The Times They are a Changing

A little forewarning. I'm making the move to fold the creative writing of Robots Fighting into Dmitry's xpehb.com . This is the first part of a number of moves which will be enhancing the experimental aspects of RF, and will be a major move in establishing the magazine. Regular features will be bolstered but organization will be less formal, making more room for informal experiments in presentation while keeping a focus on interesting style.

I want to create a sort of frontier of writing and visual art that can be explored and consistently be filled with surprises. I don't want people to say, "Who the hell is Tim Howard?" and never read about his approach to songwriting. I want readers to stumble upon things and make connections and most importantly feel like RF is a place, that it is as intended a sandbox in a warzone.

I also want more psychological freedom for myself. A magazine is measured in issues and volumes and for a personal project like RF, I don't want to get caught up in an expectation of linear production. As I've come to realize, I dig myself into holes in order to dig myself out of holes. If I can produce laterally... spend 8 hours working on a cryptic flash animation or the script to a comic book and not feel that what i needed to do is finish that Shattered Glass review. The way I work, I feel the refocused concept for the RF website will actually help me improve production.

I know that may sound odd. But that's my thinking.

Anway, Dmitry is being given a great amount of access to my creative writing, so a lot of poems which were only ever publicly read or printed up for classes will get an expanded audience. I am excited to be able to share a lot of these pieces to a bigger audience, and I continue to commend Dmitry for the exquisite site he produces.