Faithful Daily Beat readers may notice that I have not been posting
much lately. Honestly, it’s pretty damn hard to be first to post anything “newsy”
about Jack Kerouac. Between Facebook
(especially the excellent invitation-only Jack Kerouac group moderated by
Kerouac scholar Dave Moore), Twitter, and various Kerouac websites, I’m usually a day late and a dollar
short when it comes to scooping Kerouac news. Granted, a blog is more than
news, and I could certainly find other things to blog about (and have – see my
past 1,099 posts). It all comes down to having something to say (see my
pretentiously titled November 16, 2008 post by clicking here).
Lately, I just haven’t had much to say about Jack, but I
have no excuse. Maybe it’s just a lull because there’s plenty to be said.
Certainly, I will have something to post about during and after Lowell
Celebrates Kerouac this October. (I hope to see you there.) And I have a couple of interviews in the
works. Maybe it’s just a slow time and I need to go with the flow. Plus I’m
still mending from my flat tire in the spring, and that may have something to
do with my seeming “writer’s block.” I’ve also been discouraged of late as
Blogger is randomly refusing to display reader posts in this blog, and getting
help from Google about Blogger is damned impossible. I'd love to leave the Blogger format but I don't want to lose all my old posts.
I am, at least, staying Kerouactive. I’m reading Book of Dreams right now (sorry , Jack,
but it’s my “special thinking place” read and subsequently is taking me a long time). I’m reading Facebook posts in
the Jack Kerouac group. I’m staying in touch privately with a couple of Kerouac
scholars/aficionados. I read the (few) posts on the Beat Studies List. Finally,
I Google for Kerouac news on a regular basis.
Anyway, here’s a post. That’s something, I guess.
How are you staying Kerouactive?
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