Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us.

~Oscar Wilde

Though I love blogging, I do wish I could change the odds of someone new reading something old.  As it stands, they’re equal to the odds of my passing  a bowl of peanut M&M’s empty handed.

It’s the nature of the beast.  Blogs evolve with rapidity.  Trying to keep up, let alone catch up, can feel like moving a mountain of sand with a pair of rusty tweezers.

I took Writer Dad seriously from the very beginning, because I wanted to grow as a writer.  This past week, I reread my first forty posts.  It’s interesting to look back on things I’ve scribbled and  find them somehow surprising.

Here’s what my sister said in an email after my first week:

My thoughts on your blog are that it’s extremely well written, and surprisingly professional and tasteful in how it’s presented.  I don’t mean “surprisingly” like a slam. . .  I just mean  it looks  like some Aspiring Professional Author Writer Dad carefully crafted it, and not my goofy brother who likes to hum Super Mario Bros. through his nose.  Wait, that still sounded like a slam, didn’t it?  It’s not… I hope you know what I mean.

Still one of my favorite compliments regarding Writer Dad.

I’ve compiled the first forty posts, and assembled them all pretty like in an E-Book.

The book’s an interesting read.  It starts with a few rather awkward posts, from the two weeks of Blogspot prior to Writer Dad.  I transferred them to this blog right before it started, so that first time visitors wouldn’t be wise to how empty the hallways actually were.

As the pages turn (or scroll), you can almost feel the moment things start to shift.  The writing becomes fun, playful even, as I started to realize what I was born to do.  Those were magical moments, the first taste of possibility, without the stress of major transition.

It’s a summit I look forward to climbing again.

These are a few of my favorites, in order of appearance.

• Sink or Swim: We are faced with only two choices when we find ourselves adrift; sink or swim.

• Bye Bye Butterfly: A fond farewell (in rhyme) to one of my favorite students.

• The Great Equalizer: A long and winding thought on the role of publishers in an industry about to shift.

• Here’s a Macbook, Go Make Your Million: A happy anniversary to my beloved, and a testament to her belief in me.

• The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Miracle of compound interest.  In prose!

• I Promise: A commitment to continuously search for my truest voice.

• Just Pay Attention: Music and language are critical to a child’s early development.  Dual Immersion is AWESOME.
  

• Thank You Sir, May I Have Another: Little Max gets a really big shot, after waiting for a long long while.
  

• No, no, no!  I said I didn’t want to be a chooch: My insecurities about being a writer do the moonwalk across the blog.

If you have a favorite, and someone to share it with; perhaps someone who doesn’t normally read blogs, please email  a story, the book, or a link to this page.  Each entry in the E-Book links to the original post.  Feel free to drop by again.  Discussions here are endless.

The book is here.  Enjoy, and I’ll see you Monday.

Writer Dad

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