Saturday, August 9, 2014

Change is inevitable...

Dear Grimm Army,

Over the past few weeks I've been brainstorming, and I came to the conclusion that there's things about my blog that I've never finished, announced, and/or put the finishing touches on. I honestly didn't expect to be so fond of this whole blogging thing, so I never really took the time to smooth out the rough patches. So from now on, things are going to be happening a little differently...

First of all, I've changed the tabs at the top of this blog to more suitable ones. For example, I took down the "gore" and "foreign horror" tabs and replaced them with "book reviews" and "screener reviews". See, much more suitable. However, due to me being a pretty busy guy, I haven't had the time to go back and label everything to make sure they fall into the right tabs. Fore example, my Prom Night 2 review is the only film under the "film reviews" tab right now. So, throughout this weekend and all next week, or until everything is properly labeled, I'll be going back and fixing the labels so that everything is conveniently where it should be.

Secondly, I've added an official about me to this blog also and ditched the side column one. This was so I can say more without having that little side gadget grow too extensive, and so I can explain my "blogging mission" and why I ever even started doing "film reviews" in the first place. Be sure to check it out in the very first tab. Hopefully this will clear some things up for some people. Since I plan on sticking around a while, I know I should make myself comfortable and make these adjustments.To read my "About me", click HERE.

Lastly, you're going to hear more from me but see less of me. I know, you're probably thinking "huh?", right? Well let me explain to you what I mean. I set a schedule for myself of doing 5 posts a week, including "Horror Toy Tuesday" and "Throwback Thursday". However, I've come to realize that that particular schedule no longer works for me, because I've got longer and more detailed reviews that I'd love to write and get off of my chest. And, I simply can't do that if I'm putting the pressure on myself to do several posts per week. So, for the sake of myself and those who read my little blog, I will still be doing "Horror Toy Tuesday" and "Throwback Thursday" every week, but outside of that I may only get to do one or two other reviews for the week. See, I'm focusing on quality and not quantity anymore. I apply that to all things in my life, so it's time to apply that to my dear blog, here. So, although you may only get one or two reviews out of me a week, they'll be beefy and very informative reviews that will hopefully educate the reader on things they had no previous knowledge of. Expect bigger and longer reviews. Though I've already switched my review length to the five paragraph method, I assure you that they'll be some long paragraphs. So it's simple, rather than get three reviews from me a week (excluding "Horror Toy Tuesday" and "Throwback Thursday") of decent or short length, you'll start to see less reviews and more well written and informative reviews. That's why I started blogging in the first place. It's about time I got my ass into shape and do what I set out to do here, and deliver reviews that aren't what you see when you go to any random review blog. But, on the plus side, if I have a bunch of screeners or other small and non-elaborate posts to do in a week, you'll see more of me. It all just comes down to the amount of time put into each post on how many I can produce each week.

As always, I'm grateful for my readers and fans out there and I'm thankful for your undying support. Hopefully, seeing less of me will be for the better of your reading appetite. This blog is just an extension of me, and in a life where I'm expanding everything and always looking for the utmost improvement, I must include my blog in that.

Have a kick-ass weekend,

Grimm

7 comments:

  1. Looking forward to reading your new reviews!

    Michael.

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    1. Thanks bro! The first of this new format will be 'Big Trouble in Little China' which will go up on Wednesday :)

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  2. I love that film! Look forward to reading it.

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  3. Excellent, Drew. Sounds like some positive changes. Just keep doing what you love doing and we'll be sure to stick around!

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    1. Thanks, bro! It's been very positive so far. I'm less stressed because I'm taking the time I need to do what I need to instead of rushing. Nothing bothers me more than when I post a review and think of 10 things I should have said but didn't LOL. Hopefully that won't happen anymore!

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  4. I wholeheartedly support your effort to producing quality over quantity. As someone who can often get long-winded with reviews herself, I understand the urge to make them shorter and punchier so more people will be apt to read them, but that isn't what I set out to do with my reviews either. I like reading AND writing more lengthy, thoughtful, and analytical reviews but I've found few bloggers willing to do that, so I can't wait to read what you have in store for us!

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    1. Thanks so much, Michele! I'm glad that a fellow blogger can relate to my dilemma. It really eats at me when I read a review and realize that I voiced my opinion, but my "voice" didn't shine through because I didn't take my time with it and do much else other than weigh pros and cons. The idea is that even if I have one reader at the end of the day, as long as I'm satisfied with the quality of the reviews I'm doing, I'm happy. It's about time I took charge and started do that :) Thanks for stopping by!

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