A short introduction.
At one time in my life, I was a writer. I generally produced between eight and ten thousand words of rough draft text per day. I had a voice. I had my own unique style. It was virtually effortless for me to express myself in the written word. Not to sound egotistical, but I was a pretty good writer.
Then I made a lot of bad choices. I'm not going to blame anyone but myself. It was my own fault. I am responsible for my choices in this life. The upshot of that is, it has been years since I have done any serious writing. It's been so long that I can no longer call on that calm, clear voice deep inside me. I can't quite remember how it felt to write in my own style. The last time I tried to do anything real, it came out as a sad parody. I was an amateur, doing a bad imitation of my former professional work.
I want to get back to writing. That's where this 'blog', as much as I despise that word, comes in. I don't expect anyone to read this. I'm not going to advertise it. I'm not going to add it to directories or link exchanges. I'm just going to write here. This will be my slow and painful journey back to the quality of writing I once produced.
Why do it here if I don't expect anyone to read it but me? First, because this makes it easier for me to keep up with a regular writing schedule. I can write something and have it in my online archive (blog), without having to fool around with a lot of saving, transferring, and importing nonsense. Second, because on very rare occasions, I may want to refer someone to a specific piece I've written here. Third and finally, because I really don't care if anyone reads it.
The content here will not be Caisha's deep, dark, inner secrets. This will not discuss my love life, quarrels with friends, personal angst or any other such petty nonsense. I will be using this space to practice my writing. To rediscover my voice and style. To get myself back into the habit of words. I will post opinion pieces (op-eds), journalistic pieces (researched news stories), tutorials, recipes, possibly even short stories and poetry.
It will be fairly chaotic. I will make no efforts to update on any schedule but my own, to cover any topics but those I wish to work on, express any opinions but my own, and in general not be cooperative or responsive.
If you are looking for a source of news or entertainment, this is probably not the 'blog' you are looking for.
That said, if you wish to read it, feel free. Just keep the following in mind:
Everything I post here except for the very rare excerpts/quotes to be used in news and op-ed pieces are my own original works. That is, I own the copyrights and I reserve them all. You're not allowed to save copies of my content, print it out, email it to friends, repost it anywhere, or well, do anything but read it here. If I find you doing so I will make as much trouble for you as I can. This includes exposing you and filing a complaint with your ISP and anyone else who I think may care that you are either illegally copying or plagiarizing my work.
Also, if you comment on anything I write here and make a criticism, you should be pretty darned sure your criticism is accurate. If you complain about my word choice, spelling, punctuation, facts or anything else for that matter, I will call you on it. You had better look in your dictionary and textbooks to be SURE you are right, or I will mock you for an idiot. Publicly. Repeatedly. Well that, and I will delete it before anyone else can read it so you won't even get the fun of being abusive in my 'blog'. If your criticism is valid, I will let others see it, thank you for your assistance, and either make whatever corrections I feel are appropriate or explain why the issue you raised was done that way in the first place.
I'm not putting this 'blog' up to form a community. I'm not looking to be put on anyone's 'friendslist'. I'm not looking for fans or critics. As I said, I'm doing this for me. If you intrude, expect me to react in that context.
- Caisha NS
copyright © 2005, Caisha NS. All rights reserved.
Then I made a lot of bad choices. I'm not going to blame anyone but myself. It was my own fault. I am responsible for my choices in this life. The upshot of that is, it has been years since I have done any serious writing. It's been so long that I can no longer call on that calm, clear voice deep inside me. I can't quite remember how it felt to write in my own style. The last time I tried to do anything real, it came out as a sad parody. I was an amateur, doing a bad imitation of my former professional work.
I want to get back to writing. That's where this 'blog', as much as I despise that word, comes in. I don't expect anyone to read this. I'm not going to advertise it. I'm not going to add it to directories or link exchanges. I'm just going to write here. This will be my slow and painful journey back to the quality of writing I once produced.
Why do it here if I don't expect anyone to read it but me? First, because this makes it easier for me to keep up with a regular writing schedule. I can write something and have it in my online archive (blog), without having to fool around with a lot of saving, transferring, and importing nonsense. Second, because on very rare occasions, I may want to refer someone to a specific piece I've written here. Third and finally, because I really don't care if anyone reads it.
The content here will not be Caisha's deep, dark, inner secrets. This will not discuss my love life, quarrels with friends, personal angst or any other such petty nonsense. I will be using this space to practice my writing. To rediscover my voice and style. To get myself back into the habit of words. I will post opinion pieces (op-eds), journalistic pieces (researched news stories), tutorials, recipes, possibly even short stories and poetry.
It will be fairly chaotic. I will make no efforts to update on any schedule but my own, to cover any topics but those I wish to work on, express any opinions but my own, and in general not be cooperative or responsive.
If you are looking for a source of news or entertainment, this is probably not the 'blog' you are looking for.
That said, if you wish to read it, feel free. Just keep the following in mind:
Everything I post here except for the very rare excerpts/quotes to be used in news and op-ed pieces are my own original works. That is, I own the copyrights and I reserve them all. You're not allowed to save copies of my content, print it out, email it to friends, repost it anywhere, or well, do anything but read it here. If I find you doing so I will make as much trouble for you as I can. This includes exposing you and filing a complaint with your ISP and anyone else who I think may care that you are either illegally copying or plagiarizing my work.
Also, if you comment on anything I write here and make a criticism, you should be pretty darned sure your criticism is accurate. If you complain about my word choice, spelling, punctuation, facts or anything else for that matter, I will call you on it. You had better look in your dictionary and textbooks to be SURE you are right, or I will mock you for an idiot. Publicly. Repeatedly. Well that, and I will delete it before anyone else can read it so you won't even get the fun of being abusive in my 'blog'. If your criticism is valid, I will let others see it, thank you for your assistance, and either make whatever corrections I feel are appropriate or explain why the issue you raised was done that way in the first place.
I'm not putting this 'blog' up to form a community. I'm not looking to be put on anyone's 'friendslist'. I'm not looking for fans or critics. As I said, I'm doing this for me. If you intrude, expect me to react in that context.
- Caisha NS
copyright © 2005, Caisha NS. All rights reserved.
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