The End.
June 25, 2008
After two and a half years of blogging for CardsChat.com, it is time for me to move on. There was no drama involved, no disagreement between me and site owner Nick about quality or quantity or artistic freedom or, honestly, anything at all. It was a disagreement between myself and making a blogging commitment. At this point in time, having what essentially comes down to a writing job just isn’t working out for me. It’s not that I don’t have the time, necessarily, it’s that I don’t want to have to have the time, if you know what I mean. When writing for CardsChat, I felt guilty if I didn’t post an update at least once a week, and as things in my life get more and more hectic, that feeling of guilt and “I have to” kept coming on more and more often.
I talked to Nick about it, and he, being the cool and (and I hope he doesn’t mind me saying so) surprisingly mature-for-his-age guy that he is, completely understood and had in fact already anticipated that I might go this way. So we’re good. And that makes me happy.
I started my personal blog over a year ago just a placeholder to link back to here. I’ve decided now to make use of it, because I still enjoy writing and don’t want to close the lid on that part of me altogether. At this point, I don’t know how often my new blog will get updated, or what kind of stuff it will contain. I used to write almost exclusively about poker; I’m going to guess that the poker-to-other-stuff ratio is going to go down a bit.
The point is that I don’t know. And I feel pretty good about not knowing and right at this very moment, not caring. I do like to have readers though, so if you read this blog, let me know about it and I’ll be happy. If you read and tell others to read my new blog - either through links or any other more traditional way of word-of-mouth - I’ll be even happier and much grateful.
In closing, a final thank you to Nick at CardsChat. Getting to write about poker, even if it was difficult to muster the motivation at times, has made me a better player and a better writer all at once. I’m very grateful for the opportunity, and for the encouragement.
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