The End.
After two and a half years of blogging for CardsChat.com, it is time for me to move on. There was no drama involved, no disagreement between me and site owner Nick about quality or quantity or artistic freedom or, honestly, anything at all. It was a disagreement between myself and making a blogging commitment. At this point in time, having what essentially comes down to a writing job just isn’t working out for me. It’s not that I don’t have the time, necessarily, it’s that I don’t want to have to have the time, if you know what I mean. When writing for CardsChat, I felt guilty if I didn’t post an update at least once a week, and as things in my life get more and more hectic, that feeling of guilt and “I have to” kept coming on more and more often.
I talked to Nick about it, and he, being the cool and (and I hope he doesn’t mind me saying so) surprisingly mature-for-his-age guy that he is, completely understood and had in fact already anticipated that I might go this way. So we’re good. And that makes me happy.
I started my personal blog over a year ago just a placeholder to link back to here. I’ve decided now to make use of it, because I still enjoy writing and don’t want to close the lid on that part of me altogether. At this point, I don’t know how often my new blog will get updated, or what kind of stuff it will contain. I used to write almost exclusively about poker; I’m going to guess that the poker-to-other-stuff ratio is going to go down a bit.
The point is that I don’t know. And I feel pretty good about not knowing and right at this very moment, not caring. I do like to have readers though, so if you read this blog, let me know about it and I’ll be happy. If you read and tell others to read my new blog - either through links or any other more traditional way of word-of-mouth - I’ll be even happier and much grateful.
In closing, a final thank you to Nick at CardsChat. Getting to write about poker, even if it was difficult to muster the motivation at times, has made me a better player and a better writer all at once. I’m very grateful for the opportunity, and for the encouragement.
Sorry to see you go. I’ve learned a ton reading your posts here. I hope whoever takes over (assuming someone does) is half as knowledgeable and readable as you.
Good luck and I hope you will still give us great insight on the cardschat forums as your time allows.
Comment by WVHillbilly — June 25, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
i, for one, am sorry to hear that. but if you want to move on, you are better off moving on. good luck!
Comment by benevg — June 25, 2008 @ 5:47 pm
Thanks for all your good blog posts in the past FP.
We will probably be archiving/storing the blog to keep all the good content around here.
I hope to see you posting more on the CC Forums now Freddie
Comment by Nick — June 25, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
But, but, you can’t!
The world could stop spinning if you don’t post your CC blog!
Its been a joy - Thank you Mr FP
Comment by beardyian — June 25, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
this blog was always a good one
it will be pissed but i understand
will have some good memories for this
Comment by pantin007 — June 25, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
Good luck with whatever you do next, FP.
Comment by Egon Towst — June 25, 2008 @ 9:29 pm
Thanks for all you have contributed here, FP.
Comment by Alon Ipser — June 28, 2008 @ 12:49 am
Fredrik,
This is ironically my first time checking out your CardsChat blog, and look at what I stumble upon!. From simply reading your goodbye post, I can see the amazingly talented writer in you. It’s just too bad I came by your writing a few days too late. Basically I just wanted to say thank you for even just this last post. It was honest, open, and heartfelt.
Wishing you the best,
Jonathan
Comment by JdhMac — June 28, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
I am always slow to read the blog but always enjoyed it. Thanks for all the hard work FP, I only think slightly less of you for not doing it anymore.
Comment by Lo-Dog — July 14, 2008 @ 7:12 pm