What I’ve Been Posting

What I’ve posted so far on Substack is a fraction of the sum of my work between 2007 and today. I am not just copying and pasting, but rewriting every sentence as I post, so it takes time. Also I don’t want to just dump this stuff. It has to be a process for me, a journey. 

I guess I’m just sick of this stuff languishing on my computer, I’m sick of harboring the idea that these are publishable stories (for one reason or another). I’m sick of carrying them around with me, I don’t want to be defined by them. I want to expunge them from my mind and my back by sharing them with others. 

I’m not saying I don’t like these stories, I love them, especially now that I’m sprucing them up and discovering new things in them. But – what I’m saying is that I’m trying to move beyond these stories. I’m trying to wrap up the past fourteen years, and these stories are part of that. I guess what I’m saying is… I’m going to finish them. I’m going to stop trying to fit them into someone else’s box and just them be themselves. I’m going to exist solely in the moment of each story when I examine their every word. I am setting them free. And for the first time since 2007, I think maybe these stories aren’t so bad.

Substack works well for me because it’s basically blogging, and I’ve been blogging since I think maybe 2004. I’m old. Blogging has just always been the perfect medium for me, and I find myself at home doing this. I also think Substack’s site is well designed for what I want to do, though I do have some suggestions….

Anyway, I hope you all are having a nice night.