Upcoming Posting Plans

I must apologize for my lack of contributions of late. Between family and work obligations, I haven’t had much free time for writing over the past two months or so. I hope to be able to publish at least two pieces a week going forward this summer; I have no shortage of topics that I want to write about.

My problem is that I’m not a fast writer and I have a lot of difficulty keeping my articles brief. Even when I do write shorter pieces, they often soak up more than an hour in development (this one is an exception). You might have noticed that there’s generally a two or more week lag between one of my pieces and a published work or news event I’m commenting on. That’s about the shortest I can make my turnaround time with the hours I have. I’m frankly envious of the milbloggers who can churn out quality posts each day!

Nevertheless, I very much want to keep contributing to ID. Writing is not only my prime hobby, it’s also how I think through complex problems. Plus, there are many subjects I consider of vital importance to modern maritime warfare or contemporary conventional deterrence challenges that don’t seem to get enough (or any) attention in the defense debates. I want to shine a light on some of these subjects, and by doing so encourage as many in the U.S. defense community as I can to explore, discuss, and debate them as well.

It helps greatly that ID’s regular commenters are without peer in terms of the quality and civility of their observations. Publishing here is how I obtain “red team” help to tighten my ideas. And ID’s “silent” readership remains very, very wide as well.

So two substantive posts a week is going to be my target. I’m not going to hit that all of the time, and there will be weeks when I regrettably will have to go on hiatus. But I’m going to keep on contributing here whenever I can.

The views expressed herein are solely those of the author and are presented in his personal capacity. They do not reflect the official positions of Systems Planning and Analysis, and to the author’s knowledge do not reflect the policies or positions of the U.S. Department of Defense, any U.S. armed service, or any other U.S. Government agency.