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Well it’s been a long, long time since I’ve posted a proper update, so here goes:
MY BREAK: I think it was poor timing on my part that I would choose to take my partial break during the holiday season. I’ve been far too busy to fulfill my goals with the submissions of my novel. So I’ve decided, since I’ve been “breaking” during all of December, that I will end my break the day after I post the last Grimm I wrote, which is post 39. If my estimations are correct, my break will officially end on January 12th. Of course, I will continue to work towards publication…and better time management as a result. It’s been incredible that my blog has continued to have success even though I’ve written very little new material for an entire month. I have the most amazing and supportive readers, so I consider myself extremely lucky to have all of you, and I thank you for that.
THE JOURNAL OF WALL GRIMM: New Grimm will resume on either January 12th or 13th. For those who are unfamiliar with Wall Grimm, he’s what I’ve just recently begun to refer to as ‘fiction by default.’ Basically he’s roughly based on me and my experiences, yet there’s a lot of fiction in the mix, so really…he’s fiction, by default. At the top of my site is the Wall Grimm Index which has character descriptions and the posts they are mentioned in. There’s also a list of the posts. Since it’s written in journal format, it’s easy to jump around from post to post randomly and out of sequence as there is no rigid plot to follow. Also there’s an interactive element described in the index if anyone would be interested in creating a character to be included in Grimm’s world. I usually post Grimm every other day unless they fall on Saturdays.
FAY: Fay is posted every Saturday and does contain mature themes, and some very strange if not perverted elements, plot related, not gratuitous. There were a couple posts in there I felt compelled to apologize about, but it’s going somewhere. I’m not sure of a timeline when Fay will end. There is a Fay index also where you can refer to older posts, as it does have a plot to follow sequentially.
POETRY: Once my break comes to an end, I will resume writing new poems daily. If anyone has a topic or theme they’d like for me to write a poem about, let me know, I love to do that. I will include your social media links, or you can make anonymous suggestions. The same goes for Grimm. My email is below.
AWARDS: Here’s the toughest update to write. While I’ve been on my “break” that was hardly noticeable I think, I’ve received many awards, which flattered me to an indescribable degree. How much bigger can my writing ego get? Anyway at this point, it has been a huge struggle for me to come to the decision for my blog to go award free. I cringe as I write that, since I don’t want to seem ungrateful. Every award I’ve received has been genuinely appreciated.
I haven’t yet fulfilled my end of the awards yet, in terms of the rules and awarding other bloggers. This is something that I plan to get to after I’m back on the blog fully.
It pains me to walk away from the awards, not for myself, but because I do not disregard the honor in the least. It has been a significant and meaningful blogging experience. Here are three reasons why I’ve decided to go blog free:
1. TIME: The awards are unfortunately a little time consuming, and since my break has not given me enough time to complete my submission endeavors, and I’d like to start writing new posts for the blog, I need to fine tune my time a bit. Eliminating the awards would help with that.
2. FAY: I’m actually wanting to end Fay as soon as the story allows and then move onto other stories, the ideas are circulating, so I have a lot more writing I want to do. This sort of falls into the time bit as well.
3. GUILT: It’s hard to keep track of all the people I’d like to award. I’m always wondering if I missed someone, so yeah I feel guilty. Any snubs are accidental but they still happen, so I hate that.
One reason I didn’t want to go blog free was I loved the opportunity of promoting other blogs, or finding out about other blogs from those who passed the award onto me. So the awards have served as a doorway from one blog to the next many times and I’ve met such great people that way. This is why I’m brainstorming an idea to replace that aspect, and we’ll see what I come up with upon my return. I have an idea, but it’s as of yet in an infantile stage.
Ok, well that’s all for now. Again, I thank you for your loyalty and support, your comments and thoughts, for reading my stuff, and for motivating me to write more. If you have any questions or comments that you’d rather not be public, feel free to email me anytime. sagedoyle@yahoo.com I’m also on Twitter @sagedoyle
I hope everyone has a brilliant 2013!
Take care,
Sage
CAN’T WAIT TO SE WHAT GRIMM IS UP TO (;
Me too!
I miss Grimm :(
OOPS I MEANT SEE, NEVER WAS A GREAT SPELLER (:
Aw you don’t need to worry about your spelling here, I always understand you :)
Aw, well, 12th or 13th he’ll be back. I miss him too lol
Awesome :)
I can’t wait to see what you do in 2013b
Thank you!
This is a very good posting that offers a reality towards writing within our blogosphere as time for everything is always lacking and one cannot fulfil every single stage of a blog sufficiently without leaving some aspect of it wanting. I agree with you regarding the Awards, I too do not follow them to the letter and only add them to show respect and gratitude to all of those wonderful people that have offered me them, in truth I just do not believe in them but that is just my own preference and I do not take anything away from everyone else that truly enjoys these Awards, indeed I do place them on an extra page and I always try to visit the blogs that are awarded accolades, but as for adding them to my leading page and following the many rules and guidelines, that I never do.
I like your style of writing as it covers a wide range of genres, I also write in this way covering every angle and challenges as in new ideas, titles and themes are rather interesting, though time constraints do have to be considered when requests are put forwards in this way.
I still have so much to read on your Space and lately I have been spending time replying and adding scripts and graphics on my own and not doing a great deal of visiting in between, again it is a time consuming characteristic of blogging and consequently, maintaining a healthy representation of our Spaces is an ongoing experience for all of us.
Have a great rest of evening Sage and thank you for calling into My Gothic Realm, you are a much better visitor than I my wicked friend and I do appreciate your time and efforts for same :)
Androgoth
Thank you, your very lengthy comment compensates for any visits you feel you fell short on lol. One thing I am looking forward to is finishing “Fay” because I want to write a new story, but I can’t add one without eliminating something else, as you know, there’s no time for that. It took me a while to come to the decision about the awards. I think I have nearly 20 awards that I received over the course of my break so I don’t know how I’ll approach those, but I’ll give it a try lol. Anyway, don’t ever feel obligated to come by, I know how hard it is to visit everyone regularly, it’s hard to keep up with at times. Just glad to see you sometimes, or even just when I visit your site. Have a great evening! :)
Sage
I haven’t read one word of you story titled
as ‘Fay’ yet but eventually I know that I will :)
Thank you for your kind thoughts regarding
my visits and observations, I too understand
the infrequent visits of some of my friends, it
is just how it is I guess though I don’t include
you in this assessment as you have visited a
lot more than I have but hopefully this year I
can make more of an effort and change things
around a little. Have a very nice rest of evening
Sage and watch out for those sneezes :) lmao
Androgoth
hahaa ok I will, thanks again :)
:) :) :) :roll: lol
Androgoth
Very nice posting. The way drafted is beautiful and convincing although I feel you will be away from blogging of course for a short while.
ALL THE BEST
Namaste.
Thank you! yes my last day of ‘break’ should be 11th or 12th of January. In the meanwhile there will be two or three new posts, everything else will be reposts. Take care :)
Namaste
Sage
I love your plans and your new boundaries. I feel that same guilt complex around awards–I appreciate every supporter and can glean something helpful from every blog I visit. Seems wrong to have to pick 5, because that’s ‘x-5′ that are still award worthy. I look forward to seeing what your ideas are.
I’ll definitely hit you up on topic specific poetry! An even better way to tie into weekend themes. :) I’ll start thinking about some…
Enjoy the rest of your break, take all the time you need… ~ C
Glad you understand. It truly is painstaking to go through all the blogs and then I seriously feel I’ve forgotten deserving people. And yeah I’d love to write whatever topics you come up with! Thanks so much, take care :)