After much thought I have decided upon a course of action that will change the way this blog is written and published. I have very much enjoyed the last 11 months of writing it and consider myself to just be getting started. This is a critical time for this blog because most blogs, if they stick around and the writers don’t get bored or lazy, start to really attract a following after the first year. I have done well, but I believe the best is yet to come. Nevertheless, I feel that it is time to take a step back.

With few exceptions, I have written to this blog every day since last September 10th. I am just a few days from celebrating my first anniversary. With regret, I believe it is time to change my posting policy from daily to irregular.

There are several reasons why I feel this move is necessary, chief among them is the fact that other things are being neglected. It has been days since I have even looked at Rumsfeld’s Sandbox. I typically spend between an hour and three hours on a blog post. If I don’t have that much time to put my thoughts together into a post then I just toss together a few links, but when I do that I feel as if I am cheating my readers and I hate to do that. If I write a really good blog post that deserves a good reading then I put in the requisite time and thought. It eats up my entire evening. Most nights, by the time I finish blogging it is after, or nearing, midnight and time for bed.

Since I run a full-time business I have certain obligations that I can’t put aside. My wife likes it when I spend time with her. And the grandchildren need their attention.

I started this blog in part because I wanted to use it to attract new visitors to my informational website, World Class Poetry. It’s done that well, but it’s also taken on a life of its own. At times, the blog has been more prominent than the website. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Nevertheless, I feel that shifting my priorities back to the website and my poetry will not only get me back on track with my goals, but it will also mean that when I do blog that I can ensure that my readers get the full force of my imagination. As I’ve said before, I like expository writing as much as I like composing poetry, but one must take priority over the other. At this time, it needs to be the poetry.

I have promised my readers a post on the future of the epic. I started it this afternoon. After spending three hours on gathering thoughts and putting them into form, I realized that I still had a lot of work to do on the subject. It wasn’t ready for publishing. Therefore, I still have nothing but a promise and a partially composed post on the future of poetics. I will spend some more time on it before I unleash it on you.

The thought process that goes into expository writing – the type that I like to do – is very intense. I feel like I’m back in college, checking facts against each other, comparing ideas from various sources, and forming my own judgments based on my research and carefully conforming prejudices. I have plans for more projects of that nature that will require my time to research and write. Alas, I am only human and cannot do it all.

It is likely that I will get back to writing daily at some point. I cannot as of now say when. But for the time being I will write only when I have something significant to say and when I feel I can say it significantly well. My next post will likely be the one I started today. It may be tomorrow. It may be two days from now. It may be longer. But it will be finished before I let it go. Feel free to continue posting your comments. I am not leaving; I am just inhaling.