Confessions of lapsed blogger
Forgive me blogosphere for I have sinned. It has been almost three weeks since my last blog post.
And I’ll be honest, I’m blaming two things:
Facebook and my WIP.
The blogosphere used to keep me connected to people I knew and those I didn’t. I *saw* and chatted with friends, expressed opinions, shared experiences, looked at photos, laughed and thought. I stuck around if interested and clicked away when not.
Now Facebook meets a lot of those needs. And blogs don’t have that handy *ignore* or *hide* buttons which I use with reckless abandon.
Then, when it comes to writing a post, I find I have not been in the mood to multitask. I have used a lot of my writing energy lately in my own WIP and in WIPs of editing clients. In my own work I’m rolling merrily toward THE END, and my clients are spit-shining and submitting to agents.
When I finish a day of writing – or editing – I have just not felt like doing anything else remotely related to either. Lazy? I don’t think so. Uninterested? Sort of. Mostly it is the necessary preservation of a limited resource. Me.
I don’t want to give up blogging about writing. So I won’t.
It is harder for me to keep my personal blog because I have teenagers and frankly, they don’t do too many cute things worth blogging about. We’re steeped in the college application process and that’s not fodder for the masses. I’m not one for blogging about what I did today because I think the fact that my washing machine broke and that I dropped a chair on my toe are not what people want to read. Or really, it’s not what I want to write about. Those are the kinds of posts/whines that have driven me far, far away from the blogs I used to enjoy.
But in honor of my history with blogging (almost 4 years now) and the application process going on around here — I’m going to give blogging here the ol’ college try.
*two thumbs up*
Say the Jewish equivalent of three Hail Mary’s and four Our Fathers and all is well. hehe.
I hear ya on the teenage household, the WIP editing/revising for self and others, and the stingy clock! But don’t leave us for Facebook totally, ya hear? (I know I’m going to have to voyage there soon…but can’t load FB onto my plate just yet.)
Hugs and happy writing!
It’s good to have you back. I’ve scaled back on how many blogs I comment on, but I’m still trying to read a ton.
I hope it’s not MY toe that’s scared you away…
We all go through cycles. Unless you are hung up on daily stats and your goal is more about increasing your hit count than producing quality content, it’s okay to take a break. It’s probably even a good thing! Or a healthy one, at least.
Feel ya. I go in spurts, and some days I can’t come up with anything worthy so I don’t. I find that better than babbling about the dust on my shelves.
But I’m a FB junkie now too, and I do find that too easy to jump in there and enjoy the mindlessness of what everyone is doing, rather than something that requires thought process. Especially after working all day. It’s really hard to convince myself to do more thinking when I get home!
K, so you’re good, you’re okay, blog when you want to, don’t when you don’t, and I’ll see you on Facebook…
Hi,
I’ve been blogging since 2005. I have mostly written about autism (and have been published in this area) and am now interesting in writing about many other things in addition to autism. Sometimes, when it comes to that, I just feel like I’m repeating myself so I might as well write about something else.
So yes, we’re writers…keep blogging.