It has been an interesting
couple of years here at Searchwarp for me. Originally I wrote as a counterbalance
to some of the other writing projects I was involved in. I used the
space I was kindly allotted to look at and laugh at some of the zany
things that happen in our world.
I drifted from that a year
or so ago and just started writing about what had happened to me or
what I saw or what I felt.
That too was a good counterbalance
to trying to be a fair and honest reporter in my real job where sometimes
story after story, although important, is rather unchallenging to report.
I used the space I was graciously
given by Bruce and Jean to keep myself from getting too focused on one
thing in a world that deserves a full field of vision.
It has been a lot of fun talking
to so many of you. I have appreciated every comment and every time I
saw a click go next to something I wrote.
I follow a simple writer's
creed, "I hope to have as many as possible read what I write but I
cherish each single individual who took the time to do so."
And with that I want to tell
all of you how much I have appreciated each of you who have spent a
moment in your lives to read what a simple storyteller has had to say.
It has been a privilege to be one of you Warpies during the past few
years.
My life has gotten busier in
the past six months. Besides manuscript projects, we have been able
to greatly expand what we do at Lincoln Daily News. In the past we were
that other paper in the community. Through hard work and being blessed
to find dedicated and skillful writers we no longer are the other paper.
We are now the definitive source for accurate and timely news in Logan
County. That takes a lot of time and effort
I have also become involved
in several charitable organizations since as my publisher says, "You
don't know how to say no." I don't, and if perhaps one sentence
can define me when I leave this world, the one that says "He always
said yes" would be a good one if I could choose it myself.
I have several personal book
projects that have been on hold for what seems like forever. I think
since I had that little jolt of being reminded I am human this summer,
I have found I want to at least get them finished. Whether they get
published or not isn't as important as just getting them done.
What all this yammering means
is that I will no longer be a regular writer on Searchwarp. The time
constraints just don't allow me the time to properly spend trying
to deliver a decent article twice a week. In the past month or so I
have winced at a few of my submissions and it was because I was in a
rush. We all know what happens when we get in a rush don't we?
Now just because my ugly mug
won't be prominent on these hallowed pages of literary skill doesn't
mean I am turning in my Warpie badge.
I will visit here and there
and from time to time I will write something that I would like to share
with all of you. It is just that I have to concentrate on other things
right now.
And so with this final spot
in the front row, I want to thank each and every one of you. It has
been fun, it has been interesting.
I promise I won't be a stranger.
May God bless all of you.
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