Splotchy: What is your blog?
Grant Miller: Grant Miller Media
S: When and why did you start blogging?
GM: I started around 2006 or 2007. My initial purpose was to share stories about my life as a stay-at-home dad to my then toddler kids. My earliest posts followed that. But then it quickly devolved into making joke posts and or ripping off Spy Magazine/David Letterman/The Onion.
S: Did you stop blogging?
GM: I slowed considerably after moving from Illinois to Florida in 2010 and stopped entirely in about 2014. I made it private around that time and only re-opened it a few years ago by request.
S: What were any factors that contributed to stopping?
GM: I quit because my kids were getting older. I wasn’t stay-at-home dadding as much. I was working more. I was also recently divorced and trying to establish a social life in Florida and get myself out of the house. On top of that blogging didn’t pay.
S: Do you ever miss it? Do you think you’ll ever pick it up again? Why or why not?
GM: I don’t miss blogging too much. I miss the naivety as the best blogging years were mostly pre-Facebook. I don’t anticipate picking it up again. There are lots of people who do it a lot better. Middle aged white guys have already ruined the World Wide Web, they don’t need me to make everything Worse.
S: I know you have an interest in photography in addition to writing. Do you feel social media is a satisfying outlet for your photography? Why or why not?
GM: Social media is a satisfying outlet for those photos, but I’m selective because I don’t want to bore or waste anyone’s time. Photos I share are pretty but there’s many I don’t simply because they’re my memories but not particularly beautiful or even interesting to anyone else.
S: Do you have an outlet for your writing, or is this something that you aren’t actively pursuing in a regular cadence?
GM: I don’t write creatively or for pleasure much anymore. Most of my writing today is technical and for my profession. I wrote a few poems in recent years but none I plan to share any time soon.
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Thank you so much for these thoughtful answers, Grant!!
That picture is what led me to Grant Miller Media and what turned into a lifetime circle of friends! What a joy to see it again! And Grant Miller, people need your voice. Thank you for sharing this.
Oh, Mr. Miller! Reading these posts causes of mix of happiness and sadness. Thank you for doing this, Splotchy.
What Flannery said!
Like Jenny, Grant’s blog was the first blog I found outside my circle of friends. His series on all he had in common with Dubya was simply brilliant. Within a day or two, I connected with Dale, and the ripples in the blog pool grew. Thank you, Mr. Miller.