History of a Blogger

Also known as: I am very good at beginning things, but not so good at finishing them.

I know not what I will do with this blog yet. To be honest, I'm not certain why I even started it. I may delete it in a few days, but it suits me for now, even though the name is too long.

I need to fix that.

I have maintained one blog or another since 2001. That first year, I was eleven and using Xanga (like the rest of my sixth grade class) and spilling depression-crippled thoughts all over the internet. I soon moved to Livejournal, where I resided from 2003 to 2010 under various account names. I still greatly miss LJ, but almost no one I know uses it anymore (Christine is still hanging on). When my friends fled to Tumblrland, I fled with them, and lived there from 2010 to early 2012. I wanted something more professional then, since I had quit graduate school to pursue a career as a 'serious writer,' so I moved finally to WordPress, where I currently blog poetry and record my struggles living la vie d'un auteur.

I have used Blogspot concurrently with these other blogs over the years, but have never found my niche here. And I don't much like that I cannot connect to other writers directly -- I must wander aimlessly through each 'Next Blog,' hoping and praying I do not stumble upon something pornographic or, worse, racist/ableist/misogynist. But I am willing to give it another go, since my current WordPress is being mostly used to promote my creative work.

Here, I imagine I will be a little more personal and/or speculative. I might link to creative work on my WordPress, but I doubt it. I might post reviews; I might merely post about my daily writing goings on. I cannot say for sure, because no purpose of this blog has yet revealed itself to me. I will say that it feels as if I am always starting things I do not finish, so if I suddenly disappear after three intense days of posting, please do not be alarmed. I am also currently under deadline, so I may not post much until after 1 September 2012.

And so it begins.