April 2026
The Possibility of A Return
25/04/26 09:16 Filed in: Writing
Have a few bits of writing on here including some flash fiction from challenges that are no longer with us. There used to be quite a few decent contests out there back in the Days of Twitter. Is it just me, or did the entire world take a wrong turning once Twitter was no longer the good thing—or did i just turn off? So there’s some very short stories then, there are some memoirs pieces about all sorts from days long gone (all days—even those just yesterday—are l…o….n…g gone, aren’t they?), there’s even a few poem-type things too, which I dare say are thankfully rare.
I’ve not been writing nearly as much lately. Partly due to health stresses—but I’m also sure also because of the disappearing Twitter based flash challenges, and the happy gang mentality that went with it—this has become a sepia-toned, and much faded memory. Hoping to get some more done in the here and now. Could happen. In theory. I wouldn’t put money on it though.
I’ve not been writing nearly as much lately. Partly due to health stresses—but I’m also sure also because of the disappearing Twitter based flash challenges, and the happy gang mentality that went with it—this has become a sepia-toned, and much faded memory. Hoping to get some more done in the here and now. Could happen. In theory. I wouldn’t put money on it though.
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The Website Thing
Had to change some stuff with my website host recently and after changing it I’ve had a couple of minor issues to wrangle with. It doesn’t take much of an issue to completely stop one thing or another working. I’ve dealt with the main issue I had, but it has resulted in me finding other website related things to deal with.
Broadly I’ve got to consider how I want the site to work. And this actually gives a whole ‘chicken and the egg’ problem. If I move away from a blog format, for some of it, what will I put up instead? In the end, the content should really be driving what I put up here, rather than the format driving the content. The blog format is clearly the easiest way of me progressively adding to the website, but I wonder if I should just use that format for one—or two—parts of the site.
I’m considering stopping the blog element with respect to the Real Ale Liverpool and ‘Health/MS’ parts of the site. A ‘diary’ format probably only really works if I am to put up regular words, rather than randomly dropping in bits and bobs.
The presentation of the writing bits on the site may be more problematic. There isn’t a time based element to them when they are not tied to events/days of the week. And I’m not sure having single pages for the odd 3 or 5 hundred word piece works (not that I’ve being doing much of that at all lately—God I miss the Days that FlashDogs ruled the waves rather than Memes and AI generated content). It requires more thought, and work—including the writing it at all bit..
And maybe I need to find another way of building the website. But changing from the current way (often writing bits on the hoof (like this) on my iPad, then adding it to my Rapidweaver site on my computer when I get back home) doesn’t make sense until I know what I want on the site and how I want to present it. Changing to a new app before I’ve decided that could cause needless issues down the road.
Now where did I leave that thinking cap? I’ll have a look behind the sofa later…
Broadly I’ve got to consider how I want the site to work. And this actually gives a whole ‘chicken and the egg’ problem. If I move away from a blog format, for some of it, what will I put up instead? In the end, the content should really be driving what I put up here, rather than the format driving the content. The blog format is clearly the easiest way of me progressively adding to the website, but I wonder if I should just use that format for one—or two—parts of the site.
I’m considering stopping the blog element with respect to the Real Ale Liverpool and ‘Health/MS’ parts of the site. A ‘diary’ format probably only really works if I am to put up regular words, rather than randomly dropping in bits and bobs.
The presentation of the writing bits on the site may be more problematic. There isn’t a time based element to them when they are not tied to events/days of the week. And I’m not sure having single pages for the odd 3 or 5 hundred word piece works (not that I’ve being doing much of that at all lately—God I miss the Days that FlashDogs ruled the waves rather than Memes and AI generated content). It requires more thought, and work—including the writing it at all bit..
And maybe I need to find another way of building the website. But changing from the current way (often writing bits on the hoof (like this) on my iPad, then adding it to my Rapidweaver site on my computer when I get back home) doesn’t make sense until I know what I want on the site and how I want to present it. Changing to a new app before I’ve decided that could cause needless issues down the road.
Now where did I leave that thinking cap? I’ll have a look behind the sofa later…