Why Do I Write?
I've been working on a draft of a book for the first time in five years, and it has caused me to reflect on why I'm doing this in the first place.
(I should note that this entire conversation has also been going on in therapy once a week, because there's a whole lot of emotions tied up in this, and I've got my own issues to deal with.)
My Top Five Favorite Video Games
I get asked a lot if I play video games and what they are, and my answers are never quite satisfying for people. I have very specific tastes in video games which I think reveal a lot about me as a person.
Putting Things in Boxes
For those who haven't been following my every movement (shame on you) I ran a website dedicated to miniature wargaming. It got very very popular and ran for many years, but the fickleness of the Google algorithm updates did a lot of damage to me and it eventually became more expensive to maintain--it stopped paying off.
This Is Not Writing Advice
So, I wrote a book. Or, at least a draft. And I'm really, really happy with it. And here is how I did it, and here is not writing advice for anyone.
First, I have been struggling for some time with serious depression, as I have mentioned here and here. And this depression puts me in bed most of the time at 3:00pm, and it's been doing this for the past three years and it super, super sucks.
Well, as mentioned previously, my doctor changed my meds about three months ago at the same time that my therapist gave me some really high quality advice about behaviorism, and things have changed.
My One Political Post for 2024
I'm trying not to be political. I know that there's very little that I can say that will sway anyone one way or the other. But I wanted to say this:
Eighteen long years ago, I wrote The Counterfeit, book about the Illuminati and about conspiracy theories. And there was one big takeaway from that:
People believe in conspiracies because it is easier to believe a simple answer than a complex answer. It is easier to believe that there is a cabal of people in a smoke-filled room making the important decisions.
Take, for instance, inflation. I don't care whose side you're on but here's the deal: