Hiatus
December 29, 2023

I started this blog all the way back in 2005, using a mixture of html and 
JavaScript called "TiddlyWiki." Over the years, I've tried to regularly 
post my thoughts on writing and life (and the writing life), but I've noticed 
that the frequency of my posts, while fluctuating, has been decreasing over 
the years. And this past year has been one of the quietest on record, with 
only five posts (including this one).

Blogs, in my experience, go through a life cycle. First comes the explosion 
of pages: abouts and links and projects and currently doings. Then comes a 
rejiggering, generally of the site's appearance. After this comes a period of 
stability, in which blog posts tick-tock along at roughly regular intervals. 
For some writers, the blog becomes an extension of their work, a garden that 
they tend religiously. For others, they post only when there's some new 
development, such as a new book out or an appearance at an upcoming convention.
But eventually, either the writers' lives or their interests change and the 
blog slowly grinds to a halt.

I'll admit that when I go to a blog and see that the last post is 
three/four/five years old, I'm not as interested in it as when the last post 
was just yesterday. However, even if the blog is quiet, I'll still often poke 
around a bit to see what nuggets of information I might be able to unearth.

There are a number of reasons, some personal, some related to my writing 
(especially the novel draft I'm currently working on), which have decreased 
the frequency of my posts. But I also feel that this blog may be moving into 
the later stages of its life. So I'm going to put it on a temporary hiatus. 
Perhaps, once the novel is done, the frequency of my posting will go back up.
Perhaps it won't. So I hope that, if nothing else, you find some good 
poking-around material while you're here.

(c) 2023 Andrew Gudgel
email: contact [at] andrewgudgel [dot] com