Could this be true? Is Richard Windsor thinking about returning to Twitter after a nearly five-year break? To be honest with you, I am. However, I would have to put a disclaimer up; my motive for doing so would be a professional one.

Years ago, I deleted all of my social media profiles. Certainly the accounts that were related to spanking anyway. Then a few months ago I also quit Facebook. My initial reason for doing this was a simple one: I was done with the hatred.

My mental health at the time was paramount. I had lost every member of my family, with the last three members all passing within a nine-year span, one after the other. I’ve always considered myself to be mentally strong, but man, did losing my family hit me hard, and probably still does.

It isn’t solely about spanking, but life in general. I’m done with how the world has become a toxic environment to be a part of. I no longer watch the news, and I only ever visit the BBC, mostly for the sport.

Prose continues under today’s spanking image.

Because I am a legal immigrant in The United States, I have to confess that I do have to keep searching for news on that front. It has already been shown that it doesn’t matter if you have legal residency or not with the current administration, and my Green Card is up for renewal in 15 months. It is safe to say that I am very nervous about it, even if there is no reason to be nervous. If I retire next year as I plan to, that should give me some inclination toward any problems that I might encounter.

Trust me, I am way happier having deleted/left all of my social media platforms. There were drawbacks, of course, but the pros far outweighed the cons. With retirement looming, though, I have to look to the future.

As you are all abundantly clear by now, the books that I am writing are providing a nice little earner on the side. In fact, it is the book royalties that would allow me to retire next year. There is a catch, though.

While it is my understanding that spanking eBooks are not as profitable as they once were, I think that I have joined the bandwagon at the right time. The goal is to get established, and my sales show me that I have achieved that. Why is it important to get established at this point?

The answer is very easy. It is because of the advent of AI.

Whenever I write a book, it generally takes me about an hour per 1,000 words. That isn’t just writing. It also includes proofreading and editing, plus configuring the manuscript for publication. So if I write a 27,000-word eBook, like my latest one, that is 27 hours of man-time devoted to the process. That is a lot of hours to spend your free time on.

AI, however, is beginning to take over the writing process. “Authors” on Amazon can spank out upwards of three novels a day and not lift a finger in terms of preparation. They can put prompts into an AI machine and let it do all the work.

That is why it was important to build upon my own name before the writing of eBooks becomes saturated by AI. It isn’t too late; you can still get ahead of the curve right now, but trust me, selling eBooks will be harder in the future if you don’t get your foot in the door now.

This is why I am considering a return to Twitter/X.

My goal there would be simple. Follow other authors, maybe a bunch of spanking producers, but leave the drama alone. My finger will unequivocally be hovering over the ‘block’ button, and I wouldn’t hesitate for a second. I’m not foreseeing engaging on there other than on my own posts and perhaps the posts of fellow writers. My ‘follows’ list is likely to be very small.

I haven’t fully decided yet because I am in no rush, but X could be a really good opportunity to promote the next chapter of my spanking life. The old me retired from the spanking community, but the new me has a brand new direction in which to walk.

If worse comes to worst, I can just delete it if it starts to affect my mental health again.