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I'm learning as I go

I've got one official article posted, one queued up, and one that I'm putting together the final touches on.  I've got a flurry of article ideas in my head, and I hope I can solidify some direction or aim for the overall blog that I'm trying to run:

-Please, please reach out to me for any questions, comments, or concerns!  I'm still learning this whole blogging thing!  If you have anything to add, get ahold of me either here, via email, or on other social medias.  I'm TulipCityDispatch@gmail.com, @TulipCityDispatch on Insta, and @TulipDispatch on Twitter.  I strive for academic standards, and as much transparency as I can offer.  It is not my intent to misrepresent any of the people, places, or things that I write about - however, I'm just one guy doing this in my spare time, and I'll probably miss something.

-I struggled with naming this blog.  As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I want to showcase the little oddities around Holland and the greater Ottawa County area...things that aren't necessarily in the tourist brochures or history books, but the little things that give character to West Michigan.  I was thinking of "Beyond The Tulips" or "Behind The Tulips," or some variation thereof, but there are blogs under both those names from The Netherlands.  The name "Tulip City Dispatch" brought to my mind the feel of an old-timey newspaper, and eventually, I want to have the entire blog feel like that.

-I've got articles scheduled to auto-post on Wednesdays, but to maintain transparency, I want to add some filler posts in the meantime (like this one).

-Not gonna lie, I got so wrapped up in books at the library for the first couple articles I have up that I completely forgot about a plain ol' Google search.  That has turned up some great results for my planned 3rd and 4th posts that simply aren't published in any books that I can find.  The truly weird stuff isn't officially documented, and takes a different type of homework to track down social media posts, email addresses, and phone numbers associated with urban myths and legends.

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