for a writing post, it’s from reading someone else’s blog post and all I want to do is point to it and say, “Yes. This. Read this.” A compelling blog entry, that does not make.
And fortunately there’s a platform for that sort of thing. I’ll be keeping up with writing, reading, Doctor Who, and all other things Geek through Tumblr. I’ve used Tumblr off and on for a couple of years and it seems to be the ideal way to casually share a link and a comment without having to come up with a whole blog post about it. I’ll be making more of an effort to post items of interest over there. (Also, if you have a Tumblr page I should follow, please leave a link in the comments.)
I want to say thank you to the readers, commenters, Crusaders, and anyone else who dropped by along the way. I’m honored that you took the time to read my blog and I appreciate each and every one of you.
Best wishes,
Chicklit
