MY PERSONAL RESOLUTION FOR THIS WEBSITE
When I started this website, I wasn’t sure what it would end up becoming. A year into this endeavor and I’m still not sure, to be honest. I think this is a good sign—it means this website is something fluid and capable of evolving. That being said, I think this little corner of the internet could use some sprucing up.
For this upcoming year, my personal resolution is simple: to be a published author. Technically, I’ve done that by publishing on this website, but I mean something more substantial: a physical, hardcopy of a book, something you can hold in your hands and say, “Hey, I have a book by that guy.”
This was the goal for this past year, to publish the 11 or so short stories I wrote, and print them onto a small volume. What I did not anticipate was that my short stories are rather short in length, and so the compiled length of all the collected short stories was little more than 50 pages. Instead of a volume of short stories, it felt more a thick pamphlet, which, if I’m reading the look on your face correctly, is kind of a letdown.
That’s why for this upcoming year I’m sticking to a strict publishing schedule on this website to better fill out a first collected volume of short stories. By the end of 2022, something meatier and meaningful will be printed off that’s worth holding onto. And if it means nothing more than a token of vanity, at least a hardcopy of a book appears to look like the real work of a serious writer.
So, the schedule for this year will look like this:
– Starting January 16, a short story will be posted every 2 weeks. That makes for a total of 26 short stories throughout the year with the goal of compiling what I’ve written into a printed/eBook edition.
– Starting today, January 4 (or every Tuesday), there will be a Weekly Post-Ed each week for a total of 52 entries.
– There are some other projects in the works, but those are all TBD at this time. More details when things are closer to being finalized.
So, that’s it. This website is going to continue to grow and I’m curious to see where it goes. I started all of this to see if anything interesting might happen from posting short stories, and what I found over the past year is how much I enjoyed writing something and posting it online as a finished product. I’m determined to do even better this year and I hope you’ll continue to come back and see where all of this is heading!
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NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK
For the new year, I thought more thematically. Ever since the launch of the James Webb Telescope (a SUCCESSFUL launch, if you didn’t know), I’ve thought about space and of the vastness beyond the problems of home. That’s what I do when I feel the world encroaching in—I look up to the night sky and find constellations and I think about how many light years away those stars are—each one with its own solar system, array of planets and celestial bodies, and the problems outside my front door seem small in comparison.
With the launch of the James Webb Telescope, we’re bound to see and discover things we never knew possible in the universe. It’s with that energy and inspiration that I thought of the Mario Galaxy series, games that embody the joy of the cosmos within the candy coating only a Nintendo Mario title can. The logo is inspired by Mario Galaxy 2, while the background images were inspired by the deluxe soundtrack that came with copies of the original Wii games launched back in 2007.
It’s a time for discovery, don’t you think?
You can check out the artwork created for the website below:
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- “Panic Attack” by Mating Ritual
- “Young & Wild” by the Strumbellas
- “Stay (feat Your Smith)” by Flight Facilities
Hoping everyone is as well as they can be. You’re not alone out there,
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Great content! Keep up the good work!
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