Down the Road
To my friends and readers.
On July 1st, I’ll be taking a hiatus from Substack. Originally, I had planned to post this closer to the time, but it was mentioned and so we’re here now.
The June Daily Writing Challenge was never just a challenge. It was my way of saying farewell for a little while and making sure I left something behind as I went, something I could feel like I had accomplished.
July is a busy month for me. It’s my daughter’s first birthday. I’ve got visitors coming over from Scotland. There are family memories to make, places to go and people to spend time with. So rather than trying to force myself to write with one eye on a screen and one eye on real life, I’m going to step away and be more present with my folks.
I’ve always believed that life comes first. The writing is important, but the writing comes from our experiences and perspectives. If I want more stories to tell, more poems to write and more things worth sharing, I need to go and experience them with my whole self.
June is my goodbye tour.
Poems, stories, essays, and experiments. Some pieces will land better than others, still I’m making sure I’m proud of every single one of them because they might have been written by me, but they are for you and your enjoyment.
Thank you to everyone who reads, comments, subscribes and supports my work.
This isn’t goodbye.
It’s just, when the time comes, “See you down the road.” Let’s make the rest of this month one of celebration, camaraderie and great writing. Here’s to the June Writing Challenge, here’s to the Kerr Clan, here’s to us!
Kerr
Interested in more Kerr Martin literature? Check out yesterday’s Brodie’s Last Stop and these other similar pieces linked below.
Godspeed, Mr. Martin. Conversely, I was gonna ramp up my writing for July 🤙
Weak sauce.