For whatever reason, I let this blog go stagnant for well over two years. For a time, Between Two Junkyards was being updated as often as three times a week, and was complete with recurring Monthly segments, special interview posts, and a Merch shop. This blog felt, to me, as though it had the capacity to become something more that just a twenty-something rambling to a near-nonexistent audience on the internet, as though, with a little time and a lot of elbow grease, this blog had potential, BIG potential.
And then, it just kind of stopped...
Part of me blames it on a difficult battle with writer's block. Part of me thinks that the schedule was too hectic; that trying to run a personal blog like a web-zine was just too much for one person. Part of me even believes that I just got lazy, and that maybe the prospect of making work out of this spooked me into killing something that had just started to blossom. Regardless of the reasoning behind it, I let my beloved little skateboarding blog fall to the wayside, and earlier today, I made the decision to bring it back, albeit with some fundamental changes.
Firstly, I will be updating once a week, Sunday evenings, likely posting during the wee hours on Monday morning. This way, I feel like I can be consistent, and be able to effectively manage work, the blog, and my other writing projects without fear of getting bogged down too heavily.
Secondly, I no longer plan on writing exclusively about skateboarding. I love skateboarding, yes, and I always will, but that being said, there are two main reasons behind this decision:
- Although skateboarding is my greatest passion, I do have other interests, several of which I have been pursuing more actively than skating recently. Again, this does not mean I no longer skate, but rather that circumstances have afforded me more time do engage in things like writing, comics, and tabletop gaming as well.
- As the blog really started to gain momentum the first time around, I found that writer's block became a more constant issue. Part of this may be due to the fact that I can only say so much about skateboarding in one week, especially given the average length of my posts. In broadening the blog into a wider array of topics, I leave myself open to write about whatever I choose, and not necessarily just about skateboarding.
I feel good about starting Between Two Junkyards back up, and about really using it as a platform for me to really just bare my mind and soul to the internet.
Here's to new beginnings: it feels good to come back home.
