The Blog

Hello there. Thank you for stumbling upon my blog this lovely day. I don't really know how to do blogs, so be gentle. It's my first time. 

Ever since I first learned how to write, I have loved to do so. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I am not a very social person, and there are plentiful reasons for this. Sometimes in conversations it takes me a while to find the right words, if I find them at all. Even more often I find myself wanting to slink away from whatever party or dance or hootenanny I find myself in altogether so I can read, watch T.V., or play video games in my room alone. Part of this is social anxiety (I had it before it was cool! These days everyone and their cat has been diagnosed with anxiety/depression/whatever, but I like to think I set the trend) and part of it is the fact that I simply like structure. This is what draws me to writing, television, and films: everything is thought out in advance, and the right words are always there. When writing I can take the time to perfect my language, express myself more clearly, and go back and edit stuff that I regret. Can't do that in "real life." 

I also enjoy writing because it is a thrill to entertain. This is what my primary purpose was when writing my first novel, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Apocalypse (check it out on Amazon, unless you're one of the five people that have bought it already), and it is my primary purpose when writing T.V. and movie reviews for my local newspaper, The Keizertimes. I would be lying, however, if I said I didn't also write for the attention. I like it when people bring up my articles in conversation with me, and I like being able to tell strangers I just met that I wrote a novel that has four whole reviews on Goodreads (too much self deprecation? I feel like that's too much self deprecation.) So what about those who don't get The Keizertimes or who are too cheap to buy my book? How do I entertain them and how do I get their attention? 

A blog could help. 

I will be posting the reviews that I write (and will write) for The Keizertimes here. Hopefully we will have fun. Maybe we'll even learn something about ourselves and the nature of the universe on the way. Or maybe you'll just shrug and move on to the next website. I'm fine with that too. The writing is really for me, after all.  

Enjoy. 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Apocalypse: https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Thing-Happened-Way-Apocalypse/dp/1985762153/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+funny+thing+happened+on+the+way+to+the+apocalypse&qid=1597165418&sr=8-1

The Keizertimes: https://www.keizertimes.com/