UPDATE (2/14/2008): Yeah, I'm still alive. Yeah, I'm still going to be making a comeback. The gears are in motion. The ball is rolling. You get the point. Bottom line: Yes, this is happening. When? Soon. I'd say probably early March would be a good estimate. The reason why it's been taking so long is for a variety of reasons I won't bore you with because they essentially boil down to "shit happens," but the main one is that I want to make sure that I've thought far enough ahead into the future that I'll be back, better than ever and won't crash again.
ORIGINAL: Hey, just wanted to let everybody who still checks the site occasionally know that I'm toying around with the idea of making a possible comeback. I'm hoping that I'll be able to sort out my life well enough that I'll have time to start putting things out this year, but just know that if I come back, I'm doing it right.
See, before, I would just write an article, then publish it immediately, even making edits long after publishing. That was pretty much when I did my proof reading (though obviously I read my stuff a couple times before clicking "PUBLISH POST"). Anyway, that was a terrible system of doing things.
Now, it's bad not because my articles were so badly written or anything (though I looked back at some of my oldest stuff and I'm noticing errors and ways I could improve, etc) but because I'd never have anything just ready to publish for deadline. I'd just sit down and write it before I needed to post it; I didn't have any stuff written in advance.
And therefore, especially during the decline of WID, I'd keep missing deadline and publishing things days late. Now I'm smarter, so I'll have a handful of things pre-written and will be able to just publish them slowly, always keeping a few things behind-the-scenes until I need them. That's a much more efficient way of doing things.
Well, I just wanted to let you guys in on my writing process a little bit and to let you know that I'm actually itching to write some more stuff. There have been new developments in both the general gaming world and my personal gaming world that I'd love to discuss, as well as some features and other articles and things I'd like to write.
So, to sum up that whole huge spiel, stay tuned for more (hopefully before 2008, but I can't promise it).
ORIGINAL: Hey, just wanted to let everybody who still checks the site occasionally know that I'm toying around with the idea of making a possible comeback. I'm hoping that I'll be able to sort out my life well enough that I'll have time to start putting things out this year, but just know that if I come back, I'm doing it right.
See, before, I would just write an article, then publish it immediately, even making edits long after publishing. That was pretty much when I did my proof reading (though obviously I read my stuff a couple times before clicking "PUBLISH POST"). Anyway, that was a terrible system of doing things.
Now, it's bad not because my articles were so badly written or anything (though I looked back at some of my oldest stuff and I'm noticing errors and ways I could improve, etc) but because I'd never have anything just ready to publish for deadline. I'd just sit down and write it before I needed to post it; I didn't have any stuff written in advance.
And therefore, especially during the decline of WID, I'd keep missing deadline and publishing things days late. Now I'm smarter, so I'll have a handful of things pre-written and will be able to just publish them slowly, always keeping a few things behind-the-scenes until I need them. That's a much more efficient way of doing things.
Well, I just wanted to let you guys in on my writing process a little bit and to let you know that I'm actually itching to write some more stuff. There have been new developments in both the general gaming world and my personal gaming world that I'd love to discuss, as well as some features and other articles and things I'd like to write.
So, to sum up that whole huge spiel, stay tuned for more (hopefully before 2008, but I can't promise it).
