Gratitude Day 22: Blogging!

Just a quick one today, because it's nearly midnight, and I'm tired. XD I was planning to write a post at some point entitled "Blogging is a bit schlock, and that's ok!" but I guess I'm going to write it now, very briefly and off-the-cuff before I fall into my bed and give up the ghost for a few hours. I suppose that's apropos, then, this post being somewhat meta-schlock. 😄 I've really enjoyed the blogging challenges this year, like Junited, the July Reply, and now this September Gratitude theme. Blogging has been a great way to keep priming the pump of creative endeavor and hone the craft of writing. I always thought I'd get into writing via short stories (especially Science Fiction and fanfiction), but just blogging about totally random things that are of interest to me has been a real blast. I've had so many neat interactions with people in the "blogsophere" and other writers on the wonderful Fediverse. Especially now that I'm writing a blog post every day for the month of…