A Blog About Nothing

Hello, friends!

Due to the unprecedented success of my first blog post (five followers -- that's two more than predicted!), I have decided to post again, so as not to let it get lonely. I wasn't going to post again so soon. In fact, I had a long chat with myself about the whole thing.

"Self," I said. "Why do you want to bother these people? They're your friends, and they're just trying to support you; why would you take advantage of their kindness by flooding their inboxes with your inane drivel?" (And yes, I do speak to myself as though I were an intellectual, even though I know better.)

Before I could rebut, I found myself continuing. "And another thing, if you post twice in one week, they might expect this pace to continue. They probably don't have the time and energy to read so much, and you definitely don't have it to write. Suppose you did -- what would you say? You don't really have that much to say in general, and certainly not about writing."

I continued to berate myself until I told myself to shove it because it's my party and I'll post if I want to! It seems to me that having a single blog post is just a bit ridiculous, and as you all are already my friends (and you are, just so you know. Whether I've met you or not, and this is not a distinction I take lightly), I felt that a personal update wouldn't be too much of an imposition. (Is anyone else finding my sudden interest in big words unsettling?)

Anyway, in case you were wondering, I was thinking about posting once per week. Saturdays, if possible. I'll try to keep it as art-centric as possible: Post snippets, previews, updates, rants about grammar, etc. If/when I ever find myself in the company of strangers, apart from throwing a party, I'll try to come up with a few more fun things we can do. Contests, guest posts from my online writer friends... blah blah blah.

Sigh. I find myself wanting to tell you everything all at once. What happened to Untouchable, what I'm currently writing, future plans for publishing, future plans for life, current happenings of me (other than sitting up in my bed). Where I'm moving, why, and with whom (and I'd love to ask your advice about how). I want to tell you about my job and my living situation and the serial killer idea I have that nobody likes (mostly because I can never explain it right). But then, as I asked myself before, what would I talk about in future blog posts if I dumped an entire novel on you now? Silly Rabbit, indeed.

So, I ask you, my friends what would you like to see on this blog? Any burning questions amongst the aforementioned topics or others? How often would you expect me to post? Does once per week seem slow to you, or do you think that's the most you'd have time for? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? And who the hell named it a woodchuck in the first place? (Did you just get a mental flash of that commercial, cause I totally did.)

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Lex


P.S. What do you think of this format? Is the text too small? Is having the white box too glaring or cheesy looking? Inquiring minds want to know.