my birthday is next week, and it’s got me thinking. 36. fuck. how the fuck did i get so old all of a sudden? i don’t feel it but i feel like i should feel it. eh, whatever. the point is, i’ve still got a lot to do in my life, and what i am really feeling is just how precious every day is.
so here is the thing. i’ve been writing this blog every day (with three exceptions) since the third week of november. two months of daily writing about photography, life and sometimes other things. one of those other things is writing, or more accurately, becoming an author. before i launched this blog, i was of the opinion that i should create more than one blog, one for my writing about photography/video, one for general life stuff, and one for my fiction. maybe even one about music, though i rarely put much thought into that these days with all of the other projects i’m wrapped up in. i realized that i was getting way too meta about the whole blogging thing, and running the risk of having a bunch of blogs that never went anywhere. the point is to blog every day, and having one place to do all of that was really the best option as a starting point. too much complication could only get in the way as i set my pace and got into the groove.
this morning i started to think that maybe the time has come to start a new blog about my fiction project. a whole new outlet that would only be focused on the nitty gritty of the writing process. i am kind of waffling on this, but i think it’s the best option. before that happens, though, what i do need is to start organizing the blog i already have. i need to start tagging and create an index.
today, i am going to look into creating a landing/home page for my blog(s?) with links that will let people sort through my posts. i want to create a beautiful page that draws people in, of course, but the focus will be on function.
part of the reason for this is that as i start to really dig into the fiction process, i’m going to be writing about that a lot more, and i don’t want that to get in the way of, or replace, my daily posts. and that brings me to the final point. i have this week to organize and build infrastructure, and beginning next monday, on my birthday, i am going to take a new path forward. my daily post will be about life and my own journey. the behind-the-scenes. no longer will photography- or fiction-related posts count as a daily post. those will be extra. but i am also going to set a minimum frequency for those posts.
as i conceptualize this, i think that photography posts will be dictated by how often i am working, whereas fiction posts will be something that i need to keep up at least five days a week. that is not set in stone, but it’s a working model. something to toss around. the idea is that if i am blogging about the writing process several days per week, i will be focused on it and will actually make progress. the blog posts about writing will be part of the writing process, and will chronicle the struggles i face as i move through it.
it’s time to up the ante. new year, new me.