Hello, my darlings. Remember me? I created this blog many, many years ago. I was just a young lass, full of hopes and dreams, looking for my own place in the Universal expanse we call the Internet.
Okay, that's a load of bull. Hi, I'm Christine Graves, and yes, I did start this blog back in 2013, but I never did much with it. I was looking for a way to get back into online writing after a 2-year hiatus. When I started this blog, my last name was Senter. I've since remarried...and redivorced. Is that a word? I think it should be a word.
Anyway, I was doing a little digging online to see if I could find any of the old things I posted online before my first divorce, when my last name was still Senter. It took me a little time, and a little help from Gemini AI, but I did it. I found stuff I'd posted clear back to 2001.
I was pretty excited when I found this place. When I first created it, I called it "Must Write Again" (hence the weird web address). Mentally, I was a mess. I really didn't have a plan for the site; I just knew that the only way I was going to find myself again, and get back into the writing game. Turns out, that was a little harder than I thought it would be.
I actually posted more in 2013 than I thought I did. Looking back, I see a lot of writing prompts I'd posted that I had totally forgotten about. I've always created writing prompts; it's one of the first things I did as an online writer in the late 90s and early 2000s.
I'll be going back through those and bringing them back to life. You watch. I'll do it.
I didn't post nearly as much in 2014, but there's a few things in there I need to take a look at. I honestly don't remember writing any of them. I can't wait to see what's in there.
I didn't post again until 2018, but it wasn't anything spectacular. It was just some drivel I'd thrown in to try and force myself to write. I knew better. If it has to be forced, it's not worth writing.
And then, honestly, I forgot all about this place. I started writing on a site called Medium.com, and I took off. I found my voice again and started writing all kinds of things. I did fiction, non-fiction, writing prompts, poetry...I was having a blast.
I worked on keeping all my other blogs going as well. I have a bunch of them, and no, I don't keep them going at a constant rate either. Some are pretty hit and miss. But a few of them are still going strong. I have one blog, Priestess of Words, that I've maintained fairly regularly since 2010. There are some missing time pieces in there, but I still keep it going.
I'm no longer writing on Medium. The site got away from embracing fiction writers and is now geared more toward robotic, informational pieces. I don't mind writing such stuff, but I would rather write fiction, or poetry, or whatever the hell I want. And that's why I'm here.
Since finding this little space once again, I've decided to make this my home for my fiction, poetry, and whatever else comes to mind. My space to write my way. If I feel like writing a dark mystery, cool. If I decided I want to do a poem, so be it. If I get the urge to do some writing prompts, far out. I'm a happy little camper.
I know it's going to take some time for this little space to be seen by the masses, and that's okay. I have a lot of decorating to do, need to put up some new curtains, maybe a throw rug or two, but I'll get there. One of my favorite parts of putting together a new blog is making it pretty. Well, pretty to me anyway.
I invite you to come along and see what's going on. I'm not sure where this place will end up, but it's going to be a blast getting there.
Until next time,
Miss Chris!!!!!
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