Dumb Daddy Hangs Hat

My apologies. I deserve my three readers an explanation.

Every New Year, in lieu of resolutions, I sit down and formulate a list of personal and professional goals for the coming year. My absence here of late is due to this year’s list. Long story shortened: I dedicated two fun years to blogification. I enjoyed it and friends and family members were quite supportive. Yet it took a good deal of my time and added a good deal of stress. It also directed my writing energies away from a promising novel – which has been percolating in my brain since the birth of Dumb Daddy Diaries but which had not yet leapt to paper.

Many bloggers write for fun – as a hobby. I began the blog, however, as part of my professional development. Over two years it became clear, however, that I would have to do two things to make it financially successful – thus justifying the time commitment and the knot in my back. First, I’d have to spend a whole lot more time promoting the blog by reading and posting on others’ blogs, which is something I’d loathe. Second, I’d have to be far more willing to humiliate and alienate family members. Alas, I pity the losers too much – a fatal flaw.

I also wanted to see if setting Dumb Daddy aside would help both lessen stress and allow me to focus on my novel. It has. I’ve made great progress on both fronts.

So for 2010, I won’t be blogging. Instead I have a different set of professional goals that excite me. I’m going to focus on developing a business that actually may help feed my kids. In helping develop my wife’s private psychology practice in the last year, it became clear to me that small businesses and start-ups could benefit by having a single source that provides inexpensive material support for promoting businesses. Rather than spending significant time and money hiring separate professional writers (for such things as press releases), copy editors, graphic artists and Web builders for their advertising and communications, business owners, I came to believe, would leap at the chance to work with one talented individual who could provide all these services – without the big price tag of media firms with significant overhead.

So Ink and Image Media has been born, built upon a decade of experience in the publishing and media industries. I2 aims to help small and medium-sized businesses with lesser things, such as proofing and editing documents and small publications, and larger things, such as logo and Web site development. Whether your business needs a professional looking logo, a catchy and impressive print ad, small brochures, promotional writing or press releases, Web design and development or basic advertising or public relations advice, Ink and Image Media can help. In the weeks to come, I’ll roll out a dedicated Web site and contact information. In the meantime, I can be reached at (813) 431-1179.

I thank those kind readers who have been fans of Dumb Daddy for the past two years. (Who knows what the future holds?) For now, however, I would be grateful if you’d help spread the word about my latest professional endeavor.

Take care, readers, and stay in touch!