Why do I blog? Well, to be honest starting this blog was actually a mistake. I had only intended to set up a website, I got it wrong and ended up with a blogging site initially. I’ve resolved the website issue, but…I still have a blog!
I have always been someone with opinions, someone who has something to say. So, when I realised that I had ‘accidentally’ set up a blogging site, I decided that it was the ideal time to start writing about whatever I felt urged to write about. I say ‘accidentally’ because I don’t honestly thing there are any true accidents in the world. As it has turned out in my life, I will be blogging a lot more in the near future. But I will get to that.
What I have found with blogging is that I have refined my style of writing quite a bit. I wince when I read my first attempts which weren’t actually that long ago. But when I compare them to my writing now, I can see a level of maturity that has happened. So, that’s another reason why I blog now because it helps to refine how I write and writing is something that is incredibly important to me and has always been.
I also blog because I have a lot of information I have gathered over the years inside me. Information that might be helpful, maybe even sometimes inspirational, for other people and I felt it my responsibility almost to share it. As anyone who is a regular reader of my blog will know, I am a huge believer in the collective conscious and so I do feel that we each have a responsibility to share the outcomes of lessons we have learned. I know many people don’t always learn by other people’s lessons, I’m one of them, but perhaps people can be helped with how that person dealt with the aftermath. It’s something I am going to be exploring over the coming weeks, but by putting the information out there via this blog and the collective conscious, it’s there for someone to tap into if they need to. And that I feel is a free and easy service we can provide.
I do like the daily prompts to help with inspiration which does drive a lot of my content. The prompts don’t always inspire me, in fact recently I have struggled with the inspiration in them, but there have been many times when the prompt has led to a blog that I didn’t know I needed to write. There has been a wonderful serendipity in my thoughts and the prompt which is so fulfilling for me I have found. I have found in general the whole process of blogging to be fulfilling and inspiring, actually, which is something I hadn’t thought about before.
I also decided to continue blogging so that I could market my books. Well, that hasn’t happened. I’m not the best when it comes to marketing and I have too much to say to just focus on my trilogy. I do mention it now and again, when it feels appropriate, but I’ve never really used it to promote them. I suppose I should but it just feels very…icky. Which isn’t really the reaction that an aspiring author should have about marketing and sales! I’ve always felt that way about selling, though. Not helpful!
I blog, accidentally or otherwise, fundamentally because I love writing and because I have a lot to say! I just hope that what I write people enjoy and potentially get something from.
Louisa Simpson 