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Open the floor . . .

Ripped directly from a post on Donna's blog, I thought I'd do the same.

With a 220-page manuscript needing another edit and the holidays coming up, the amount of time I have for blogging is a little uncertain. Even as a single guy with very little responsibility, it's becoming a little hard to juggle all the things I'm doing and want to do. Plus, I feel I've been running a little dry on ideas for blog posts as of late.

So, I figured it was time to hear from you the reader. I'd like to find out what you want me to write about. Leave a question or topic in the comments or in an e-mail, and I'll do my best to address as many of them as possible. Don't be shy -- what have you always wanted to know about the enigma that is Eric? (Or about the faceless proprietor of the blogspace you happen to have wandered into by mistake.)

Comments

Eric said…
What do you want to write about? How about the NFL? Politics? I dunno about everyone else, but I enjoy your blog as is.
Eric Grubbs said…
I'd like to keep the tone and subject matter the same. I wouldn't know much about the NFL and politics because they're not matters I'm passionate about.

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