Turning Off Comments

I think the title just about says it all. For at least the immediate future, I’m going to be turning off comments on my page. My explanation is about as clichéd as possible.

It’s not you, it’s me.

Right now, I’m not liking the direction my blog has taken. In the past, I wrote based on what I wanted to write. Now, I’m finding that two out of three of my blog posts are responding to comments on another blog I’ve written. I’m finding myself wasting time and getting into arguments in my comment section. I find myself concentrating on the feedback and not concentrating on the writing, like I should be doing.

I wish I could blame the direction my blog has taken on my hate mailers, but in all honesty, I can’t. By nature alone, I am an extremely volatile person. This causes me to not just respond to comments that irritate me, but to actively go looking for reasons to argue with people who haven’t done anything wrong.

If I keep going this way, I’m going to wind up alienating readers as well as my hate mailers and I just can’t do that. It’s time for me to go back to concentrating on my writing, not concentrating on what others think of my writing.

To my long time commenters, I apologize. You guys have been great and every nice thing you said made me look forward to getting your responses. I won’t be completely inaccessible. If you like, you can comment on my Facebook Fan page or reach me on Twitter. I also have a contact form page if you want to reach me by email.

It’s time for me to get back to doing what I wanted to do when I started this blog in the first place; writing. I feel like I will be a hell of a lot better at it by removing any outside distractions. So comments are now closed.

Yes, every internet marketing site in the world will say I’m wrong for doing this. But honestly, I wasn’t listening to those internet marketing pages in the first place. Why the hell would I start now?

Thanks to all those who commented in the past. I will not be deleting any comments. I will just be closing out the ability to respond and there will be no option to comment on future blog posts either. While it’s an extreme measure, I feel like it’s just best for me and where I want to go with this page at this time.

Thanks for understanding.