How to begin? There is a lot of pressure when writing the first few words of your publishing career. Well, starting any type of literary work has its pressures. You must be engaging and thought provoking to keep readers engaged. Think of the great opening lines that come to your mind. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Let us get past illusions such as this that we will ever achieve that apex of creation. But do we really need that here? After all, we no longer live in a world of culture, and I am no Dickens.
Sorry no hard information today. However, I will lay a few ground rules for myself. “You”, whoever “You” may be can help hold me accountable.
No names will be used. Well, let me place a caveat to that. No names will be used unless you are a public figure. In that case you make yourself fair game. And since this is my blog and my rules, I get to decide what constitutes a public figure. It is safe to say that I will not use this venue to publicly bash people I know or work with. That is immature, unfair, and generally uninteresting. On the oft chance that more than a handful of people read this in the future, then we shall stick to issues most people can relate to.
Language of a profane persuasion will be non-existent or kept to a minimum. If you can’t make your point or describe something without profanity, then pick another medium. The exception would be to quote someone.
I invite criticism, conjecture, debate, thought, and outside perspective. I may respond, and you may not like it, so don’t take it personal.
That is about it. I really don’t feel the need to further cramp myself at this point. I plan to crank out topic number one in a few days. Enjoy. Hope we all live to see the next post.
