Moving On
This blog’s domain name, slavenssays.net, will expire in a week or so. The previous name, slavenssays.com, expired months ago. I don’t plan to renew either, for several reasons.
When I created ‘Slavens Says’ in the fall of 2009, it wasn’t intended to be a political blog. I had completed a two-year “term” on the News Journal‘s Community Advisory Board several months earlier, which simply meant I wrote occasional opinion pieces for the newspaper (an opportunity that was somewhat wasted, as I was undecided on many issues at that time and wrote a couple of pieces that I’m not proud of), and was interested in writing an opinion column for one of the several weekly newspapers published on Delmarva.
Let me digress for a moment. I would still be interested in writing a regular, conservative opinion column about local news and politics for one of the local newspapers. In the past couple of years, I’ve contributed pieces about national-level politics to small weeklies and dailies in several states, but would much rather write about local issues. I’d suggest a column of 500 – 600 words, with a focus on Delaware, and, more specifically, Sussex County.
Back to 2009. In addition to writing about politics, I wanted to write about Delmarva history and culture, and did, for a while. But the exciting campaign season and election of 2010 managed to take over ‘Slavens Says,’ and almost without realizing it I joined the dreadful tribe of political junkies. For several months I contributed to Liberty Features Syndicate, then started submitting directly to about a dozen editors, until things slowed down in 2011.
As of today, I only write for DelawarePolitics.net, a center-right opinion blog that features posts by several First State conservatives and libertarians. That’s not to say that I won’t dust off the old submit-to list and forward some of my better pieces to newspaper and website editors throughout the 2012 campaign season, but I simply don’t have the time or interest (right now) to self-syndicate a weekly column about national-level politics while also keeping up with the local stories.
So, please, if you enjoyed reading Slavens Says, bookmark Delaware Politics and check the site often. There’s usually a new post every day, and I plan to post at least once a week during this campaign season. I also encourage you to check out RadioFreedom.us, which features local writer and talker Angel Clark’s writings and online show. My favorite nonpartisan political site, by far, is Real Clear Politics. And, of course, there are my Facebook and Twitter pages.
Although slavenssays.com and slavenssays.net will no longer work, this blog will still be here, as slavenssays.wordpress.com, and all of my posts for other sites will be duplicated here. Subscribers will continue to receive email notifications. However, I encourage you to leave your comments on Delaware Politics, the home of lively debates.
