In the past couple of years, I have written a hundred and ten essays on a variety of serious topics. It's much too constraining to limit oneself to the less than a thousand words of a typical blog post. My essays usually are in the two to four thousand word range. That's enough to get my point across. If someone doesn't want to spend the ten to fifteen minutes of their time to learn some of my views on life, then my attitude is (and has to be) that it's their loss and not mine. Ever been to Longreads.com? They feature essays as well as articles much longer than the average.
