In my previous post, I celebrated the election of our 44th President, Barack Obama. It’s been 8 days since that glorious night and I’ve been reflecting on my comment about that being a great way to go out with this blog. I haven’t been blogging as much lately, partly due to having a contract that took up a great deal of time over the last few months. I wrapped that up yesterday and will finish out some other volunteer work in the next few days.

So, what’s next? Back to writing. Full-time writing. Working on my novel and potentially a book on my experiences working in the electoral politics arena during the last three election cycles. I think that blogging might detract from my writing, i.e., give me an excuse to burn words here instead of in my novel. While I’ve had a ball blogging, it is very distracting. I think I want to let it lie.

Additionally, I’ve made snide and sly comments to people lately about blogging in general. It’s very egotistical to put out your own thoughts as if someone else just has to know what you’re thinking. You might respond that that’s precisely what I’m planning to do with a novel or a book. For some reason, that seems different to me. Blogging too has evolved, going more mainstream with hip new writers and former reporters working digitally instead of in newsprint. There are still outsider blogs out there, especially in the art scene and local politics. I’ll probably still read those on a regular basis.

And, for those who are interested, I don’t think I’m going to be able to give up my twitter fixation. Microblogging (140 characters or less) is really something I’ve taken to and perhaps a better format than a full-fledged “blog” to convey my thoughts. I’ve always loved writers' notebooks, little sketches of plot, a one-line piece of dialogue, or an idea for a story written down. I think I’d like to use twitter that way.

For those who’ve read my posts, and especially those who added a comment, I thank you. To anyone who happens upon this blog, I hope you enjoy it and find something of value to take from it.

Cheers!