So…What Do You Guys Want To Talk About?
Later this week, I'll tell you how a random conversation led to the new Consortium Books publishing plan where I write a book in the next six weeks for a near Christmas release. (I AM NOT DOING NANOWRIMO! THE TIMING IS COINCIDENTAL! BESIDES, IT'S MORE THAN ONE NOVEL!)
Today, I'm hoping for some opinions. I have no idea if I'll get any because I have no idea what my readership is really like. I know a few people who read my blog, I glance at my Google Analytics now and then, but I make no real effort to attempt getting to know you unless you engage via comments.
That's not an indictment. I lurk on lots of blogs, or only comment rarely, so I can't fault anybody who does that here. However, by the same token, I don't expect those bloggers to give a rosy red rat's tuckus who I am unless I speak up. If they want to try and puzzle out who I am as a demographic that's fine with me. I can't comment on what people find enjoyable. Doing that to you guys sounds, to me, like getting dental surgery in North Korea.
But now I'm curious if I can get some input from my usual suspects and maybe even from some lurkers I assume exist somewhere out there. Let's find out!
I plan on returning to the writing advice for gamers because I'm turning that into a book later. I also plan on periodically doing some daddy blogging because my kid is awesome and funny, I'm even funnier, and those will eventually probably be a book also.
But other than that, it's all random topics in my head. Arrow is shockingly well written while the Green Arrow comic is so painfully off the rack I can't even muster the energy to be mad about it. Community is great. I like the concept of pulp television. Anthologies and short stories versus the traditional novel. My kid asked me to run a roleplaying game for him and I'm super excited. My regular RPG group is amazing and all noobs, there's a story there.
It's all random. And I'm happy to write about random stuff. But lately I've also been enjoying blogs that are random stuff AND non-random stuff. John Scalzi's Whatever is a fine example. He does commentary and political posts, sometimes of a very serious nature, and even when I disagree with them, they're well-written and fun. I bet I could do that!
But would anyone care?
That's where the informal questioning comes in. What would you guys like to hear from me? All random? Some non-random? Politics? Religion? Q&A? More writing advice? More gamer stuff? More general pop culture commentary? More general culture commentary? The voluminous but catch-all Other?
Tell me! Comment here, at Facebook, Twitter me (I love saying that, it sounds so dirty). Whatever. Just let me know.
And if I hear nothing, then I'll create a Blog Random Encounter Chart and roll on it, AD&D style! That actually sounds like fun!
