Kintropy In Action

Many years ago, nearly post-high-school, I met Ray Bradbury at a book signing.  I would put his name in HTML flashing lights if I weren't afraid of irritating all those with non-supporting browsers (including me, I think).  Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite storytellers.  I began reading him in first or second grade, and I've poured through many of his books multiple times.

I approached the table at a mall bookstore.  He asked my name, and I handed him several books to sign.  Then I asked him, "Um, if you were to give any advice to a young writer, what would you say?"

He stopped signing and looked sternly up at me.  "Write.  Every.  Day."

Gulp.  His words thundered around me.  I cringed.  That was the absolute last thing I wanted to hear.  Writing was art, I thought!  I needed to be in the right mood, the stars had to align, my favorite pen had to be nearby.  If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with all of the excuses; maybe you had a few original ones yourself, too?

Anyway, this blog has finally moved me closer to his original advice.  I have to admit he was right.  If I write everyday, ideas flow more easily and more abundantly.  Hopefully, I improve my craft, too.

That's a long way of getting around to my introduction of Kintropy's Blog Policies.  Yeah!  I love Policies!  This is what my work-life of memos and procedural documentation has best prepared me .  And it seemed like we should get around to doing this, so...

Kintropy's Blog's Purpose 

Still figuring that one out.  Both Janette and I enjoy writing about our experiences as parents, particular as parents in a family that experiences disabilities.  We also have opinions.  Strong opinions.  I figure you'll start seeing those more and more of this as we get used to this space and format.

We also use our blog to promote our website, www.kintropy.com, and our favorite past-times:  reading, playing video games (lots and often), watching movies, etc.  You'll see us list these are recommends on our blog and main sites.  Click through and see what we're recommending.  Our tastes are a little eclectic at  times, and we might turn you on to something you wouldn't otherwise discover.  Also purchases through some of these links help to support our blogging and other writing activites.

Blogging About People We Know 

Outside of our unfortunate children, we work hard to avoid attributing public names to stories about family, friends, work teammates, and others.  Sometimes, we do need to refer to honorary titles (e.g. so-and-so's dad) to move the story along, but we do have a policy of not outing folks we know if at all possible.  Yes, if you are reading this, you can breathe a sigh of relief .  If you do find something that you feel is a little too close to identifying you (and you don't like it), let us know.  We'll be happy to adjust as appropriate (editorial comment:  at our discretion).

Comments Encouraged 

We love receiving your emails, ideas, and encouragement.  We also love getting public comments on our blogs.  Feel free to leave them.  Really.  Lots and lots.

We do review comments for spam prior to publishing, but we will publish just about any comment that is topical to a blog and that does not appear to be libelous, break laws (both in our non-legally binding opinion), etc..

Attribution:  Both Ways

We are just getting used to the whole blog thing, but we do see the need to attribute ideas and quotes with links and such.  If you notice something in our blog that deserves attribution, but did not receive any, please let us know, and we will correct ASAP.

Similarly, feel free to link to our blog content.  We operate under a Creative Commons copyright that restricts commercial use, but allows for attribution and non-commercial use.  See our Creative Commons license on the blog site for more info.

-- Dad