Category: Writing

Have you ever been in a blogging rut? Or maybe you’re in one right now? Do you feel like you need to learn how to love blogging again? Most writers and bloggers have felt this way at one time or another. And almost all of them will tell you they are glad they pulled themselves out of it and persisted.

Thinking about making your writing public? Whether you write for readers and shares or financial gain, certain issues should be considered upfront. Following are seven questions you might want to ask yourself before you start a blog.

Writers by nature tend to be introspective and spend lots of time by themselves. It sort of comes with the territory. Self-care for writers {and other introverts} needs to incorporate restful, low-key activities. We also sometimes require reminders to take care of our basic needs, because we’d rather be thinking than doing.

Do you spring clean at your house? Do you enjoy the feeling of having a neat, decluttered living space? It is time to do the same for your writing. This post will share tips for how to spring clean your blog.

Do you set blogging goals for yourself, but find your motivation quickly fizzles out? Do you try to do too much at once and become intimidated? Maybe you need to step back and look at the big picture. Let’s talk about setting realistic blogging goals.

This will, of course, be a work in progress. Just as you cannot clean out your closet or declutter your kitchen once and be done with it, keeping your digital decluttering under control will involve active decisions each time new things find their way in.

Sometimes I follow bloggers who do not follow me back. Inversely, I often have fellow bloggers who engage with my blog or social media for whom I do not reciprocate. It is not a competition. No one is keeping score. Not everyone you follow will benefit from following you. And vice versa.

The truth is, this never going to be one of those clever, feel-good, let me help you solve this problem you didn’t even know you had blogs. But if just one reader finds something here they can relate to, then the time I spend writing is worth it.