I’m struggling. How do I create content that is thought-provoking, engaging, and relevant? Who really wants to know about my life – or struggles? Hell, sometimes even I don’t want to think about what I’m going through – that’s why I pick up a book to escape for a couple of hours from reality. Recently, I started following several “bloggers” and while most of them are fashion bloggers (hello cute clothes!), they still content daily and seem to have everything all together – from cute pictures to content to followers. My heart doesn’t necessarily care about having the followers because I’m doing what I love (writing), but hey, my brain knows that if I am to be published, I need to have followers who will at least buy the book to read. Because what is writing if someone other than me doesn’t read?
To Blog Well
I’m currently reading through a five day course on blogging – how to get started, make it relevant, find a niche, etc. The first problem that I found is that I really don’t have a niche. I’ve looked for blogs on other author sites, and to be honest, many don’t have a blog. They occasionally post about a book coming out, or what’s going on in their author life. But I don’t have any books published yet, or an author life to even note. Plus, I like just putting my thoughts on paper – or well, a post. Sometimes, I see a question and write about that, but mostly, just thoughts.
Who am I?
I am a writer. I am hard-of-hearing. I *kiss-fist* love reading. I like random BBC shows, crafting and traveling. I love baking (need yummy and cute cookies – check out Sweet K’s – especially their chocolate cookies! Not sponsored, just family). I have no idea about beauty. Yet I like finding cute outfits or a fun pacifier and clip (by the way, check out Ryan & Rose – we love them! Not sponsored. I just really love their products). It would be hard to keep myself talking about just one thing.
While I realize that I do talk about one thing – writing and my books – but really, I don’t have just one thing. I try to do a blog and/or a prompt several times a week to get my writing ideas flowing. I try to talk about the bane of my existence at the moment – editing – and how it is going. But really, I feel like I constantly have to pull and find something to create a blog about just so that I can say, “I wrote this week!”
It’s not easy. And I feel like it should be easier than it has been. But I’ll keep chipping away, trying my best to write my experiences, and as always, trying to be figure out this author’s life.
Write on!
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