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I’m back!

Sorry for the long hiatus, but the past year has been pretty busy and difficult for me and I guess I just stopped thinking about blogging. Last summer I moved to Utah to attend my freshman year of college and was on my own for the first time in my life. Between attending classes, going to work, studying, dealing with roommates and trying and failing to be social there never seemed to be time to write. It’s not a good reason, I should have made the time, but it’s an excuse, albeit a good excuse.

I got back home to California about two months ago and was engulfed by the business of home (or maybe I just wanted to do nothing for a while; I don’t know). It hasn’t been until now that I felt like I should breathe new life into this blog, but I am sure that I should.

It’s good to have a blog. It helps you practice your writing, gives you a resource for advertising yourself and communicating to others, and it can be a fun creative outlet. I truly am sorry that I didn’t keep it up.

But now I’m bringing it back, and I have some great things to talk about. I want to focus on stories again, and not just my stories either. There are some amazing things going on in the world today which provide opportunities for story tellers of all kinds and they are so exciting I really want to share them with you! From webcomics to indie games, I want to talk about the amazing ways story tellers are changing the game, inventing new twists and how ordinary people can learn from them!

As you can probably guess, my old goal of selling however many short stories fell… short. I probably sold… eh, maybe 10. Possibly less. But you know, I’m learning more everyday about what I did wrong, and because of my failures I can now explain to people how they can avoid those roadblocks. As it turns out once you have written a story people don’t just buy it! Isn’t that crazy? You actually have to do a thing called “Marketing” and “Sell” them the idea! I know, it’s madness. The things I’ve learned and that I am still learning about marketing can hopefully help any kind of people be more successful, so I will be talking about that a bit as well in the future.

Another thing I’d like to do is write reviews for some of my favorite (and least favorite) stories. If you have any stories you would like me to review post a comment recommending it! I’m always looking out for great stories, and would love to hear from you.

And, of course, I will share some of the thoughts and feelings about other things I care passionately about. I have lots of opinions, and I would ask that you treat them as just that. If I should say something that offends you keep in mind that I mean no harm. I do not want to argue. Arguments are rash and emotional struggles that end with a victor and a loser, often with neither having changed their minds. I invite discussion. In my life I have met many people with different view and beliefs and often find that we can talk about our differences and both come away more enlightened than before and depart on friendly terms. Just something to think about.

I expect to post about once a week, probably on Saturdays unless something changes. I’m very excited to share with you some of these things, and I hope that you enjoy these stories as much as I do!

See you soon!

Josh