JUST A LITTLE BIT SCHIZOPHRENIC!
Feeling a
bit schizophrenic tonight. On one hand I’m a bit glum. It started with me
thinking of ways I might alter my blog page to link to my new book when it is
released in April. I read through a dozen examples of other blogs to get ideas.
Some weren’t as well written or witty as mine (please note, I employed only level-headed,
unbiased observation here!); many used lots of interesting photos,
illustrations and layouts (a strategy I should develop, ASAP). But the biggest
difference I noted was in the number of readers and comments. I have only two
followers and they never comment.
From time to time I forward post
onto my Face Book timeline and occasionally someone 'likes' it. Many others register as having ‘seen’ it, but comments, negative or positive, are rare. Why is this? Are the posts
boring? (surely not!) Are they too controversial? (but wouldn't that mean I'd get incensed replies?) Are they not ‘spiritual’ enough for the
faith-based groups I mostly relate to? Is the content too religious for everyone else? Am I trying to be all things to all men? Should I specialise,
and for whom?
On the other hand, I’m feeling a
little glow of creative pleasure. During the Christmas to New Year down-time I’ve
been experimenting with designing a brochure
and a poster to use as advertising material for both my new book
and the creative writing workshops I have been running since the middle of 2013. Learning the techniques is frustrating (it involves computer technology,
of course it’s frustrating!), but it is
also curiously satisfying. I could play for hours with colours and
varieties of fonts, and then there’s all those illustrations to find and insert!
And because I had to make do with a male
in the cartoon above, I’m now dreaming of picking up the sketch pad I haven’t used
in years and drawing my own.
Oh my goodness! It’s only New Year’s
Day! I have enough projects to keep me busy until Easter!!
