New Site, New Hope

Over ten years ago I started the original blog page of cortwist.blogspot.com.  Some of what was posted over its lifespan is still there, and a lot of it has been hidden from view. Oft times I have considered deleting it all, but one day it will serve its purpose.  Maybe.  Not likely, but maybe.  There were two other sites that were reboots, much like this one, but I have also allowed them to rot.  Eventually, I tell myself, I will put all of the better works together into a larger file and create my own little coffee table reader called "Tripe for the Soul".

As it happens, another birthday has passed my by, and it marks yet another year I have struggled to get myself into the writing habit.  What I have forgotten is how much the simple act of blogging works as a pilot light to the bigger picture of writing.  I still have that same novel collecting dust (going on its 21st year) and still idling at 100,000 words.  Shamefully, I have a majority of the final 25-30K in my head ready to go, I need to simply put the time aside and make it happen.

Of course, like any other best laid plans, life gets in the way.  Then there are other ideas being kicked around that have to have some time spent to them to make sure that I have all my ideas written out for them.  I may not pursue these ideas at the moment, but I want to make sure that when I come back to them, that most of my braindump is available - even if I cannot make sense of it.

The bottom line is that I will try to return here often, like I used to do, and place some filler onto the page.  Sometimes, there is actually a spark of entertainment to be found, but more often than not, there will be tripe.  However, if you have ever been present for a sound check for a large concert, there is a lot of static that is blasted out of the speakers.  I have never known the legitimate reason, but for me, that is what I am doing here: I am getting the static out.

With that said, posts will suck.  I admit to it now and accept it.  There will be a few among them that are worth the time spent here, but not many.  I will do what I used to do and not have a format and drop out whatever I want - summer reading lists, shitty poetry, short stories, science stuff, literary stuff and all the other miscellaneous nonsense that I am wont to do.

Buckle up, eat your Wheaties, drink your Ovaltine, and for Thor's Sake, take your pants off... this is not a corporate environment.