Why I haven't been writing much

Hey everyone,

I haven’t been writing much recently.

Maybe you haven’t even noticed, and the infrequent email that you do get from me is just a small piece of bark floating in the Mississippi of your junk email. Well, I won’t let that bother me. Regardless if you do or do not care about my writing, I decided that I should explain.

One of the main reasons, or rather, the main reason that I’m not writing is because I’m getting married in a little over three months, and that is proving to be quite a lot of work. Here is a picture of me and my fiancé (or is it fiancée?) Kristin.

I was favorably impressed with the picture, considering that the way I was sitting felt awkward. Plus, what if there was a rip in my pants? Of course, I should not be worried. No one will be looking at me with the Other Person in the picture.

As I was saying, the next few months are sure to be a marathon. With wedding and house renovation looming, I will have very little room for writing.

I have great plans, though, for writing some more in the future. After I am married, life will slow down and I will have more time to pour into my writing projects. Or will I?

Frankly, I have no idea. I don’t know what married life is like. I have no marriage experience.

The Holy Scriptures saith that a man does not have to go to war for a year after he is married, so that he can do things with his new wife. I wonder if that means that I should quit writing for a year.

I don’t think it does, because I can stay at home to write. And writing does not involve death and destruction, like war does. Unless you do your writing on Facebook or X. However, I think the Holy Scriptures haveth a good point; namely, after you get married, make your spouse your priority.

Thankfully, I already have a plan for how my married life and writing life will fit together. See below.

1. Focus on wedding planning. Do not write unless spare time.

2. Get married. During the stage of Getting Married, do not write. This should be easy, as the getting married only takes a few minutes.

3. Go on honeymoon. During this stage, write only as a last resort. (Which should also be easy, because we will not even be at a resort.)

4. Go home and let the dust settle. I have heard from others who have experience in marriage that it can take a while to get used to getting married. Again, I have no idea how that is, but I assume that it is probably right.

5. Start writing again. As marriage becomes more normal, I hope there will be time to write again. But we will see.

6. Keep writing. Starting to write is one thing, writing regularly is another. We would have millions more books if everyone who started writing, kept writing. Hopefully, with inspiration from God and encouragement from my wife, I will be able to create a writing routine. Maybe I will be able to post every month, or oftener. But we will see.

That is the plan. The upshot of this rambling post is this: I will (hopefully) begin writing a bit more regularly after I am married.

Thanks again for signing up, and may your New Year’s resolutions be so large that you do not feel bad for not accomplishing them, or so small that you forget them.