Writer Dad 3.0

Yippe Skippee – There’s a shiny new Writer Dad!

I spent December scribbling ideas, tossing them away, then scribbling some more; desperately seeking a means to pull the awesome from Writer Dad I knew was waiting inside. I ought to be able to publish nearly every day without being boring, but it was a feat I had not managed in a while.

The answer was obvious: I needed to light my own fire. If I wasn’t passionate about what I was publishing, how could I expect an audience to be fully engaged?

Deciding on the precise content and future direction for this site was critical. I’ve learned a significant amount about developing content over the last year and felt that applying that knowledge to my first online home was long overdue. This development process is something Dave and I have gone through for every site in our syndicate as we prepared to head into the new year. Yet comparatively, those other sites were cake. I understand their needs on a fundamental level. Those domains exist for a purpose, created to carry me and my partners down a very particular path.

Writer Dad was born because I had nothing else.

I should understand it the most. But honestly, there are times I understand it the least.

I’ve dragged this domain all over the map. Veered direction, run against the wind and attempted to take it places it never should have gone, even occasionally sparring with its most natural direction. Thank you so much for being this patient with me. It is difficult sometimes. With only one to two percent of the audience providing feedback at any given time, it can be hard to know what will satisfy both the audience and myself in reasonably equal measure.

The primary difficulty I’ve had with Writer Dad is that I’ve never wanted to fit into (or write toward) a niche. Yet I have always wanted to see this site grow. By trying to serve two masters, most times I’ve pleased neither.

To correct this, I’m introducing features. I’ll start with just four, but more will be added throughout the year. Think of Writer Dad as the channel and features as the shows. You can tune in to your favorites, and hopefully share them with your friends.

If you turn your attention to the beautiful new sidebar on the right, you can see the features section and the four we are starting with: UPDATE: Sidebar not finished yet (oops!)

• Syllable Soup
• DAD!
• Life’s Better With the Right Words
• Children Write the Future

I’ll be giving each feature a short introduction throughout the next couple of weeks, with an entry to follow the next day. I am in love with this direction, and though it has taken an eon and a half to get here, I’m glad we are on this road and am eager to get going.

I’d like to thank David Wright for the awesome facelift. In the last month he has refreshed five of our sites and built two from scratch, in addition to all the client work he’s managed. The dude is a juggernaut of effort. Without him, many of my budding dreams would merely be idle domains.

Thank you, David.

Don’t be shy! I’d love to hear what you think in the comments.

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