Birth of a blog

It’s a blog, being birthed!

If you want to be a professional author, “they” say, then you need to have a website. Even if it’s just a placeholder for your (extremely interesting, no doubt) personal musings, you MUST increase your online presence.

“But I have so little time to spare already,” I answer, hovering my finger over the self-delete button. “Any scant personal time I have must be reserved for writing.”

Then a couple of things happen in short order: one of my #WritingCommunity tweets about losing a local writing group receives hundreds of amazing responses, making it clear that I’m not the only one with little personal time and a desire for camaraderie with my fellow writers. And now, much of the world, including myself, has gone into self-quarantine due to COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping the globe.

Several years ago, or a lifetime ago, or both, I was heavily involved in a political role playing game, so geekily embedded in that life that I went on to become admin of another, similar game. I ran a lot of forums, and miss that community very much.

When has there been a better time for such a community for writers, if not now? So, I’m trying my hand at building this website first, will see about sticking a forum on it, and we’ll go from there.

Because we’re always better when we’re in things together than we are facing it all alone.