OK, so some of you may wonder where the hell I’ve been, assuming anyone still reads me given my recent vanishing act.
The answer is–well, I’ve been through the wringer. Not quite. Rather, I’ve been in California, which was quite pleasant, though I did miss the Great American Metropolis.
I also lost my major client and so I’ve been looking for work rather more actively than I’ve been writing.
And I had a bit of a case of burnout, something I think is going to be my perpetual inheritance as long as I insist on being the on the Radical side of the fence.
And a lot of other not so great excuses. There you are.
I have been thinking about just how I want to continue in my writing on these subjects. For one thing, I think at least on this blog I may open up just a little bit and do some more personal pieces, or at least personal experience pieces.
My vision for The Second Awakening was always to be an analysis site–there are plenty of places on Ye Olde Blogosphereee where you can get up to date info on how badly the world sucks. I never planned to break news. So I see what I do as catching up on stories and bringing my own view to things.
But one thing I’ve learned in writing these last–sheesh, seven months?–is that I need, or want, or have to if I want the whole analysis thing to work, tie stories and outrages to a larger theoretical framework. This is what Sady at Tiger Beatdown does so seemingly effortlessly, and it’s what I want to learn how to do. (And speaking of the Ol’ Tiger Beatdown, it looks like I’m going to be a semi-demi-occasionally-regular contributor there–yay!)
And also maybe do stuff at Op-Ed length (600-800 words for you aspiring writers) which is not only easier on the brain and fingers, but something that writing for Below the Belt has really trained me how to do.
So…so what, Cat? So this. I do plan to do more writing, here and at other venues. There will be posts! It may take a while to gear back up, but this is what I do. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do (well, that and get paid for it…I’m working on that one.) I’m not giving up anytime soon.