I didn't think about him as having grown up. I didn't know that he had (re)created himself as one of the most popular bloggers of the past decade (Forbes.com awarded him "Best Celebrity Weblog" in 2003 and in 2009 ranked him as the 14th most influential celebrity blogger. He's been nominated for lifetime achievement awards in blogging and has been compared to blog powerhouses like Fark and Slashdot.); and then turned his blogging into authorship. I'm not even sure how I stumbled onto his web site - WWdN: In Exile.
I just know that I did stumble upon it around Easter and have been letting his musings and anecdotes fill the few empty places I have left in my brain. I even bought one of his books --
I finished it the same day it arrived. The "He" is Wil Wheaton. And he is much more than the characters he played years ago. He is the geeks geek. He writes about all the cool things my friends and I did when we were his age - Star Wars, Star Trek, Car Wars, Dungeons and Dragons, Pac-man and Dig-Dug. And it is readable. And enjoyable. And - very human.
The motivating part - I did write a 50,000 word novel in November as a participant in National Novel Writing Month. I have learned to shed my inner editor and put my thoughts into type. I just haven't had the spirit to write (nor the time, thanks to conditions at work). My "muse" was gone. Wil Wheaton has shown me that it is also ok to shed the cloak of self-doubt. They are voices in his head that he (and his wife) have learned to ignore. I'll write. I'll post. If people like what I have to say, great. If not, I will be none the worse for the effort.
I will ignore the voices of self doubt. It is time for round three (if your counting) for the Egg Bros primary web presence. I hope some readers come along for the ride.
I will ignore the voices of self doubt. It is time for round three (if your counting) for the Egg Bros primary web presence. I hope some readers come along for the ride.
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