My four or five regular readers have asked why I don't write blog posts more often. One reason is my close affinity with the deadly sin of Sloth. But there are also many, many other reasons which I have narrowed down to three.
1. The Voices. All writers struggle with The Voices in their head telling them that whatever they are writing is not good enough. As in, "Melissa, this writing is not good." I hate in when they call me by name. I'll let you know if The Voices start telling me to wear a tin foil hat because aliens are trying to contact me about the upcoming elections. That will be a way more interesting thing to complain about.
2. Little People and Other Stuff. I did not start out to write a blog that was funny, it just turned out that most of what I like to write about is funny to me and therefore MIGHT be funny to you. But sometimes what I find SO HILARIOUS is not at all politically correct. As in Not. At. All. So I try hard to maintain a high standard of kindness and sensitivity here at Melicious Details. Because really there is absolutely nothing funny about that time I was in an elevator with a midget dwarf.
3. Disguises. People in my life do and say all kinds of things which cause me to think "THAT would be a funny funny funny blog post to write. But wait. Someone's feelings might get hurt." Which means in order to write the completely hysterical story that I am dying to tell you, I have to first make up an elaborate disguise so neither you nor they can figure out their true identity. And by that point, I am overtaken by The Sloth again.
So when you haven't seen a post from me in a while, now you know why.