Welcome!

Welcome to my humble blog!

 

After several not-so-great experiences with blogging and fighting with the software and the technology, here I am. I consider myself a fairly competent person when it comes to technical stuff but web sites and blog sites are a major pain in the rear and they rarely seem to so what you want- they always seem to "know" what's good for you. So I have to take a "beat it into submission" attitude towards it.

 

Anyways, back to the original point. After a number of years cultivating by various historical/literary interests, I've decided to try my hand at a few of my own. Yeah, I know....so is everyone else (yawn). Bold words considering that I haven't written anything remotely literary since I was maybe in Jr. High taking a creative writing class (and the teacher didn't consider my stuff good enough to publish in the class compendium...). OK, so maybe not the best background but I can at least point out what's good, mediocre, or just downright sucks. Also, I'm convinced that an overly-academic approach to writing tends to discourage than help any would-be author. What helps? I don't know, I'm still working that out.

 

I have far more familiarity with non-fiction, having written a lot of history papers while in college and later in graduate school (don't get excited, it's only an MA- I decided that I wanted to actually live like a human being with a job after facing the prospect of another ten or so years chasing a PhD).

With all that said, I will attempt to post some of my efforts over time and comment on related material. Naturally, they'll probably reflect my bias and my background so I make no apologies for those, it is what it is. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it or at least tolerate it. 

 

 

Me and my loyal companion Max