When I was at the APAP conference last month, Neill Archer Roan commented that sometimes it was difficult to figure out who bloggers were. I mentioned that I tried to keep identifiable specifics out of my entries because I wanted to create an everyman-everywhere environment. When writing about my own experiences I wanted to avoid having people dismiss them as having no application in their situation because they weren’t in the same region or discipline as me.

From some discussions I have had and comments the blog has received, I think it was a good choice to make. In some cases like yesterday’s entry, I think I may have gone a little overboard. In my attempt to avoid identifying the specific discipline by using words like “field” and “genre”, I think the entry may have been confusing and difficult to read. (And why didn’t I use the vastly better term, discipline, I will never know.)

I apologize to my readers for obfuscating matters in my zeal for greater relevance. I am not going to reveal the discipline out of a desire not to be seen as pronouncing its imminent demise. The other reason I am purposely vague is to protect the identities of the innocent or at least those deserving of compassion. If you really, want to know, email me and I will tell you.