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September 30, 2013
When I started this blog, I didn’t know what I would write about. I knew I wanted your help keeping me accountable – which you have done multiple times now – but in between that I didn’t know what I would write about. I just winged it. Well, I’ve figured it out. I realized that I’ve been spending too much time writing posts for other writers, when I should really be writing posts for readers. Productivity tips and motivational posts are...
July 30, 2013
I started blogging at Random Curiosity on January 1st, 2012. Assuming two shows a season (I often did more) at 1,000 words per post (that’s very conservative for some seasons), I’ve published at least 150 posts that totaled 150,000 words. Add in season previews, introducing other shows, editorials, and the two particularly impressive posts that totaled 41,000 words alone – not to mention the nearly 50 posts I’ve done since I started this blog – and I’ve easily written as much as...
May 15, 2013
Last night I edited both my novel and a My Way or the Anime post, and I was struck by the differences between the two. Editing a blog post is easy. With a deadline close at hand, the incentives to stop screwing around and finish are high. The ephemeral nature of the format also means less editing is required. If I phrase something awkwardly in a blog post, that’s okay – there’ll be another one next week. The emphasis is on putting...
May 12, 2013
Why a new site? For a while now I’ve blogged at Random Curiosity, both episodically and under editorials that once carried the Stilts Out Loud name. That’s no more – those editorials are now known as My Way or the Anime (as more than half of them were called anyway), with this site inheriting the Stilts Out Loud name. But why? Anime is a passion of mine, but it’s not the only one. The reason I wanted to write for...