Do not Name It A Comeback

It’s been two years, 32 months, 975 days, almost 25-thousand hours — or just far too lengthy — since I’ve written something for Stance Is Every part. Contemplating how typically I used to create on this house, admitting it’s been so lengthy feels greater than slightly embarrassing.

If there’s any saving grace available, it’s that in that point I by no means dropped my digital pen or stopped going to occasions.

My ardour for automotive tradition continues to be right here, and as wholesome as ever.

Whereas gone, I lent my literary and pictures skills — together with infinite popular culture references — to a handful of various retailers: Energy Automedia, Canadian Scorching Rod Journal, Minitruckin’and the lately defunct Speedhunters.

Did I promote out? Relies upon who you ask. I prefer to assume I didn’t. I stayed true to myself, wrote the best way I write, and all the time did my greatest to place Ontario — and Canada — on the map.

The alternatives and connections I made working for others are one thing I’ll all the time cherish. {Dollars} to donuts, the additional couple of dollars I made right here and there additionally went a great distance in getting my Venture 51 GMC on the street — and holding it there.

Nevertheless, the whole time I used to be away I had this nagging feeling of remorse, letting this website coast by the web like a ghost ship misplaced within the Arctic.

Certain, I used to be lively on Instagram and dabbling with YouTubehowever pictures and phrases are how I turned identified. Why not come again to that?

With a number of of the aforementioned alternatives winding down, for the primary time in a very long time I’ve had a second to ask myself: What’s subsequent?

Truthfully — as a result of there’s no different technique to be when writing in an surroundings I created — I’ve change into very snug with the conclusion that nothing needs to be subsequent.

I’m free to do precisely what I need, after I need. After I began Stance Is Every part I had a girlfriend, a small mortgage, a automotive with no funds, and two cats.

Now we’re fortunately married, I’ve a bigger mortgage, a canine, an eleven (!!) yr previous, and a enterprise. Fortunately, I nonetheless have a automotive that’s paid off.

Nonetheless, issues have modified.

Right this moment, my free time is sort of completely reserved for issues I wish to do, and I’ve realized creating is one thing I nonetheless wish to do.

As any creator will inform you, regardless of how nice the consumer (shoutout to the superior few I nonetheless have), there’s all the time some degree of compromise afforded to each side when collaboration is concerned.

This website permits me to actually solely compromise with myself.

That is an thrilling place to be in as soon as once more, and I’m wanting ahead to exploring it with none strain.

So what does that imply? Nicely, I admit most of you could have in all probability already discovered new sources of content material — and fairly truthfully, that’s advantageous. This new model of Stance Is Every part is as a lot for me as it’s for you.

To get us out of the gate with the appropriate foot ahead, the web site has been totally reskinned — one thing that was sorely wanted.

As a result of this website is as a lot your archive as it’s mine, I’ve additionally spent fairly a while organizing the Occasion Protection part to make the almost 500 posts of content material simpler to navigate.

By way of submit frequency for brand spanking new content material, I plan to take a seat down and contribute one thing a couple of times a month to begin, as time permits. A few of will probably be new work; a few of will probably be unreleased work. I’ve gigs of pictures on my pc and hundreds of phrases floating round in my head at any given time.

If I begin to hit my stride once more? Who is aware of — we’d even have the ability to hit weekly contributions once more. And from there… properly, let’s not set up the wheels earlier than the drop.

For these of you who’re nonetheless right here, thanks. Your help is appreciated. And for these of you who’re new, welcome to the celebration.

Don’t name it a comeback — I’ve been right here for years.