11 years. That’s how long I’ve been writing here at MmoQuests. When I first started it was to collect my stories of EverQuest 2. Over the years I’ve added a lot more games to those posts, and I’ve written a total of 3,028 (3,029 with this one) articles. That’s not bad, for 11 years. If you had of asked me if I thought I’d still be writing here, 11 years later, I probably would have laughed. Shrugged. Not known the answer. I’m proud that I’ve managed to keep the blog going for that long.
Things have changed a lot in that time. I volunteered for SOE (back when they were SOE). I wrote for a video game magazine. Wrote for video game web sites. Got to travel to California to interview some wonderful people. Started working for Carbine Studios. Worked for NCSOFT.
Things have changed a lot for me in my personal life, too. I moved across the country. I got married. I’ve got a little boy. I grew up, in other words. Despite the fact that a lot has changed, a lot also stayed the same. I still have a ton of passion for video games. I know a lot of the same gamer’s. I still write as frequently as I can, which lately is once a day, but that’s still pretty new. I’m making up for lost time.
I’ve never written for an audience, I’ve always just written for myself. I get comments here and there and they’re absolutely wonderful when I do, but whether or not I get a comment doesn’t decide if I’ll continue writing and I think that’s been the one thing that has kept me going. Writing is just something I do, whether you enjoy it or not, whether you take a minute to read it.
So here’s to 11 years and here’s to 11 more. It’s been absolutely lovely.
Wow over 3000 posts! Even over 11 years, that is still not far off one a day and to keep it up for all that time is really amazing! I have started and stopped I don’t know how many blogs over the years and I never keep them up very long :-)
Congrats! — and glad to hear writing is something you do regardless. I rarely comment on blogs in general — but do voraciously consume their content. Yours is one that has been on my blogroll for quite awhile and I continually enjoy the insights and gaming experiences that you share. Consider me part of the silent, yet appreciative audience =)
Congratulations! Keep on keeping on!