COVID Has Given Me Writer's Block - Send Suggestions!

Hi folks,

I'll open by admitting that this post is sort of a buffer - I have some more content backlogged and coming in the next few weeks, but I wanted to use this week's post as a way to highlight some things and open the floor to specific requests from readers.

As everyone knows (and is probably sick of hearing at this point) COVID-19 is slowing the world down in a lot of ways. Although the entertainment industry and all of it's sects are thriving in many areas, it's not all good news for them. As I mentioned last week, the production/creation of many different shows, movies, games, books, albums and media are being slowed, delayed or even outright cancelled due to physical and financial limitations involving the coronavirus.

Now, anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE what I do on this site. I love to write and critique, and reviews/talking about the things I'm interested in is my bread and butter. But I'm finding it very difficult to do right now, primarily because of all of these delays and cancellations. I like reviewing things as they come out because at the release of any given movie, game, etc., there isn't already a general consensus as to whether it's good, bad or somewhere in between. That's good news for me as a very small-time critic; folks are more likely to read my stuff if they don't have a preconceived notion about the quality of a product. For example, I'm probably never going to review Zack Snyder's Justice League, because everyone already knows that it's a bad movie and they know what makes it bad.

(P.S., releasing the Snyder cut won't fix that movie. Don't @ me.)

So, all in all, this means a few things. For one, I can stick to reviewing media that's less widespread like comics (since not everyone reads them) or underground media like alternative music. Or, I can sacrifice my weekly upload schedule in order to wait for highly-anticipated shows/movies/etc. that are still scheduled to come out. Alternatively, I can start doing more creative pieces rather than reviews. I'm open to all of these things, theoretically. But most importantly, I'm leaving it up to you. I want to know what other people want to see.

This post exists as a call to anyone who's read my stuff - whether you follow what I do every week or have only just discovered me now. If you have a favourite franchise that you'd like me to look into, new or old, tell me! If you'd like to see some sort of change in format, I wanna know that too! Let me know what you want to see from me and help me cure my writer's block. Trust me, I'm open to nearly anything.

The easiest way to reach me is through the comment section here or my contact page on this site, which you can check out here. All of my socials are linked there too.

Thanks everyone! Happy quarantining!