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My 2023 Blog Commitment And What I’ll Write About
Starting a new writing project has never been the issue for me. I’ve got plenty of ideas. No, the issue has always been narrowing down those ideas into something digestible. Thus, most of my intended short stories become discarded novels, and most of my 500–1,000 word blog posts end up closer to 3,000 unfinished words.
But just like in 2018 when I committed to writing one blog post per week, I’m committing to that in 2023. Here, then, is my written commitment:
Until the end of 2023, I will publish at least one blog post per week, with a publication deadline of Sunday evening at 9 p.m. (Japan Standard Time).
Today’s post, then, is a meander through many of the themes and topics this blog will be exploring.
Before I go on, I have one caveat. Originally, I was going to start this blog on Substack. However, even without publishing steadily on Medium since last spring, I’ve noticed new readers consistently finding me here. So I want to see if I can build on what I’ve already created. Here’s hoping for the best!
Unfortunately, there’s one problem. You see, I want to be able to write freely. Back in June 2021, I wrote a “rant post” about the obstructionist media and government campaign against Ivermectin and, a few weeks later, Medium took it down, saying “this…
