View From the Bushes

I thought I'd try something out, now that DireKobold.com is finally completely functional. Okay, completely may be a misnomer. I'm sure there is still some stuff here and there that isn't at 100%. Anyway, in the past I've fancied myself quite the diarist (think Samuel Pepys without so much talk about the Restoration of the Monarchy). Since this is ostensibly a magazine, I thought it might be nice if there was some kind of letter from the editor, an occasional pseudo-article or perhaps a blog, since this is a website. In any event, I'm going to call it "View from the Bushes."

Obviously the primary purpose of DireKobold.com is to publish adventures, by some of the best authors in the business, which means that there is no guarantee that this particular column/blog will be published with any regularity, nor will it receive the same rigorous editing that the adventures get. Which reminds me of a story, but I'll probably wait to tell it until I have more than one reader (Hi Mom!).

More than anything, the point of this will be to take a break for the rest of the site: coding adventures, updating content, reading submissions, and fixing bugs, and yet still hopefully add to the enjoyment of the site. One of my inspirations for this is Bill Harris, the Night Call guy over at GoneGold.com. I'm not sure if any of you have had the chance to read his thrice weekly column, but I highly recommend it. Not as well known as the Wil Wheaton blog, but just as funny.

So bottom line is that this is something I would like to do, and we'll see how it goes. To be honest, I'm insanely busy with my "normal" 9-5 job, my wife and four kids, and of course, DireKobold.com. But you know there is certainly a slim possiblity that I'll be able to keep up with this column in addition to everything else.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero,
Ross