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I Have Some Questions for You

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I’ve spent the last couple of days doing something I’m occasionally terrible at.

Nothing.

Well, not exactly nothing. I visited a friend. I relaxed. I thought. Most importantly, I stepped away from the desk long enough to look at some things without immediately trying to fix them.

One of those things was Memoirs of Madness.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what MoM is from this side of the keyboard. Tonight, I’d like to hear what it is from yours.

So, I have a few questions.

You don’t have to answer all of them. Pick one. Pick three. Answer every damn one if you’re feeling ambitious.

When you visit Memoirs of Madness, what do you come here for?

What feature or type of post do you look forward to most?

Is there something I publish that you usually skip?
You won’t hurt my feelings. Useful truth beats polite bullshit.

Is there something I’ve done in the past that you wish I’d do more often?

Do you enjoy the variety here, or does MoM sometimes feel like too many different things competing for your attention?

When you think about Memoirs of Madness, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

And here’s the question I’m probably most interested in:

If one part of MoM disappeared tomorrow, what would you genuinely miss?

I’m not asking because I’ve decided to tear the place apart.

I’m asking because sometimes you can spend so much time building something that you stop seeing what other people see when they walk through the door.

I know what I think Memoirs of Madness is.

I’d like to know what it has become to you.

Don’t worry about giving me the “right” answer.

Give me the useful one.

I’m listening.

Sweeping the Workshop Floor

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Over the past month, you’ve probably noticed that a few of my regular features have wandered a little off schedule.

That’s on me.

Behind the scenes, I’ve been doing something that isn’t particularly exciting to read about but is absolutely necessary: rebuilding the foundation of Memoirs of Madness. I’ve been repairing incomplete posts, cleaning years of archived content, reorganizing projects, and preparing for a larger migration that will make everything easier to find and maintain in the future.

It has been slow, sometimes tedious work. The kind of work that doesn’t produce a new story every day, but makes sure the stories already here aren’t lost.

I’ve always believed that creative work deserves the same care behind the curtain as it does on the stage. Sometimes that means choosing maintenance over momentum. There is no reason to carry broken links, unfinished drafts, or outdated structures into the future simply because they’re familiar. If I’m going to build something meant to last, then the foundation deserves as much attention as the words themselves.

The good news is that much of that work is finally coming together. August is already taking shape, several series are back on track, and I’m looking forward to spending less time repairing the past and more time creating what’s next.

Thank you for sticking around while I swept the workshop floor.

Now, let’s get back to telling stories.

Holding the Line Behind the Curtain

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Some days the MKU pulls me deep into the art side of the house, and that’s where I’ve been this week—buried in images, color work, and the kind of creative mess that leaves your desk looking like a crime scene made of pixels.

But I’m still here behind the curtain on MoM, handling the admin work, reading fellow bloggers, keeping things tuned even if the front page looks quiet. Sometimes the best thing I can do is step back, breathe, and make sure the whole machine stays steady. More posts are coming. Just doing the groundwork first.