The times they are a changing. Adding a new voice to the site is only one of those changes. Expect more to come from Scott this week as he works on getting into his groove with doing reviews.

For me personally, I have been working on getting past a writing block I didn’t even realize was there. Sunday brought about a shift internally for me that revealed this problem that I just got past. It was a peculiar and interesting moment for me. A quick recap of my last few years (well, lifetime, but let’s not count the years.) I’ve been dabbling in writing since I got my first computer back in… Hmmm, not sure now. I know without hesitation that it was a new Apple II Plus. And those were sold from 1979-1982. So let’s split the difference and say I was 10. Spent a lot of time learning basic programming and writing. But I never committed to either of them. I have jumped into and learned new programming languages, but not really worked that field (with one exception.) And I have written short stories and poems and started projects, but never committed to the idea that this is my life. There have been a few times I have come close, but always kept the idea of a Plan B. Which is limiting. The closest I got was 10 years ago when I pushed hard to focus on writing, but then I actively chose to implement a new idea plan B and opened a comic shop. Unfortunately this halted my actual working in writing comics. Tied into this, 16 years ago I acquired and started running Horror-Web. Which thrust me neck deep into reviewing, up until I lost the site due to a few unforeseen circumstances. After closing the comic shop, I did a horrible job because I felt like I needed a normal job. Which was a horrible decision. A few months ago I decided that I was done playing by the rules and expectations of societal norms. Diving into writing full time and bills be damned. If I can’t afford food, I shall simply call it finally losing that weight I need to. And if I can’t afford to pay my mortgage, I shall simply call it finally decluttering and embracing the minimalist lifestyle. I didn’t count on how difficult some aspects would be. Writing and reviewing have still been happening, but it hasn’t been fully embraced. Until this weekend. Now we get to see how that translates into the day to day world of writing and reviewing.

How does this all translate to Cthulhuville? Well first and foremost, it shall hopefully be seen in more postings. Adding a new reviewer here helps that beyond my keyboard. Also will be adding a new feature bringing back some of the Horror-Web content. I’ll be exploring the need to redesign a tiny bit here to have a new space for that.

And I do fully realize that the biggest challenge here is finding the ears and eyes of the internet to go with the voices being presented here. Expect more to be mentioned about all this in the days to come. And if you are reading this, I would love to ask if you could recommend the site to someone.

This was a very different roundup, as I didn’t have anything specific to mention that is coming this week. Lots of vagueness. But a mental shift for me that will yield results.