I've been seeing a lot of bloggers beginning to flag recently, most of them legitimately citing that they haven't the time to keep up with the posting, much less reading and commenting. It's sad, but so long as they occasionally appear to comment or post, Google Reader will let me know and I can read them and comment, assuring them they are not forgotten and me that my blog friend is still around even if we don't chat so much any more.
I've made noises about slowing down my own posting from six days a week, sometimes several posts a day, to maybe every other day. The truth is, though, that I tend to write five or ten posts in a row, thus only eating a half day every couple of weeks. This is still a lot of time, but the application of one dose of 'medicine' over two weeks is a lot less pressure and stress than every damn day, rain or snow, hell or high water! So I think I'll continue on the six days train until I really can't or don't wanna no more.
But really, my desire to post so much says something about me. Not sure what that something is, though! It might be I'm bombastic or that I think I know everything and here's my soapbox from which I preach Wyrdd's Rules Of Writing...But, really, I just like to talk about whatever interests me. And I really like to chat about writing.
Maybe blogging is, as Josephine Damian has warned on her old blog, just 'scratching the writing itch;' but I think this blog has helped me be a better writer, as, because of blogging,I think and read about writing a lot. And I think the conversation about writing keeps your head in the game. It's sort of meta that way.
Yet there is a legitimate down side: The amount of time I have to spend reading blogs, writing posts, and commenting to stay in the writing conversation is growing to be more than I should allocate. I skim or don't read/comment on the majority of posts in my Google Reader queue. Truthfully, I no longer comment on Evil Editor or do continuations there for this reason. So perhaps I should cut back on blogging-related activities after all.
Thing is, though, reducing blogging-related activities would not enrich my personal life, it would take away from it. So I'll opt for using better time management, lol!
Why do I blog?
I started blogging about 4.5 years ago now, and the reason was because I was approached to write a series of articles for a publisher. Turns out she's not really a publisher, more a POD clearinghouse from what I could tell; and besides that the deal was fly-by-night in that payment would have been based on Google advertisement. (Such a deal!) Since I wasn't into buying the Brooklyn Bridge, I declined; but the offer made me curious: Did I even have anything to say about the topic of writing? So I checked out the hitherto unexplored world of blogs, found Miss Snark, Evil Editor, Preditors and Editors, and by following links a bunch of other cool sites by cool people with things to say.
And I started the blogger blog to chip in my $.02.
I haven't flagged since, so I apparently do have something to say. Whether or not it's germaine to anyone but myself is the real question! :)
Anyhow, enough naval inspection. Let me just add a big thanks for stopping by and visiting me here, and thanks too for being part of the conversation. I'm not so emotionally bankrupt that I need the shoring up; but no one wants to feel like they are talking to the air.
But let me ask you all the same questions:
Why do you blog? Is the pace getting too much for you? Do you need a break from blogging occasionally in order to recharge your batteries?
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