The more I post on this blog, the more it becomes for my own enrichment.
When I started, I had grand visions of it helping me find clients and leveraging into an advertising revenue stream as well as sending people my way.
The fact of the matter is, though, that I don't blog enough for that to happen. Blogging in a way that keeps people engaged requires doing so more often than I do: daily works well for many people, and microblogs like Twitter thrive on many more than that.
But I like talking to friends, or reading blogs, or writing fiction. When I have chunks of time I could dedicate to prolonged fiction writing or blogging or polishing my rusty art skills, sometimes I'll just choose to watch a movie and knit (my well-used Netflix subscription can attest to how often 'sometimes' is). I guard my time jealously.
If I were spending a great deal of my fiction-writing time putting the finishing touches on something just about to hit the market, I'd spend more time researching it. If I encountered more new things I didn't expect to have changed dramatically in the next few months, I'd spend more time researching that, too. But, with no pressing need to know exactly which channel for publication will work best for me (KDP Select looks best, especially if you make sure you get reviews before you use your promo days, but I've only spent a couple hours researching), it's easy for me to get caught up reading social justice blogs or fanfiction or meta-analysis of video games.
And this post is my permission to myself to do just that.
This blog stands as a reminder that I should always be researching and trying to improve my writing, but it's okay if I do other things sometimes, as long as I am still able to churn out a coherent chunk of writing-related non-fiction every week.
When I started, I had grand visions of it helping me find clients and leveraging into an advertising revenue stream as well as sending people my way.
The fact of the matter is, though, that I don't blog enough for that to happen. Blogging in a way that keeps people engaged requires doing so more often than I do: daily works well for many people, and microblogs like Twitter thrive on many more than that.
But I like talking to friends, or reading blogs, or writing fiction. When I have chunks of time I could dedicate to prolonged fiction writing or blogging or polishing my rusty art skills, sometimes I'll just choose to watch a movie and knit (my well-used Netflix subscription can attest to how often 'sometimes' is). I guard my time jealously.
If I were spending a great deal of my fiction-writing time putting the finishing touches on something just about to hit the market, I'd spend more time researching it. If I encountered more new things I didn't expect to have changed dramatically in the next few months, I'd spend more time researching that, too. But, with no pressing need to know exactly which channel for publication will work best for me (KDP Select looks best, especially if you make sure you get reviews before you use your promo days, but I've only spent a couple hours researching), it's easy for me to get caught up reading social justice blogs or fanfiction or meta-analysis of video games.
And this post is my permission to myself to do just that.
This blog stands as a reminder that I should always be researching and trying to improve my writing, but it's okay if I do other things sometimes, as long as I am still able to churn out a coherent chunk of writing-related non-fiction every week.
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