A note

Dear Readers,

For just a Blogger who lives in a back alley in Banaswadi, I got an astonishing number of mails from you over the months asking me why there are no posts and where the hell have I gone? There have been mails of encouragement, requests to put in just ONE post a week if possible. And great demand for my cartoons. Thank you all so much. I feel overwhelmed. In my world of make-believe, I feel like I am some renowned author receiving fan mail. Maybe a Rushdie or a Murakami! :-D

I think that the phrase " I just do not have the time" is absolute bullshit. Everyone has the same 24 hours and 7 days a week. I don't need to introspect about this one at all- the reason I am not posting is because I just can't bring myself to sit down and write. Or make those funny cartoons. I can if I want to, but I am not doing it...

What's really silly is that I keep coming back after every two or three months of hiatus and proclaim in a post " I am back!". Then, after a month or two of good work, close production temporarily and go into a shell again. I realize that such flamboyant statements which are not followed up with effort make me looks ridiculous. Readers are bound to get irritated and then not take me seriously at all.This public declaration is so that I don't lie to myself anymore and make asinine excuses.

I've tried hiding behind several masks- Artistic Depression, Inertia, Writer's Block. It is perversely comforting how fancy words can give you a sense of justification for your laziness.

I know that this looks like one of my "I am back" posts which you will find in my archives. But this is an honest attempt to beat what is really stopping me- Excuses.

Ok, that confession is out of the way now. It is there for me to see and you to see. I am not going to promise a post a day as it might not always be an achievable target. But you can certainly expect two a week at least. That's a promise. Sunil, Dharshi, Munna, Prats, Xh and other friends, thanks for checking on me...

No more Cry Wolf. Zannyleo comes back to life full steam.

With much thanks and love to all my readers out there,
Oormila.