Alexandra Bogdanovic's Blog: That's life... - Posts Tagged "blogger"

It suddenly dawned on me that I've been doing this for a while now.
By my reckoning, I've been blogging here on goodreads for two years... give or take a few weeks.
At first it was something I felt compelled to do. As authors... or more accurately, as indie authors it's something we're supposed to do. Right?
According to the experts, (whoever they are) blogging is supposed to help us "build our brand," develop a following, or a fan base, etc., etc., etc.
So I set out to follow their advice (for what its worth), came up with a name for my blog and wrote my first post, called "Here I am."
Since I introduced myself in that first post, I've written about my adventures as an author, my adventures in general, my book, politics (sort of), capitalism, patriotism, sports, celebrities family, travel, New York, Europe, Australia and (last but not least) my cat.
I've been serious, I've been snarffy, I've been unabashedly opinionated and I've made no apologies for any of it. I've been true to "my brand" and more importantly, I've been true to myself.
That's not to say I haven't made a few changes along the way. I started writing on Wednesdays and then shifted to Thursdays. Somewhere along the line I started blogging on Sundays and now I'm doing a Monday blog. Go figure.
It took some time, but I mastered enough html formatting to get by and -- after quite a bit of frustration -- I learned how to include photographs in the posts.
But something far more important changed. What began as a chore and became a habit also became fun. My weekly post morphed from something I dreaded to something I actually enjoy.
For those of you who have been along for the ride since day one and those of you who joined in the fun, all I can say is thank you so much. I couldn't have done it without you.
Until next time, "That's life..."