It took me several years of playing around on social media to realize that my first love on the Net – blogging – is still my passion. I love blogging!
I miss posting photos and blogging regularly. Writing a novel took me away from that, as I needed time offline to get the novel finished, but time on Twitter and Facebook has also cut into my blogging time.
I’d also noticed a drop in commenting in the last few years, and that was discouraging. The LIKE button came along, and many of us – yes me included – now find it easier to simply LIKE a blog post, rather than take the time to log in and comment.
While I can’t promise another novel won’t take me away from regular blogging (that would be a good thing, right?) for now, I’d like to try posting at least once a week again; to have some fun with taking and posting photographs again, and to try commenting on more blogs each week. I know how great it feels to read someone’s comment on my blog. I hope to give that back.
Meanwhile, it’s Saturday and it’s summertime, so I’ve just been chillin’: reading, gardening and picking bouquets of lilies, floating in the pool, and taking lots photographs ….my daughter and I loved these tangerine drinks, and I loved how they made those lilies pop!
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Blogging is such a great way to learn from others and express yourself. Great post!
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Thanks for commenting Anna! I look forward to visiting your blog.
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Oh, your photo pops!!! Loud and beautiful!
Congratulations on all you’ve done. I too like the blogging and hope to produce on mine in another month on a regular basis. Cheers:)
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That’s great, I will make a point of stopping over there regularly too. 🙂
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I can’t believe I forgot to mention my BLOG TOUR, which was all last month. I shared a lot about novel-writing and about myself and my novel while guest posting or being interviewed at 11 different blogs. Here are all the links!
http://fictionella.com/strangely-incredibly-good-tour
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Welcome back and you should share more of what it was like to produce a novel! Great photo too 🙂
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Thanks so much for the comment and for the suggestion! I have posted quite a bit about the novel writing process as I worked on the novel,but you’re right, I should share more. Here are a few posts to get you started:
https://heathergracestewart.com/2014/01/21/morning-rain-publishing-to-publish-my-novel/
https://heathergracestewart.com/2014/05/15/were-in-the-home-stretch/
https://heathergracestewart.com/2014/06/05/strangely-incredibly-good-confessions/
https://heathergracestewart.com/2014/03/24/the-writing-process-blog-hop/
And here’s a secret: I have a post scheduled for Monday called “Five Author Myths Debunked” 🙂
Thanks for your interest!
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Fab thx – I shall read with interest today
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