Blogging

I started blogging about 10 years ago, but it didn't stick.

Top 3 reasons why I failed at blogging:

1. I wasn't consistent. I only posted when the mood struck, whether it was twice a day or once every two months.
2. I didn't plan ahead of time. Tips for success include sitting down and making a list of ideas for posts, blocking them into a calendar, scheduling time to write posts or saving drafts.
3. I was all over the place. I had no target audience, nothing I was trying to promote and no cause. I have a lot of different interests so I definitely couldn't stick to a theme.

Here's hoping I can be disciplined enough now to overcome the first two reasons. I still struggle with the third. I'm interested in library stuff, but if I had a blog about library stuff where would I put my other interests like circumpolar exploration, illustration, animal rights and gifs of kittens? 

 

I prefer Tumblr as a platform because it is generally easier to post (especially from my tablet) and to follow my different interests. Because it is so easy to repost content I do find it frustrates me in terms of copyright and attributing author, though. 

EXTRA Cool Extra Thing - I recently started playing around on Weebly and really like it for creating modern looking websites that are a bit more complex than the standard blog.