I recently created a Tumblr account for my comics. Hopefully this will make it easier to read and share. All the existing comics are queued there, but it’ll catch up soon.
Only the comics are being posted to Tumblr, so if you’re not interested in my other posts about sketchbooks or whatever, then that’s the place for you. However, I will still be posting them here as well, so if you’re happy here, you don’t have to switch your RSS feeds.
Remember, it’s Utter Randomonium dot Tumblr dot Com. :)
So hi. You may have noticed a distinct lack of posts over the last, oh, four months or so. I’ve been terribly busy procrastinating, you see.
In short: I’m sick of writing book reviews. It stopped being fun ages ago. Unfortunately, it took me this long to work up the courage to do what I’ve wanted to do from the start: an art blog.
I’ve always liked drawing. When I was a child I wanted to be a cartoonist. I’ve pondered doing a webcomic for years, but it wasn’t until recently when I randomly started illustrating my Facebook statuses that a diary comic was born. Those will now also be posted here.
What else can you expect? First off, I’m ditching the Tuesday-Friday schedule. This blog is called Utter Randomonium, after all. We can’t be having too much structure around here. I will probably still post the occasional book review, but only when I have something to say. (Most of the time, I finish a book, go “huh, that was a book,” and move on.) I’m going to start a series of posts called RSS Love, where I share the blogs and webcomics I follow on Feedly. I’ll chat about art classes, outings, projects, and groups. And anything else that strikes my fancy.
So welcome, one and all, to the newly revived Utter Randomonium. Comments are open.
And we’re back. I’m going back to a regular Tuesday/Friday schedule, which will be 99% book reviews. Everything else will be posted on whatever other day I feel like. ATC Sunday is still on indefinite hiatus, but I’m hoping to bring that back some day. Anyway, starting tomorrow the posts start up again. I have a few other posts up my sleeve as well, so stay tuned. Thanks for sticking with me.
The fact of the matter is that this blog has gotten a bit boring. Book reviews are all well and good, but wouldn’t you like to see something else on here from time to time? ATC Sundays were fun, then I ran out of ATCs and promptly failed to make any more. Art blogging is very difficult for me anyway because I’m very bad about photographing or scanning things, even when I do manage to actually finish something (which is rare). My primary medium is and always has been language.
I’ve thought about adding some new features here, but I shy away from any kind of schedule because I’m terrible at keeping such commitments and the last thing I want is for this blog to become a chore. That said, I could do recurring themes, assuming no one expects anything to recur with any kind of regularity. Some ideas I’ve had:
…okay, so I don’t actually have that many ideas. I’m open to suggestions. I already have separate blogs for glue stick tourism, my 101 Things in 1001 Days project, and assorted silly stories from my daily life, so that leaves me unsure with what to do with this, my “main” blog.
Another thing to ponder is post frequency. I was doing really well with the Tuesday/Friday posting schedule but it all ended up being book reviews because I am very bad about doing anything else on any kind of regular basis. I used to just schedule everything for the next available day at noon, meaning I’d often have a string of daily posts and then nothing for weeks. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse than the regular twice-a-week gig, especially since the book reviews meant I could get many weeks ahead so every post was kind of a trip down memory lane for me because whatever book that day’s post was about was certain to be something I’d read and reviewed multiple weeks prior. The “daily” posts are more immediate but also far more irregular. Another option is to keep the T/F schedule for book reviews and just post everything else on the next available day as it comes up.
So what do you think? Should I branch out? Should I post more randomly or keep a set schedule? Do you mind the dearth of images on this here blog? Anything in particular you’d like to see more of/at all?
I am having some ucky medical problems right now, and it has caused me to fall behind on everything. I currently am some nine book reviews behind, and my symptoms make reading complicated, so I don’t know how much additional progress I’ll be making on my TBR pile over the next couple weeks. I am trying very hard to catch up and start posting again, but for now I simply cannot make any promises beyond that everything will get done eventually – I just don’t know when, exactly. I had also hoped to start making more non-review posts but that hasn’t been happening either. I offer my apologies. I’ll be back sooner or later.
I have become moderately famous among my fellow Markeroons for my snarf maps. So for their (and your) edification and entertainment, I have created a complete, step-by-step tutorial of how I make them. This is very probably not the smartest/fastest/bestest way of doing things, but it’s the way I do them, and that’s really all I know. Click here for the tutorial and happy snarfing!
From time to time I get into a certain mood and decide to send a bunch of mail, mostly in the form of postcards. I also answer mail art calls on occasion, but in general I just like writing letters to people. Receiving them, too. Alas, I don’t have many people to whom to write, so I tend to just browse mail-fan blogs and see who has their address posted publicly. If you’d like to receive a random postcard from me every so often, let me know.
So, in the grand tradition of snail mail bloggers everywhere, I’ve finally decided to add my address to the sidebar. Feel free to write anytime. I promise to write back.
Just a quick note to let y’all know that we’re switching webhosting services this weekend, so things may get a little weird over the next few days. More information here: http://www.bsodcomic.net/2011/12/30/time-to-switch/
(And in case you’re confused, this affects my blog, zoiks.org, BS/OD, BCinDC, and Pure Shift Productions, but NOT The Glue Stick Tourist or Sine Fine Films.)
Thank you for your patience.
A little over a month ago, I posted a survey asking what people would like to see and not see on this here blog. The responses were interesting. In general, people seem to want more of everything and less of nothing. But here are some bits that particularly interested me:
Thanks for participating; I really appreciate it. As always, comments are welcome. This summer may be a little sparse in terms of non-book-review content, but I’m looking forward to Good Things for this Fall.
This summer is going to be extremely busy, so I have decided not to accept any new books to review between now and September 1, 2011. I will, of course, read and review the books currently in my possession, but I simply cannot accept any new ones for the time being. If you have any questions, comments, or really good jokes, please don’t hesitate to contact me. There’s a form on the About page. Thanks!
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