Schlehlein offers no apologies for his absence
This blog is being written to acknowledge the fact that I haven’t blogged for more than a month. I’m sure you’re all very disappointed. Shame on me.
I’ve noticed that when other WordPress bloggers don’t write for a while they tend to apologize to the public for their absence, explaining away their lack of attention with such excuses as work, family, writer’s block, vacations, medical emergencies, etc.
Do you care why I haven’t blogged for more than 30 days?
I, too, have been tempted to apologize to my followers for not giving them something to read over their breakfast. While constructing this post in my head over the last 24 hours most of my opening sentences have begun with, “I’m sorry for not blogging lately, but…”
I won’t do it. I find apologizing for not blogging to be among the most pretentious actions that an amateur writer can do. I have no delusions that anyone would deem what I have to say to be so important that an apology would be necessary for the absence of writing.
That said, I hope you missed me. I’ll try to do better in the future.
Eric Schlehlein, Author 