Bryan Joiner

I’ve started several blogs in my life. Too many.

First, there was the first one about me, now in bloggy heaven. Then there was the one about sports. Then there was the other one about sports. Then there was the one with essays. Then there was the next one about sports.

None of them stuck.

For years, I had the equation backward. I was trying to come up with the blog angle that would inspire me to write. My Google account is filled with stillborn blogs. Football Zoo. Ichiro, The Comic. Sports Bagel. The only reason there aren’t more is that I deleted some.

You may not realize it from these blog names, but my interests go beyond sports. I wanted to be a professional sportswriter growing up, and even became one. But what I saw scared me. I have a lot of thoughts about sports, but I want to make sure I’m not just another voice in the woods. I want to have something to say. Instead of trying to figure out what that is and then write a blog, I’m going to try and write myself into it, by writing about whatever in the world I find interesting. Maybe this will lead to another spot on the Internet, but not for awhile. I want to be sure I’ve found my niche. Onward.

The masthead map is of my current home, New York City, and of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., where I grew up.

To any other Bryan Joiners out there, I got here first. You are, however, always welcome to guest post.

Pictured are my brothers Steven (left) and Grant.