NOTICE: Michael Go Bye-Bye

Happy New Year!  I know it's January 11th and I know I have not posted for nearly 3 weeks, but with the holidays and all my little obsessions, I've been keeping busy - which is a good thing for me, otherwise...  well, who knows what could happen.  In fact, that is primarily what this post is about.  Think of it as one of those unexpected "Out of Town" emails you receive when you really need a response yesterday. 

I need to take a short hiatus - no more than a month.  Not only have I started work on my third novel (the first that will be absent of any chupacabra sightings) while my previous two novels continue to be picked and prodded with an editorial pen, I also have a new nephew (actually, he's my first nephew) who is due any day now who I will go visit ASAP in Northern California, and who will become my newest obsession.  And with that, I want you to know... I understand.  Unless you're family or friend to the parents of the baby, there is nothing more head drilling then being flooded by a ton of baby pictures or stories of the kid's first poo-poo.  How many times have you heard, "He/She's the cutest baby I've ever seen" or "Look how much hair is on his/her head" or "He/She has his daddy's eyes" - I know you don't care about that because you don't know baby daddy!  So I will keep all that obsessive banter down to a bare minimum, thus retreat to my world of continuous book writing and picture taking for the time being.

Of course, I am still open to guest bloggers should you have a little obession about anything.  And please check back soon, I have many great posts planned for 2012.

Anyone Want To Guest Blog?

Although all of my little obsessions are fun, they have been keeping me quite busy these last few weeks.  The writing (completing the first draft of book 2 in my Chupacabra Series, "Curse of the Chupacabra", outlining book 3, working on TV spec at the request of a producer, making some final adjustments to book 1 "Night of the Chupacabra"), the fall TV season (catching up on my favorite shows while trying to find new ones to become obsessed out), beta testing a new video game and beginning this season's marketing for my children's book "The Night After Christmas", which is what caused the long hiatus last year after starting this blog. This list doesn't even include all the attention my cats Luna & Hermione demand on a daily basis, which any pet owner will understand (and sympathize).  So, I'll say it again... "incredibly busy".

Unfortunately, because of everything, its appears this blog has, once again, fallen into the shadows of unimportance when it really is not unimportant to me.  I swore I would not push it aside again.  So to keep this blog active and allow me time to clear my plate from the endless buffet in life, I would like to open the door to guest bloggers.  You can write about anything you are even remotely obsessed about.  My golden rule about these little obsessions is... if you're passionate enough to spend time writing about something then you're obsessed enough to be included into this blog.

Opening the door to guest bloggers was originally part of the plan from beginning anyway, I just did not expect to be doing it so soon.  I do not need to agree with your obsessions, although I do have some ground rules:  1) And probably the most important, no (or limited) negativity.  I do not want to hear how obsessed you are about hating something or someone as that's not what this blog is about.  There's already enough negativity in this world, I don't want to add more to it.  This blog is just about sharing a positive opinion and perhaps informing others of people, places and things (flashback of Schoolhouse Rocks right about now) of why something is important to you.  2) No pointless advertising or plugging.  I'm not saying you can't advertise or plug something, just make sure it's tied into an obsession.  3) No porn. This is a PG-13 rated blog, so yes, profanity is welcome.  4) No politics or religion. Both subjects would just suck the fun out of this blog as they are extremely sensitive subjects which easily offend people these days, in fact, I'm probably offending somebody right now with this statement.

So if you've ever wanted to express, in detail, why you are passionate about something or maybe you're curious about posting on a blog (testing the waters to start your own blog?) then send me an email expressing your little obsession to michaelhebler at gmail dot com and let me know what it is you would like to ramble about.  The hits on this blog are growing daily so the more the merrier!