Blogging to that disco beat
Friday, November 25, 2005 at 09:30PM I'm back.
I know, you didn't even have time to miss me. Kind of like disco.
After pondering for a few days, I've decided to keep this blog alive.
I appreciate the e-mails and public comments that I've gotten. Your support means the world to me. It's humbling that people actually taken the time to read what I've written and that there are at least some out there who seem to get something out of my words.
But ultimately I'm doing this for me. Even if no one was reading this blog, I don't think I could kill it. A piece of me would die with it, and it's a piece that I'm not ready to give up.
So while I may not be blogging as often as I have in the past, I'm going to take Dave C.'s advice and come here whenever I feel the time is right for me. In keeping with the disco beat, I'm Stayin' Alive.
Oftentimes you wonder if anyone is paying attention out there. When you market a book (or Do the Hustle), you sometimes feel as if you're screaming and shouting to yourself.
But then someone does take notice. And it makes all that screaming and shouting worthwhile.
Case in point: Chicago librarian Alice Maggio writes the wonderful Ask the Librarian column for Gapers Block, a hip Chicago web publication providing information about news and events around town.
On Thanksgiving Day, Maggio posted her 2005 Chicago Books in Review: Fiction column featuring a selection of new novels and short-story collections by authors who have "some significant past or present connection to the Windy City."
On the list are books published this year from some of Chicago's literary giants including Scott Turow and Sara Paretsky. There are also new releases from some of the town's rising stars: Audrey Niffenegger, Adam Langer, Kevin Guilfoile and David Ellis.
And then there's me. The answer to the question, "Which one doesn't belong?"
How I made Maggio's list, I have no idea. But it's nice to be there. And to know that my screams and shouts do occasionally get heard.
So now it's time to put on that three-piece suit, the gold jewelry and my-my-my-my-my-my my Boogie Shoes.
Sorry it's too late for mercy killings. This blog is going to keep on dancing to it's own funky beat.
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