CGMcGinn

A Lot of Moving Parts

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:04:35 -0500

I’m finding that I like to spin plates. What I mean by that is I tend to have a lot of projects going on at once. I don’t know if this is a subconscious way of keeping the dimension at bay or what.

Case in point: This blog–the latest project. Built on free stuff: free cloudflare, free web GUI, attached to a domain I’ve had collecting dust for a while now. It’s a lot simpler from the SquareSpace site I had been running for years. When I started the blog I thought that the monthly cost would get recouped in donations, making money from being a writer, etc. It didn’t. And that’s fine. If the people want bells and whistles, they can start paying for them. In the meantime, I’m not putting a dime into my writing and I’ll let the words speak on their own.

New Beginnings

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 15:03:20 -0500

So here we are.

I’ve taken a less resource-heavy approach by building a free backend terminal for writing, which posts to an equally free blog connected to my old domain. The result is a simple looking interface without all the fluff that comes with a $20 a month price tag. My hope is that the words speak for themselves.

More to come soon. I want to see if this whole thing actually works.

About

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0500

This is the new home of my blog. The old one lived on Squarespace.

Write to me at cgmcginn@cgmcginn.com.