I schedule everything. I have a calendar in the computer that syncs with my phone. I set everything up with repetitive tasks so I don’t forget things. People think I’m very organized, but mostly it’s that I’m very disciplined. I write everything down so it isn’t overlooked. Of course, I’ve scheduled blogging.
I am “supposed” to blog every Thursday. Why did I pick Thursday? No reason in particular I guess. Monday is the throw back into the school and work week so I figured I would try not to schedule extra things on Mondays. Tuesdays I twitter. Wednesdays I post on Facebook. The next day is Thursday so that became blog day. I write my new book Monday through Saturday, giving myself a day of rest on Sunday.
Sound boring and regimented? It really doesn’t bother me most of the time. My systems work for me. The only problem is, sometimes Thursdays come and I don’t know what to write about. Last week I didn’t blog at all. I added it to my list every day until Monday morning and then I just admitted to myself that I wasn’t going to write this week. After all, it is my own self-imposed list. I can decide not to blog for a week, right?
Now it’s Friday and I didn’t blog yesterday. I had a bad grief day (which honestly hasn’t happened in a while) and just couldn’t do it. So I’m sitting down now to write and realize I have three different topics to write about and can’t decide which one. Last week, nothing. This week I can’t decide. Plus, it occurred to me yesterday, that any week I can’t figure out what to blog about, I should just start cutting and pasting excerpts from my new book. I could get your feedback on my writing.
And then I just started typing and this is what I ended up writing about. None of the three topics I have in my head. No excerpts from the book. Just writing about writing. Not real juicy or meaty this time. Sorry. I don’t know if other authors go through any of this process or it’s just my crazy mind. But it’s what THIS author goes through. Hope I didn’t disappoint you too much this week :).
September 6, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Like you, I schedule everything, too. I blog Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. I write most of my posts a few weeks in advance to free up my time to do other things–like spend time with the family! The positive part about it is that I don’t have to worry when a blogging day comes because it I’d already written it. The negative part is that sometimes, the post is not relevant to what’s happening in the world–although this happens on the rare occasion. I try to avoid that by shuffling blog posts to see what trends. I works beautifully most of the time.
Anyway, just wanted to pop in my two cents. Blogging’s fun, but it is a lot of work and when things come up, it can be another thing to add on the list of things to do! 🙂
September 6, 2013 at 2:05 pm
I really appreciate your comments. When I have 3 ideas in my head, i should just write them and save them so i can load them on the dry weeks… excellent coaching… thanks 🙂
September 6, 2013 at 2:07 pm
My pleasure entirely! 🙂
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September 7, 2013 at 12:10 am
You could never disappoint us, Darcy! We all ❤ you!
Sorry that you had another bad grief day…next time give me a call.
Glad you seem to be back to your sweet positive self!
🙂 Laureen