Change of address...
Just a brief note to let everyone know that for the time being, at least, I’m going to be consolidating the work I do on the blogs I write – this one, the parent site maintained at CFI Blogs, and my history blog A Blast From The Past. Or to put it another way, I’m going to be writing a future posts – mostly historical, but with some Forteana thrown in when I get the chance to do it – for a new blog, Past Imperfect, which is being launched by the Smithsonian.
There are a few reasons for this decision. The Smithsonian’s a high profile and prestigious institution, and it makes sense to use its considerable clout to get my work in front of as many new people as possible. They’re willing to pay me, which isn’t that common in the blogosphere. And because of that I can justify creating a lot more content, which ought to work for everyone, I hope. I’m certainly painfully aware that I’ve been letting work for AFITA slip for quite a few months now.
The deal I’ve done gives the Smithsonian exclusive rights to new content for the first three months, but after that I’m free to repost. So I plan to announce new articles of Fortean interest here with a preview and a link for now, and will come back and repost full articles when the exclusivity period expires.
The good news is the first article the Smithsonian has selected is Fortean in content – it’s another timeslip case, a sister piece for my post on the Battle of Nechtanesmere. And there should be more of interest to readers of the CFI site within a week or two.
Wish me luck.
A Fortean in the Archives 