The Chronic Curmudgeon

My opinion has always been that if writing doesn't bring you joy, don't do it. So I guess the key is to find the joy of blogging again.

Do you feel like you've said what you have to say & you're repeating yourself? I've felt that way. I guess my solution has been to blog through it.

I'd say more but when I try, your commenting system freezes me out. ;)

It's not my commenting system. I just use Living Dot's system. (For the record, I had to delete more than 400 spamments from my junk comments file when I got home... so I am inclined to keep my filters where they are, lest you all be assaulted by people looking to sell you m0rtgages and pharma-sooticals.)

Sorry about the bad commenting thing, though. I will see if I can fix it.

Curmudgeon:

Of course, your fan base would miss you horribly. But ultimately, a blog is for you. And if you don't feel it, I think the best thing you can do is take a break. You would be amazed at how quickly your loyal fans find you when you decide to pick it up again.

I started writing a comment, then realized it was more like an entire post. I'll let you know when it's up. Do I have ideas for you! And, some entertainment, I hope.

If possible, I say get back to basics. It seems you have gotten soft with your good fortune over the past year.
Scroll back the past few months over your blog and see how many posts are actually a rant about someone other than B.B. or T.O.
In the same way rock bands lose their edge as they gain popularity, my theory is that your simply not as cynical and angry at the world as you were 3 years, even one year ago.
Perhaps it is something that is gone for good, and you have outgrown it. Or perhaps you just have writers block having been proven right so many times in your political analyisis.

Don't know, really. It just seems like there was more comments and banter when you were actually a curmudgeon.

If you quit, I'll destroy you.

Also, you should try drunk blogging. I hear it's harder than drunk dialing, and 10 times more fun the next day.

A blog is a personal journal with a number of benefits -- sharing ideas and opinions or just blowing off steam. But you need to back off once you look at it as a job.

my posts are going nowhere tonight. argh. but it's still on its way.

sounds as if it's time for a hiatus.

give it a week and you'll be back with a vengence. you can't quit.....you are a prisoner of your own mind....& this is your own private alcatraz. besides, if you try to get off the island, it could get much worse. :))) so go into solitary for a while....refresh, come back up for air when you're ready. you can't escape!

if you don't blog here, your thoughts will soon surface elsewhere. :))

What's with the double chinned smileys. I might steal that for when I'm having fat days. And you know you can't quit - you know how yummy it feels when lots of people are like "yo, that was a good point" "yo, I hate you." "yo, I hear you've got a package for me, please deliver it in the rear.

You know?

Eden - I kinda do want to blog through it, because I think if I quit again, this time I may quit for good.

Sober - You're right, of course. And I'm not feeling it at all right now. I just hope that your sentiment is correct: if I do take a bit of a break, readers will follow. (Fans? Keep flattering me like that, and you'll have me wrapped around your little finger.)

Jill - I've been too impressed with your Lost Blog Week posts this week to press you on your promised post. It's been worth the wait.

Jose - Cuz, I think you have come as close as anyone to explaining some of it. While I do still have plenty to say, I seem to have lost some of the urgency to vent it.

Sarah - you'll destroy me? I thought you were "another writer for peace?" :-)

EZ - man, it's been my job for a year now. It's been the best thing that ever happened to my career... but wow, I'm tired of even the *word* blog right now.

Anon - if that hiatus can be in a tiki bar on some beach in the Caribbean, count me in, man.

JAF - Solitary, huh? Not sure I like the sound of that. However, you've got something with the whole prisoner of the mind concept. But then, aren't we all?

Beav - Yeah, it does feel great when people react to something I've written. Or, when they want packages delivered to the back door.

Destruction isn't neccessary painful. I'll stare you down until you cry.

I can't offer any advice because I burned out on blogging too. You have been working a lot so lack of rest and downtime to blog might be a factor in this for you.

It's up. Though mostly just for laughs. Am available for serious writer talk off-blog.