That there is some snake skin.
I remember seeing my first snake when I was a kid — I was maybe six, wandering through the woods and fields behind my house, and my father was nearby but out of sight. I stumbled upon a rotten, hollowed-out stump, and sitting in the middle of that stump was a garter snake. I lost my shit. I fucking screamed like I had just seen someone get murdered. But I couldn’t move. I was paralyzed with fear. That, or TRANSFIXED BY OPHIDIAN HYPNOSIS. Either/or.
Regardless, by father came running, certain that I was about to be eaten by a Yeti or something, but turns out, nope, just a li’l ol’ garter snake. He picked it up and showed it to me and it was of course harmless, and I wasn’t scared of snakes anymore. My kid has none of that fear that I possessed — because the other day, when I lifted up a stone, I found this fancy fellow:
It’s a milk snake.
(insert “my milksnake scares all the boys from the yard” joke here)
Folks around here tend to confuse them for copperheads, but we don’t get many (or even any) copperheads in this part of Pennsyltucky. We do get snakes people think are copperheads, like milk snakes and water snakes, and then they flip out and behead them with shovels or dispatch them with rifles because people are unnaturally scared of snakes, even though snakes are amazing and do a lot of good pest control work that would cost you a lot of money if you asked a human being to do it. (Sneks don’t care about your capitalism, yo.)
Anyway, this little snakey-fella or snakey-lady was underneath the stone, and B-Dub was like, oooooh, and he wanted to get close and look at it. So we did, within reason, without spooking the thing too terribly much. I got off a pic and then gently replaced the rock.
Days later, we found its skin.
(Another snap:)
And B-Dub kept the skin in a jar that also contains about two dozen cicada skins and some dragonfly and butterfly wings, and if he were an adult it would look like the kind of thing a serial killer keeps, but it’s a pretty cool jar. You can rattle his creepy cicada jar and it makes a sound:
THE WHISPER-RASP OF DEAD FLESH.
WHAT PRECIOUS NECROMUSIC.
Point of the story is, what? I dunno. Don’t be scared of snakes, I guess, because SNEKS BE COOL.
Also, though, there is a transformative element to a snake shedding its skin, and that leads me into the next question, where I ask you about THIS VERY BLOG.
The blog numbers here are waaaaay down.
This is not an exaggeration when I say November of last year (cough cough election time) came and went, and after it, my views went over a cliff. My purely anecdotal feeling on this is that it has less to do with what I’m posting and more to do with what’s going on in the world. People, to my delight, seem to be reading more actual articles and fewer ding-dong bloggers (cough cough like me), and given that humans only have so much reading time in them in a given day, one suspects that some more casual reading (cough cough terribleminds) may have fallen sacrifice to that. Plus, sometimes I’ll post something I think is cool, and ten minutes later, it’s all BREAKING NEWS: EL PRESIDENTE SEEN HIDING IN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S UNDERWEAR DRAWER or BREAKING NEWS: REPUBLICANS GATHER TOGETHER IN SECRET SORCEROUS CEREMONY TO SACRIFICE THE LAST UNICORN IN ORDER TO DISMANTLE THE FINAL SACRED PROTECTIVE LOCKS OF OBAMACARE, THUS DOOMING THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO WORSE AND MORE EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE. Or just BREAKING NEWS: SHIT’S ON FIRE AGAIN. Eyeballs naturally flit toward the news, which these days is effectively a stock ticker that doesn’t track stock prices, but rather the highs and lows of our collective social anxieties.
So, it leaves me feeling like — well, what the hell do I do?
Seems I have a handful of options, and I’m happy to hear your thoughts on these, so feel free to swing your way down into the comments and add your two pennies:
a) Fuck it, blog less, turn this into a mostly promotional vehicle.
b) Fuck it, blog the same as I do now, because ultimately I don’t blog for eyeballs but because I cannot contain the stupid thoughts that exist inside my head so I might as well purge them here — even though I kinda pay a bit of a premium to host this sucker.
c) Turn it to a Patreon-kinda-gig.
d) Change the blog material — less writery stuff, more othery stuff (recipes, rants, whatever).
e) SHUT IT ALL DOWN
f) I dunno, cat pictures or something, even though I don’t have a cat.
Admittedly, some of my reduced blog numbers are because subscriptions are strong — over 6k subscribing means those people don’t need to “hit” the blog everyday to see what’s here. And guest posts seem to be holding their numbers, which is nice. Still, I get the overall feeling that engagement here is lower, and that coincidentally happened right around November.
If you have thoughts, pop ’em below.
OKAY BYE
Jenna Avery says:
I read via email. B B B B B! We need you, man. Yours is one of the few blogs I read, and for the political rants and writing posts in particular.
June 26, 2017 — 7:18 PM
Marie says:
I read almost the posts, though I read them via email. If I had to click through to read, I would. I like it just the way it is, but I know it costs you. So I hope you can see your way to continue. If you move it to another platform, I’ll follow.
June 26, 2017 — 7:25 PM
kittwin says:
I read your blog via The Old Reader, so I don’t usually click through to your blog unless I want to read comments. But I do read and enjoy most of the posts, for what that is worth!
June 26, 2017 — 7:27 PM
Josh Harrison says:
I say B. I don’t visit the actual site very often, but I do follow through an RSS aggregator (Feedly) and catch all the posts that way. If you want to write it, I’m happy to read it.
June 26, 2017 — 7:37 PM
LouisePieper says:
I add my share of wailing and teeth-gnashing to the general Mea Culpa : I too am a lurker at the subscriber threshold who has not before commented. But B, damn it, B. I signed up for the writing stuff, but all of what you do is what I want – messy, glorious, ranty boxes of writing bees, and political bison shenanigans, and weird macro viewpoints. Don’t go changin’. Except, you know, insofar as you want to. Or need to meet the old “adapt or die” imperative. Don’t do it for us. Because we’re just greedy zombie kittens, lapping up your creamy, cerebral overflow … om nom nomtastic!
June 26, 2017 — 9:36 PM
Len Berry says:
Chuck, I don’t like every post you put up, but I doubt anyone can say that (except for you, maybe).
I’ve found blogs have become a way to speak on a topic or two or twenty. I only have a 200-300 followers, most of whom never leave a comment.
You’ve found ways to discuss writing in general, your writing, other writers, the world at large, culture, politics…
Here’s my counter question: Is there anything that you can only do through this blog?
I find following your exploits worthwhile. That was true before I met you in Atlanta a few years back. It was true during the election (even if you weren’t as nice about Bernie as I would have liked), and it’s certainly true now.
I’ll keep reading as long as you want to post.
June 26, 2017 — 9:44 PM
zer_netmouse says:
My overall energy levels have been down (and yes, politics has SOMETHING to do with that, but not all), so I’ve been less likely to engage with any of your Challenges, but I still usually read your posts — but I’m one of your subscribers who reads by email so I guess that doesn’t feel as engage-y. Also, I have absolutely zero budget for books right now, so all around I’m less oOOo NEW BOOKS than I have been in the past, and that makes me less likely to read or comment on guest posts about writing as well.
My favorite posts of yours right now involve your macro pictures and B-Dub (and posts like this, that combine them! yay!)
Every so often a rant political post hits the right notes with me, but a lot of politics is just “yeah, oh look, it totally sucks”/ I still try to contact congresscritters sometimes, but it all feels kind of pointless. I’m not even watching late night TV anymore. Too painful. I was cheered to note yesterday though that on Glenn Beck’s website a poll showed the vast majority of visitors agreed that the cop who shot Phillip Castille panicked unnecessarily and it wasn’t self-defense. Too bad the jury didn’t see it that way.
June 26, 2017 — 10:38 PM
Lisa K Wyatt says:
B. Please keep going as it pleases you. You are a welcome inspiration amidst the garbage fire.
June 26, 2017 — 11:06 PM
Beth Cummings says:
I am a subscriber, so I don’t hit the blog often. However, with all of the insanity, I very much enjoy reading your blog. I love it as is – a few political articles, but the rest…other. Things that are not political and can keep my poor brain from simply exploding inside my skull with the craziness. I have learned about quite a few authors from here, found some great reads, and enjoyed some fascinating pics. My vote? Keep it as is, as long as you are getting something out of it as well.
June 27, 2017 — 1:30 AM
Pascale Hair-Spuhler says:
Keep it going as is, Monsieur Wendig, if you please, it’s a matter of survival (or at least with b) or c) or f) or g) or all of them together – g) being spontaneous consecutive alphabetisation of any excuse under the sun to keep this blog going). Been following for a while now, mostly by email and without it, it’d be like Dagobah without water at this end of the Galaxy and most of us know we need to make this planet safe,… it’ll take some convincing right?
June 27, 2017 — 2:12 AM
bethin says:
I’m behind option B all the way. I love your blog — have loved it for years — and frankly I really crave thought-through, well written pieces. I’m struggling to find much to read in either news or social media: everything either wearies me or drains me or angries up the blood. Apparently in defiance of the stream, I’m doubling down on blogs as a result. I want to hear people’s voices, and I want to keep hearing yours.
If it’s not too much trouble, Wendigo, keep it up.
(I’m reading through an RSS subscriber, too, so I don’t always hit the blog and that probably doesn’t help the stats.)
June 27, 2017 — 3:40 AM
Debb bouch says:
I vote B. I too read through email subscription and rarely comment but that doesn’t mean I’m not interested. Although some of the 5 things posts are a bit tedious and earnest. I like the snarky stuff most, and the light in the darkness that is this time.
June 27, 2017 — 4:13 AM
Barbara Barbex says:
I’m one of your readers who mostly reads via the subscription email. I think you can safely count at least 50% of the subscription numbers into the blog-hit numbers (if that makes sense). So please keep doing what you feel good with, you have very loyal readers here.
June 27, 2017 — 4:15 AM
Vicente L Ruiz (@VicenteLRuiz) says:
Definitely B.
I’m a subscriber, so I’m part of the problem in that I read the blog within the mail, but I do read it. Also, I came for the writing challenges, and here I’ve stayed.
June 27, 2017 — 4:46 AM
disperser says:
I typically read the post in the e-mail.
As for engagement . . . eh, this is a difficult blog to engage with. One, like most blogs, the regulars are cliquish and seldom engage with new people (even though I’m not exactly new). The author (you) can’t possibly engage with everyone, so not much of a chance for engagement there.
Also, when you write about writing, very little most people can add to it especially since — if they are like me — they have no street cred to counter or augment various points (hint: nodding in agreement does not show up in the comments).
When you write about politics . . . well, it doesn’t sound as if you want engagement, only agreement. Same for your followers. Now, I probably agree with 90% of what you write, and that 10% would be grounds for engagement except for two things . . . one, it doesn’t sound like you want a discussion and, two, your followers seem poised to dismiss/attack/belittle/harass anyone daring to disagree even on the minutia let alone generalities. Honest, they — and you — can sound a bit rabid (charectarized by the oversimplification of difficult issues and demonization of “the opposition” . . . whoever they are).
So, ultimately, no engagement.
Now, if you decide to leave the blog for the fast-paced and oh-so-deep Twittersphere, well, I’ll miss this blog, but I will try and carry on with my life as if I had other interests.
June 27, 2017 — 4:48 AM
decayingorbits says:
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
June 27, 2017 — 5:13 AM
disperser says:
Why, thank you. I have to admit, I was hesitant to say anything at all.
However, it sounded as if he wanted confirmation his readership is more than empty subscriptions one never hears from (I know that feeling).
I find his writing advice refreshing and useful, be it here or in his books. I would hate to see that part of the blog go away. Mind you, I also like his political rants . . . to a point.
I mean, I understand his anger toward our current political path; it is, after all, not only a reflection of my own frustration and pessimism but that of a large portion of the population.
Where I deviate is in the resultant hate mongering. I know, that’s a harsh term, but I have to call it as I see it. Mind you, it’s justified when directed toward particularly hate-worthy individuals, but it often seems more of a broadside than a surgical strike.
It also strikes me a bit like the tactics of Hateful Hannity; working up the troops, dehumanizing the opposition, and instilling the belief the opposite side has no worthwhile ideas, no merit in their complaints, and only “our side” carries the beacon of truth, justice, and the American way.
I would love to comment on the individual rants, but in reading the often enthusiastically supportive comments, one quickly realizes this is an echo chamber of sorts; if one is not unconditionally cheering, one is the enemy. Frankly, we no longer have a center, or even left-of-center and right-of-center; dip a toe on either side of a razor’s edge, and you’re condemned as a traitor by the opposite side and summarily dismissed.
What is not clear to me is this: what’s the end game? I keep hearing “resistance” — love the tie-in to the Star War struggle — but what are the goals? Yes, yes, we want to “win” but what does that mean? And how do we win? Scream the loudest? Shoot the straightest? And what happens to all this hate we’re pumping into the atmosphere? I mean, I see it analogous to humans pumping CO2 into the air; comes a tipping point, there is no going back.
These are scary times, and I see little value to working people up, channeling their frustration and anger toward . . . well, nothing specific, really. I guess just being angry is the goal. And to resist, whatever that means. Perhaps I’m too dense to “get it.”
Anyway, thanks again, even if I’m not sure what I won. Heck, just winning is enough, and with three “dings!” to boot!
June 27, 2017 — 6:17 PM
Clare B. Daly says:
B please! Keep doing what you’re doing. I’m an email subscriber and I love reading it. I’m in Ireland and I like reading your political posts. Keep going! You sir are an inspiration!
June 27, 2017 — 5:44 AM
wizardru says:
I didn’t even know there WAS a subscription list. Your blog is part of my morning routine, along with several other sites I visit daily (including Scalzi’s ‘Whatever’) to either enlighten my pop culture, give political perspective or just alleviate the malaise of modern times.
A solid ‘B’, but if you need to go to ‘C’ to keep on keeping on, I’ll be there, too. If you need to go solely mailing list, I can change it up that way, too. I found your books from this blog, if that helps.
June 27, 2017 — 7:22 AM
AN says:
How about?
Macro Monday
Rei Publicae Tuesday
WTF Wednesday
Furs Day Thursday (nose boops and pics of neighbors’ cats)
Flash Fiction Friday
June 27, 2017 — 8:04 AM
Giana says:
I believe options B + F are the best, but if you think C would be nice, go for it Chuck.
June 27, 2017 — 8:07 AM
Jason P. says:
B is my choice, Chuck. I came here, for your writing tips and also to get a glimpse into who you are. I’d like to see that continue.
June 27, 2017 — 8:12 AM
Jason P. says:
Forgot to say I am a subscriber. I read sometimes in my email, and sometimes on the blog.
June 27, 2017 — 8:25 AM
Susan Mark says:
I adore your blog, read it faithfully, have printed off your writing advice columns (eat the damn bees!) for my critique group. More often than not, I read it in Feedly, so I’m probably not showing up in your numbers. If I need to click through so that I’ll keep seeing it, I’ll do so. I know we all have limited time, so will be sad but will understand if you scale it back, but this is one of my absolute favorite blogs on Earth.
June 27, 2017 — 8:45 AM
Eli says:
Don’t stop, man! My RSS feed is better with your words and pictures in it.
June 27, 2017 — 9:03 AM
Pam says:
B, pretty please. I read your blog through my email. I love and respect the way you are fearless in your opinions, and throw them out there for pondering, absorption, or rejection. I have forwarded many of your rants (and also your excellent writing advice) to writers/artists I know. And although snakes give me the willies, I love B-Dub’s jar. It brought back lots of good memories of my own ankle-biters’ collections. My favorite was the bucket of live snails. Carry on, Chuck!
June 27, 2017 — 9:40 AM
Tee Morris says:
Missed this blogpost.
Don’t you dare change a thing, Chuck. Not one — damn — thing.
June 27, 2017 — 9:41 AM
lcwoodbury says:
Of all the writing-related blogs I’ve ever encountered, this one is by far my favorite. Your posts are genuinely helpful and completely avoid the condescending tone a lot of “writing advice” tends to have. They’re hilarious and enthusiastic but also realistic. I’ve never commented before, but I read every post (although I tend to read via email) and I’m grateful that you’ve continued to write them even during the giant garbage fire of 2017. I understand if you have to change what you’re currently doing for various reasons, but I would definitely miss what you have going on now.
June 27, 2017 — 9:56 AM
keruin says:
I don’t care what you do as long as you don’t stop doing whatever it is that what you do is called. Good God man, your blog is one of my escape hatches from the mindfuck factory that is modern America. In today’s edition where you say train your eye to look for art, for good stuff, all I can think of is: I’m so glad I have had your blog as an ingredient in my Resistance IV. Not to get too mushy. Just don’t stop, that’s all.
June 27, 2017 — 10:08 AM
karmenghia68 says:
B please. There are few blogs I keep reading but yours is one of them. Thanks for doing your thing!
June 27, 2017 — 10:11 AM
CeCe says:
I vote B and maybe a little bit of C because you know, like hosting costs and such. Judging by the rest of the comments, I’m not the only one that needs the no bullshit perspective and mind-break from politics crazy-pants that you offer.
June 27, 2017 — 10:22 AM
Christy says:
B! I get your blogs via email and I binge read them like they are my favorite tv show in Netflix. Please don’t cancel my favorite show in the middle of the 2nd season!
June 27, 2017 — 10:44 AM
Erik K says:
Hey Chuck! I read your blog, every single post. And I buy your books. I’m the whole package reader!
You do what you need to do. I look forward to reading all of your content (your writing, your recipes, your rants, your pictures, all of it [even the stuff you don’t post]), and I don’t WANT you to burn it all down, but I also want you to do what you feel you need to.
I’ll support you either way.
Just keep writing! Or I’ll be sad.
Very sad.
Most sad.
June 27, 2017 — 10:56 AM
Lori SNyder says:
OK, so, you probably don’t need this additional comment after all the other ones, but I’m adding it anyway because I can’t not…which, as someone who doesn’t really like blogs and doesn’t much ever feel the need to comment the few times I DO read them, is saying something.
Because – I LOVE YOUR BLOG.
And I’m not kidding when I say I don’t like blogs.
As a writer and freelance editor and business owner, I spend so much of my life on the computer that the moment I don’t have to be on, I am not.
But I read yours. ESPECIALLY since the election.
I, in fact, SUBSCRIBE to yours.
So please. Don’t quit. ‘K? Thanks. You are appreciated far, far more than you might know.
June 27, 2017 — 11:02 AM
terribleminds says:
YAY THANK YOU
June 27, 2017 — 12:40 PM
pascalek says:
lori’s my friend. and she’s awesome. so listen to her.
and hi, lovely.
June 27, 2017 — 4:56 PM
hilarygan says:
Yeah I read everything you post via feedly and have bookmarked two of your posts as whips when I hate writing or editing. Please keep it up.
June 27, 2017 — 11:24 AM
Terry Yackley says:
I read your blog and often I highlight the link and send it to my college kid or my boyfriend.
Not being very techy, can you explain to me what makes the blog pay for itself, and maybe a beer and pizza when you are done writing? Does commenting help? I rarely comment because I figure everyone already says everything.
I’d send the link to more friends, but I live in Eastern Idaho, where they don’t drink beer (unless having a bullet removed or you foolishly bring only one Mormon on your fishing outing) nor do they use the f-word (until dropping the tongue of the trailer onto one’s foot). I wouldn’t want you to change anything, but just letting you know what you already know – your sensibilities are not the sensibilities of the Idaho Mormon population. (Yes, I get that you are hollering, “I hope the Hell not!” right about now.)
I’m on a fixed income, but I understand the need for Patreon and that a little by lots would make enough.
Please keep blogging. I enjoy you. More importantly, however, you actually incite me to write. I suspect you do that for quite a few of us. Thank you.
June 27, 2017 — 11:43 AM
April Stoor says:
I read via email, but I read. You do have competition-free books, other emailed blogs/newsletters, Google storage limits, daughters, grandchildren, aging parents, etc-but, you make me smile & laugh out loud. Your blog may be the healing power of laughter in my life & I subscribed for your uniquely whitty ‘voice.’ Whatever you choose, I’m in, for the same
June 27, 2017 — 12:59 PM
Wulfie says:
Dude……..seriously. I’m a subscriber but often drop by the blog to read the comments/banter/shit storm. Don’t stop. Keep it just the way it is. You help people. You help me. You make me laugh, swear, freak out, throw up a little in my mouth sometimes, think, and you give me hope when I’m ready to throw in the towel. (and sometimes that towel has nothing to do with writing.) This blog vanishing or changing would be like Stephen King dying. Don’t do it. Keep arting. Stay gold, Chuck. Stay gold.
June 27, 2017 — 1:15 PM
ChelseaIRL says:
First, I say B. Because blogs should always be written first and foremost for you.
And I’ve actually kind of been feeling guilty about not reading your blog as often lately. (A weird thing to feel guilt about, I know.) And it had less to do with content (cuz that’s still premium), and more to do with my life kind of socially exploding (in a good way). I’ve been out and about, I’ve been forging friendships, I’ve entangled myself with a man I plan to marry, I’m beginning a life rehaul which will include moving and becoming someone capable of raising children. I’ve also been reading and writing less, which makes me feel like I’m losing myself in some strange way. Part of who I am is someone who gets excited when this blog hits my email. And lately it’s, “sigh. Wish I had time to read that.” And you’re right. Part of the time is lost to the general malaise caused by the constant barrage of dumb coming from news. But the good news is I’m starting to come back to writing and reading and this blog. I think other people have varying lists of what’s been preoccupying them, but I bet they’ll be back, too.
If anything, this blog is a constant that I find comforting to know is there, even if I don’t always have time to indulge.
June 27, 2017 — 1:37 PM
JenniferShelby says:
Fun fact #1 – I once gave a 5 yo a snakeskin in a glass bottle for a birthday gift, and he thought it was the greatest thing ever.
I’m going with B for the blog, because hell, I’d miss you. I feel like we’re buds.
Fun fact #2 – while I was reading Invasive outside the other day my preschooler laid down on in ant hill. She was wearing her bike helmet so it took her awhile to figure out that they invading her head and she freaked out. They just kept pouring out of her hair. Those suckers were even in her eyeballs. Its like they knew what I was reading, Chuck. They might be onto you.
June 27, 2017 — 2:03 PM
Wulfie says:
Holy crap. I think I just shat myself a little. O.O
June 27, 2017 — 2:21 PM
Ina says:
Please keep going!!! You and Stonekettle are my doses of sanity
(Which tells me something about the world I guess). I’m a subscriber so I don’t need to check the actual blog but don’t change anything you don’t want to change !!
June 27, 2017 — 2:36 PM
janinmi says:
Make mine a B. Like a bumble bee. Big, fuzzy and loud … kinda like you, sir. I am an email subscriber but nearly always click thru to the blog because I like enbiggened text and pics. I don’t remember how I got here (oh crap, I ate the bird crumbs!!), but I stayed for the humor and the warmth and the writing advice. Ultimately, you must do you. Being a poor widder-womyn, paying to read would be a problem for me. But I have bought two of your books and enjoyed both, and plan to buy more when I can afford it. It is my dearest hope that you continue your blog as is. That is all.
June 27, 2017 — 2:51 PM
Vic says:
I love the blog. I don’t stop by every day but when I do I catch up on the days I’ve missed. Love the writing stuff. Enjoy the politics as an alternative to thinking about our UK political situation 🙂 and, you know, all of it. Would miss it all enormously… but if you decide to stop I’ll understand. Absolutely. Once I’ve recovered from the shock…
June 27, 2017 — 3:02 PM
MaryElizabeth says:
You don’t have a cat? I pictured you with cats. Huh.
June 27, 2017 — 4:18 PM
Widdershins says:
A – No. I don’t read your blog for the promos. I can see ‘em on the sidebar. A note when you have new stuff coming out is enough for me.
B – Yesssssss!!!
C – Maybe … could work, but not the exclusion of ‘B’.
D – Nope. You do other bloggery stuff anyway. It’s a nice balance actually.
E – NOOOOOOOOOOO!
F – A cat here and there couldn’t hurt, but seems kinda redundant.
June 27, 2017 — 5:54 PM
Suzanne Lucero (@S_Lucero) says:
So, a day late to the party ,but whatevs. I choose B. Definitely B. I like your thoughts, whether they be about writing or politics or life. Your take no prisoners, put up with no bullshitery, funny-as-shit way of seeing the world and talking about it to the rest of us is a breath of fresh air. You are an inimitable treasure. Rock on.
June 27, 2017 — 6:02 PM
Karen Skedgell-Ghiban says:
I like the blog the way it is, and yes, I’m one of those subscribers and I occasionally make it over to the blog, and I rarely comment.
June 27, 2017 — 6:37 PM
Piccadilly Jilly says:
B B B B B. Keep doing what you do so well. I need your words of wisdom on writing as well as knowing I’m not alone in this hairball of a mess. Yours is one of the few blogs I read. I don’t always click through to the website and rarely comment. I’m a social media introvert. But one day I will participate in your flash fiction challenge…as soon as my diabolical inner critic releases me from its raptor-like talons.
Blog on, oh, bespectacled bearded man from the magical shed o’writing. Your followers are more numerous than you can imagine.
June 27, 2017 — 8:47 PM
Kurt Savage says:
I get you in my e-mails. Some days, I’m all, “Fuck it, I’m not in an e-mail mood today,” but neither of us has any way of knowing in advance what days those are going to be, and on the rest of the days? The rest of the days, I NEED YOUR WORDS, MAN. You manage to pop in with your raspy all-the-fucks-given writer voice and remind me that I need to take the very large novelty pencil out of my ass and use for what it was intended. I don’t even give a shit if you’re not writing about writing, because even when you’re writing about glittery turd-merchants, my writer-mind is pulling apart your word strings.
Keep doing it. Don’t make me turn this car around, Chuck.
June 27, 2017 — 11:11 PM
Evergrey says:
B, Chuck Wendig. Just be.
June 28, 2017 — 3:39 AM
Jen Zeman says:
B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 28, 2017 — 9:29 AM
Erin M says:
I firmly believe you should go with B. I’m a writer who is trying to stay motivated and learn more about my craft. Subscribing to your blog and keeping up with it has helped more than I can say.
June 28, 2017 — 10:43 AM