Blog Topics

I’ve committed to blogging twice a week: On Tuesdays I blog about some aspect of writing and Thursday I blog about pretty much anything that strikes me. For the most part, I’ve stuck to my self-imposed schedule. However I have to say that some days, coming up with a topic for this blog is not an easy task. You’d think that as a writer my brain would be full of ideas, but no. Often  I find myself staring up at the ceiling or at my computer screen with a blank mind.

So today I thought I’d blog about how hard it is to blog regularly, having to be eloquent when you just can’t think of anything to say. With the prevalence of social media, the life of a published author has changed. Now we no longer merely write books; we also have to write blogs. And those much more frequently and more immediate than our novels, which are ongoing projects. We are told that we must maintain our online presence. That is why I blog twice a week, even when I can’t think of what to blog about.

Do you have a topic you’d like me to address in this blog? Questions you’d like me to answer? If so, leave a comment and I’ll try to accommodate.

By the way, do you like my “Wordle” at the top of this blog? I spent a few minutes coming up with that before writing this. Just another task avoiding activity available for free on the internet!