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The Sweetness of Candy | Sep 06 2000

It’s been a while. I don’t even want to go into why. Actually, I will. A trusted friend compared CROWBAR to… wait, I’ll go check what he said.

I’m back. He compared it to reading the comics or sports section. Quote: “It’s like the sweetness of candy which doesn’t fill.” Ouch. Later he wrote, “Part of this is my general feeling that the internet is not really ideally suited for substantial communication, but is great for superficial instancy.”

It’s all true. And I was half-thinking it myself as I worked on CROWBAR. But I was also enraptured by the thought of writing and publishing my own little journal, one dedicated to the things I find interesting. I’ve always wanted to do this, and the internet has given me the means.

But then I got wrapped up in making it a daily thing, in part (I hate to admit this) because I figured I’d get more hits that way. If people liked what I wrote, they would come back EVERY DAY to see what new stuff I’d cooked up. Naturally, this added to the superficiality.

So I’ve returned to my less superficial, less instant, novel-in-process. Not that I’ve given up CROWBAR entirely; it’s just gone from a daily to a… whenever-I-feel-like-it. For better or worse. Well, for better, I think.