Something new?

I haven’t maintained a blog space in quite some time. However, doing so is a great way to also flex those writing muscles, especially as research for my first novel heads into full swing.

I wanted to write this post to elaborate on how I plan to use this space. My hope is to cover my journey researching Amelia Earhart and the ninety-nines female pilots association she helped to found in the early 20th century. I will be traveling to Kansas City in the Fall to visit her birthplace (now a museum), and Harvard to visit the Schlesinger library to view her letters. Beyond that I will probably also share personal anecdotes, and thoughts about the world as most writers seek to do (TV/Film criticism, societal issues).

One way I will not be using this space is to broadcast anything I wouldn’t want associated with my professional website. In fact I may seek to split this part of my site off into a new site purely for writing. In the past, I have used my blog to passively communicate with a former mentor (as a sort of read receipt). I felt like writing blogs was a less invasive a way to communicate than say, email. They could choose whether to keep up with me or not. For a while they seemed to read. Now it has been two years since I’ve even mentioned them on my social media (until a day or so ago) and so it is fair to say they’ve moved on. So had I for a while, but I guess I just wanted to know for sure (which was the reason for my private post that seemingly nobody knew the password to, unless they viewed it the day of publishing when my stats were down).

Something new is just that, a new chapter. I have no idea what will come of this space. But I have a lot of thoughts to share on so many things since I last put the pen down. I have become president of my tenants association, active in local politics, born out of being in litigation against the slumlord who owns my building for nearly three years. This process took a lot out of me; I had to have sinus surgery and eventually after several breakdowns, I sought sobriety (from alcohol) and I could not be happier with that decision.

Adversity has allowed me to grow into the strong person I am today. Now that things are closer than ever to a resolution I can finally turn my focus back to creative endeavors again. So, something new comes.