Between the articles I wrote when I was a journalist and the columns I write now – it is fair to say that I have written over a thousand published works. But even when I was writing articles for a living – I don’t think I have ever written as much as I am writing now.

It is hard for me to believe – but I have written fifty columns in the past forty days. Since the first time I put my words to paper – I have never written that many articles in that little a time. Even when I was working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, I don’t remember writing an average of one and one quarter articles every day. But now that I no longer write for the Fourth Estate – I am writing now more then ever.

I think the fact that I am writing so much now can be attributed to many things. For one thing – 2001 has been the best and most active year of my life – which could be why I have written one hundred and thirty two columns in the past one hundred and ninety nine days – because I have had so much to write about.

Another reason for my overactive penmanship could be attributed to the fact that for the first time, I have so many people behind me encouraging me to write. From Arthur and Sara who love to read my columns, to Montel who loves to hear them – to Christine who loves when I read them to her – and who’s love has inspired me to include her name in one out of every four of my last fifty columns – I have so many people behind me that look forward to the columns I write.

But I think the most obvious reason for my acceleration of every hundred columns is the fact that taking less time between each column is the natural progression for any writer. It seems that each time I publish another hundred columns – I do it in half the time that I did the last hundred. I guess that’s because I am getting used to writing and find it easier because I have written so many published works for the past seven years.

Whatever the reason is for my quick turnaround of columns doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I look forward to sitting behind my keyboard and writing a column that myself and my readers enjoy. And if the next fifty take me only forty more days – or forty more weeks – as long as what I write is enjoyed and appreciated by everyone that reads what I write – then the time it takes me to reach four hundred is irrelevant.

But if I do stick to the same time frame for the next fifty that the last fifty took me – I’ll see you at four hundred on September 6, 2001.