New season, new goal

It’s the first day of fall. Time to start projects. And the project at the top of my list is writing regular posts on this blog.

Blogs are the digital version of vinyl. The main way most of us live on the Internet is through streaming — Facebook or Twitter or whatever. I still spend a lot of time in those places, more than I should. But lately what I’ve craved is the sound of a single voice, something to spend a chunk of time with, the needle dropping down on the record.

I’ve been drawn to the people who build their own little worlds here, people like Austin Kleon and John Scalzi and Jason Kottke and my dear friend Joe Posnanski. I admire their commitment to putting something out there in the world every day, even if it’s small, even if it’s occasionally (in John’s case) a picture of his cat.

We don’t have a cat. But I might stick a photo up here from time to time as my daily appearance, or a great quote I ran across, or some other tidbit. Other days I’ll have more to say. I have a couple of particular projects I want to try in this space … maybe things that can become something bigger down the road.

I’ll also have book news from time to time. This will be the first of 16 million times I remind you that the paperback of “The Elephant in the Room” will be out Jan. 14 and is now available for preorder, and of course you can still buy the hardback and ebook and audiobook and such. I’ll be doing a tour for the paperback in January and will let you know more when that’s firmed up. And … I hope to have some news soon about book #2. I’m REALLY excited about the possibilities there.

I’m also really excited about the possibilities here. Come back and check it out when you can.

— TT