After nearly a 2 year long break, I’m back to writing on this blog.

No more gimmicks, weird titles, or any of those cringe affectations from before. I just need a place to write and share my lukewarm takes and poetry that isn’t TikTok or a live stream.

And may god help me if I ever start a podcast.

I stopped writing on this blog because I was dedicating my time to my freelance journalism career, which I still am but my last contract ended almost a year ago now. If I don’t get back to writing, even if it’s just for the sake of it, I worry I will lose my goddamned mind. Plus, writing is like any other craft or art, you have to keep practicing to stay good at it.

Anyway, I was writing for a car news website and a pop culture website from 2021 through early 2023. When my contract ended, I went back to hunting for writing work and found only a handful of freelance editing gigs.

So, now as I hunt for a new day job, I’m back to spewing my unwelcome thoughts to the world.

This blog will be mostly poetry and a few articles here and there going forward, but again, no more weird titles like “Poems and Other Bullshit” or “The Weekly Protest” etc.

This is just the blog of James J. Jackson, Jr, a place where a severely mentally ill millennial author can share poems and stories while chasing his delusions of becoming the next great American author.

Fuck late capitalism, enjoy my blog, or don’t, I don’t really give a shit anymore.