Welcome to my Website
Welcome to my Website post
Introduction
This is my first post on my blog for my new website. You might ask why you should read this blog or visit my new website. Well, I’ll tell you. I have something to say as a reader and as a writer.
Summary
I have been a reader for as long as I can remember. It started as I read the World Book Encyclopedia as a child. There was no internet back then in the dark ages and the library was far away for a young kid, so I read the encyclopedia and I learned.
When I was ten, I read The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs and that changed how I thought about reading. The world opened up and I read as much fiction as I could. I will create another post about my influences, but the short version is that I was inspired by Science Fiction and Fantasy. Shortly afterward I started to write about the stories that were swirling in my mind.
Link to Goodreads page of The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13552142-the-land-that-time-forgot
That’s what this blog and website is about. I need to get those stories out of my mind and onto the page. I hope that you will follow me on my journey because reading and writing is what I was meant to do. Here’s the thing. I am a great procrastinator. I have found that I need to make a plan, write it down, and hold myself accountable. This is my statement to myself. I will do it. It has taken me many years to get to the point where writing is at a high enough priority that I can start to complete that tasks I have set down for myself.
New Year’s Resolution
It started with this year’s, 2016’s, new year’s resolution to progress in my writing career and set out a series of tasks at that time. It took until April to come up with a plan that worked. Since then, I have achieved what I have set out to do.
My next task is this one. Start a website and a blog. You are reading that accomplishment. It has taken me a while to realize that I cannot compare my accomplishments to anyone else. My journey is unique to me and it will progress at the pace that I choose and can maintain. I will do it and here is my plan for the rest of the year.
Posts
My posts will consist of book reviews, aspects of my writing journey, and thoughts on conferences that I have attended. I plan to make a least one post per week. I will re-post three book reviews from my Goodreads page. Since I read about two books a month, I will add at least eight more posts by the end of the year.
On the other hand, I will start with giving my observations of attending the conventions of Ohio Expos 2016 and Confluence 2016. My regular next eight posts for 2016 are proposed to be:
- Read, Write, Listen, and Watch
- The Land That Time Forgot and Other Influences
- How Goodreads changed my reading life
- What websites do I visit every day?
- The Background for the Gahrn Series
- The Background to the Future Space Series
- Observations of the Western Reserve Writers Conference 2016
- Observations of Capclave 2016
Conclusion
Thank you for being with me at the start of my journey.
Sincerely,
Gary David Gillen
September 7, 2016
Links
Welcome to my Website
My first writing progress report is linked below.
My writing progress report for October 2016. Worked on a short story. Plan to attend Capclave from 10-7 to 10-9 in Washington, D.C. Plan to take Website live.