It has always been my assumption that the only way for me to get better at something is to dive into it and engage in trial and error. I need to learn how to do basic Internet things - image hosting, blog hosting, podcasting, html, feeds. A lot of those categories include Unknown Unknown skills which I'd only discover I'd need to figure out when I have to do it. So I started this blog as a sandbox so that everybody could watch me fail.
That's why it's updated every day, instead of the (probably) more advisable 3 to 4 times a week. I want more room for trial-and-error, more room for spectacular failures leading to improvement and surprising successes leading to confidence. After a few hundred post-days (365 max), I'll revert to a more regular schedule. Unless I start a webcomic or something.
The topic of the blog will always be limited to Writing, Craft and Business. There'll be no political opinion, no personal life, no travel tips. I'm a speculative fiction writer, so there may be discussion of Political Philosophy, but nothing I write along those lines should be considered my actual opinion.
I follow the blog stats using Google Analytics and am seeing a slow but steady increase so I might be doing something right, but the only stat I put real value in is "# of Comments". When I see the 0 Comments sign on a post, I am sad.
Thanks for reading, and we'll get back to the good stuff soon!
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If this picture makes you shudder with sheer bored terror, you'll know why I'm always on the look-out for willing Alpha Readers to avoid such a fate. That is to say, somebody who is willing to look at completed works that I've written and give their feelings. I am, of course, willing to reciprocate.
If that's your thing, shoot me an e-mail.
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250 words? Yes
Short Story "Kritarchy" - in progress
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You're able to find something to say about writing, business, or craft every single day? I admire that. I keep attempting to write about those topics, especially since I think that is what people mostly browse aspiring-writer blogs for (seriously; it's what I used to browse them for). But I somehow...can't.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm trying to become more internet-savvy too, but it takes a lot of work to gain a following in this wide world of webbing.
ReplyDeleteAs for comments to posts, it seems pretty random sometimes. Some posts I put tons of effort in and expect lots of discussion, but it ends up on a day when everyone's just busy--you know?
I think you do a good job though David with keeping your blog posts a good length. If it's too short it lacks substance; if it's too long it scares readers away (scares me away, at least).
I have an easy cheat: If I absolutely can't think of anything to post, I start talking about my Daily Writing that day and that usually gets me started down a more interesting line. Then I can delete the meandering and replace it with a spoken excerpt.
ReplyDeleteI shoot for about 300 words on average, and I've only had to do a two-parter once so far.
Thanks for the comments!
Whatever helps. Just make sure the blogging doesn't take you away from your fiction. :) Good luck.
ReplyDeleteRight now, it's serving as a 30-60 minute break that still keeps me in the writing zone. It's a good way to change gears (fiction to non-fiction) every once in a while to let the plot holes percolate themselves closed.
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