What I’ve Been Up To

Toldja yesterday.  It’s the hat.

See the D&D figs in the background?  

Anywho… I came to the conclusion, a couple of weeks back, that this blog was meant to be a labor of love.  By that, I mean that it isn’t going to ever be a reliable stream of blogging income in the way that Writing-Journey or TheHistoryGuru are intended to be.  I’m sure it’s possible for a D&D blog to do so (How else could Yax of DungeonMastering.com give away all of that stuff?) but the ratio of work to reward is higher than I’d like it to be.  And, there are so many folks out there doing it better than me.  On top of all of that, I don’t want to ever have to blog about D&D.  I want to do it for the fun of it. I want to do it to meet new friends like the folks at Critical Hits, Stupid Ranger, Chatty DM, Phil Gamer, the aforementioned DungeonMastering, Kimmie, Kam at Pens & Swords, and any others that don’t immediately come to mind.  (If you’ve not visited each and every one of them, go do that now.  Subscribe to their feeds, while you’re at it.)

Anyways, that’s why I’ve gone from 3 posts a day down to about 3-4 a week.  Hobbies get less time than work.  I’m also changing around my ad structure to be less intrusive.  While I’m not counting on the site for income, I’d love to make enough on the site to at least pay the hosting fees.  Also, over the next few weeks, I’m going to be migrating the material from the articles section of the site into the blog.  New product reviews will all happen inside of the regular blog, right here.  OOH, and I’ll probably be screwing with themes for a couple of days, too, so watch for that.

So anyways, that’s what the site has been up to.  As for the rest of me, I’ve been working on other writing projects, and have landed a long-term project with a big client.  That’s going to provide some stability to my freelancing that I’m just thrilled about.  I’m thrilled with the growth at Writing Journey, and I’m hoping to be able to start my mentoring program up over there by the fall.  I’ve also been screwing around on Helium.com quite a bit.  Check out my latest article over there on the D&D stigma.

Our regular D&D game is in a bit of limbo, waiting to see how 4E goes.  I’m going to be running H1 a couple of times, to make sure that everyone in our group gets to play at least once.  I think Randy’s going to run H2 in the same way.  By the time that’s all said and done, I think we’ll have a good idea of whether we’re switching for certain.  I’m ready for 4E to be out, for that reason if nothing else.

As a side note:  any of you writer-types reading this, you should consider getting in on Helium’s Reward-athon, contests, and marketplace.  Helium is fun to write for and has a bunch of potential for creating residual income.  I know one writer who brings in $300-$500 every month on articles she’s written months ago.  If you decide to sign up, email me and I’ll send you a referral link.  I’m looking at being the Sub-Channel Steward for RPGs, and would love to see more D&D articles on the site.

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