New Blog Schedule

I pity any poor soul who may have wandered to my blog in the last few years, hungering for more of my precious wisdom. Or, you know, thoughts and opinions.

Who am I kidding? I named the blog "Distractions of Grandeur" for a reason.

The truth is, while I've always enjoyed writing, I've been very haphazard about it. My hard drive is strewn with the debris of many an unfinished story in various stages of development, not to mention the scattered notes I've jotted down or thoughts I've not even recorded, just mulled over. This blog was meant to be a catchall for that sort of thing, and unfortunately, has languished even worse than my pitiful writing folder. There've been whole years with only a single post.

But today is a new day: today I'm putting my distractions on a schedule! Starting this week, I aim to post three times a week for at least the next month. Here's the schedule:

• Tuesdays will be devoted to reviews. As part of my attempt to be more focused in my online output, I've reorganized my Goodreads account and started adding books there (instead of the very long spreadsheet currently hosting most of my to-read impulses). If you can't wait until Tuesday, you can read my reviews there first on Monday; I'll repost them to this blog on Tuesday mornings. But I'm not limited to books: I'm as likely to discuss a theatre show, film, or television program.
• Thursdays are all about stories. To that end I take this moment now to officially out myself as the person behind the FanFiction.net persona "scrimshaw." On Thursday I'll update my bio there to link to a new section of the blog entitled "Scrimshaw," which will feature creative scribblings carved from my imagination. As the section's description warns, "Here there be original shorts, fan fiction, novellas, and other art forms not yet identified by science." Hopefully some of those buried old stories will finally see the light of a screen soon.
• Saturdays are reserved for true ramblings. I may describe parts of the theatrical process (a subject near and dear to my heart but which I've not yet commented on here), or address some recent film news, or even spout out off about some obscure moment of history. Any and every distraction will be given its due.

That's the schedule I think I can live with for now. All other days of the week are on reserve: I may post if I have something, probably short and pithy, but I may leave that sort of thing to Twitter. I may post somewhere else online, in which case I'll post a link.

Will I actually keep to this plan? Stay tuned to find out!