Since the last post, I dabbled in trying to get a website going for a new tangential writing project. The intention was to make Vs. The Backlog its own thing rather than just building off this old WordPress blog, with avenues to expand into more than just me. Unfortunately, after screwing around with the tools on Squarespace and trying to get myself a crash course in web design, I ultimately ended up nowhere. There’s a few reasons, but what really sealed it was that there was never a point I could say “This isn’t something I could just do on the old blog.”
Actually tweaking this WordPress after the fact solidified that feeling further. Multiple times I would have to really fight the tools needed to get something to look or feel just right, but here it’s been effortless and intuitive. So why bother compounding stress by adding hassles to the design and writing process? This blog will do for my purposes for now. All I really want at the moment is a platform to write on that people can read, and the rest will unfold from that.
As such, I’ve made a few tweaks to the layout and setup of Delfeir vs. The Backlog based on feedback from people. The background colour is a little more muted than just blinding white, there’s a more readable list of recent posts on the sidebar, and I’m overhauling things like the current projects list and About pages to be more up to date.
Honestly? Just knowing I have this place to write for is doing wonders for my brain, as opposed to trying to build something new or latch on to another project. I’m not averse to signing up with some other place exclusively, like I did for DualShockers, but trying to pitch multiple things to different corners of the internet and spread all my work to the far reaches isn’t really what I want to do. I’m old-fashioned, and I’m at a fraction of normal human capabilities thanks to the ever-present sleep hassles and general stress of modern life. Best that I just keep it simple for now.
Now that I’ve settled on using this place as a framework, I need to figure out where I go from here. And as I just said, it’ll probably be kept simple. I’m not trying to make my own DualShockers with blackjack and hookers. Some of you did express interest or enthusiasm in potentially collaborating with me on a new writing project, and while I do relish that possibility, I also start pressuring myself to go beyond my means in trying to make it so. I’ll figure that out in the coming days, but I just need to get myself writing consistently before anything else.
I won’t be operating to any set schedule of releases, but I’m aspiring to at least have an editorial style post up here every week. If I’m falling short, I might revert to the more blog-esque Battle Reports that I did previously and just talk about everything I played this week in brief. That’s more of a stopgap, “I have nothing major to write about so here’s something” filler rather than a scheduled thing. It may not be necessary, but we’ll see.
I’m probably going to look into getting a domain name and making this blog its own little stand alone thing just for the sake of authenticity. Not really needed, but it’ll probably please my mind goblins, so that’s nice. If I can keep that up at something of a steady clip, I’ll look into doing something more for this. Whether that means trying to slap together poorly edited videos with my voiceover for a script, or getting podcasts together remains to be seen. Suggestions and requests are welcome though. I’ll likely be looking into Patreon as well just to see if I can make even a couple bucks from doing this. After receiving review codes for payment and nothing else for a year, that’d be nice.
I am very tired. It’s been hard to get things moving when I feel like my brain’s been in a fog for the last few days, and seemingly for no reason. But all I can do is persevere, I suppose. I still have things I want to write about, so let that be the purpose that keeps me from napping all day in a futile bid to slow it, huh?
So I’ll leave out by saying that Persona 5 Strikers is great and there will likely be a write-up about that sometime soon. Until next time, then!
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