2 Year Blogaversary
August 13th 2009 23:40
This is my official two year blogaversary for Fictional Worlds. Today, that is. So I'm writing a special post to talk about the last two years of my writing.
When I first came here, I had never had a poem published. I was completely unknown, unheard of, and no, I could not be found on Google. But I did have one good thing going for me: a talent and passion for writing.
When I was offered a domain name, there was only one thing that I could think of that would provide me with a lasting blog. This thing was writing, and thus Fictional Worlds was born. I didn't have any other specific topic, nothing that really struck me, at least not that I could write about constantly for a very long time.
Early on I made some great friends. Jeanne Dininni, author of Writers Notes, Kleonaptra, author of Kalika Psychosis, and Katyzzz, author of a variety of blogs found here, among others. Some have come, some have gone. Ruby Soho, Morgan Bell, various characters throughout the network of Orble have all contributed to my blogging experience in some way.
I've spent a lot of time and effort building this blog. The average post that I write takes ten to thirty minutes. But half an hour every day spent writing-that is without reading various posts on how to increase the quality of my blog and draw readers, and keep them-adds up over the course of a month, let alone the eight or nine months total that I've spent constantly blogging.
At first, I had a specific, rigid formula for the blog. I've realized that this doesn't work for me, yet again, not really a surprise; very little in my life is 'properly organized'. I need a certain amount of freedom, of flow in everything that I do. I can't follow rigid routines very well for more than a couple weeks, I think this is my biggest problem with school (other than stupid teenagers everywhere.)
Since I've come here I've had poems published in a few places. I've become findable on Google (Google Dianna L. Gunn and see what you get) and a lot more disciplined in my writing. Knowing that I have expectant readers here looking forward to gobbling up my content keeps me writing more each day.
I really and truly love blogging. I love the people that I've met through it and the things that I've found, sometimes in the sidebar on my own blog, links to the best writing posts on Orble. I love being a part of this site, even if other people think it doesn't have freedom of speech, I am free to talk about what I love, writing, and I even get a domain name from this site, which I couldn't afford on my own. Score. I get to read the posts on the network, comment, make friends, all that good stuff. Score.
Thank you for all of my loyal readers, the few that have been with me since the beginning and those of you who have only recently come to this blog. Thanks to everyone who takes time out of their day to read what I have to say. I'm glad you think I'm worth it.
So what do I want to do on this blog in the next year? Well, I want to do a monthly book review-or more than one in a month-here, starting this month. I will be releasing Bleed hopefully late next week, if I write enough poems at the cottage, but if not before Halloween; before Halloween to my readers, that is. It'll be cheaper for the first week, and only known about by those who read my blog. After the first week it'll go up slightly in price and I'll announce it in various other places.
I plan to release Myths of Tamraq, or two of the myths, on PDF and only inform blog readers of this; it will be free. The full ebook will be published early next year. I will be running a Dear Diary workshop type-thing in February, wait to hear more on that. In October I will run a two-week worldbuilding and character building workshop for Nanowrimo.
I have a lot in the works here at Fictional Worlds. If you've stuck with me this long, why not wait around to see what's next?
When I first came here, I had never had a poem published. I was completely unknown, unheard of, and no, I could not be found on Google. But I did have one good thing going for me: a talent and passion for writing.
When I was offered a domain name, there was only one thing that I could think of that would provide me with a lasting blog. This thing was writing, and thus Fictional Worlds was born. I didn't have any other specific topic, nothing that really struck me, at least not that I could write about constantly for a very long time.
Early on I made some great friends. Jeanne Dininni, author of Writers Notes, Kleonaptra, author of Kalika Psychosis, and Katyzzz, author of a variety of blogs found here, among others. Some have come, some have gone. Ruby Soho, Morgan Bell, various characters throughout the network of Orble have all contributed to my blogging experience in some way.
I've spent a lot of time and effort building this blog. The average post that I write takes ten to thirty minutes. But half an hour every day spent writing-that is without reading various posts on how to increase the quality of my blog and draw readers, and keep them-adds up over the course of a month, let alone the eight or nine months total that I've spent constantly blogging.
At first, I had a specific, rigid formula for the blog. I've realized that this doesn't work for me, yet again, not really a surprise; very little in my life is 'properly organized'. I need a certain amount of freedom, of flow in everything that I do. I can't follow rigid routines very well for more than a couple weeks, I think this is my biggest problem with school (other than stupid teenagers everywhere.)
Since I've come here I've had poems published in a few places. I've become findable on Google (Google Dianna L. Gunn and see what you get) and a lot more disciplined in my writing. Knowing that I have expectant readers here looking forward to gobbling up my content keeps me writing more each day.
I really and truly love blogging. I love the people that I've met through it and the things that I've found, sometimes in the sidebar on my own blog, links to the best writing posts on Orble. I love being a part of this site, even if other people think it doesn't have freedom of speech, I am free to talk about what I love, writing, and I even get a domain name from this site, which I couldn't afford on my own. Score. I get to read the posts on the network, comment, make friends, all that good stuff. Score.
Thank you for all of my loyal readers, the few that have been with me since the beginning and those of you who have only recently come to this blog. Thanks to everyone who takes time out of their day to read what I have to say. I'm glad you think I'm worth it.
So what do I want to do on this blog in the next year? Well, I want to do a monthly book review-or more than one in a month-here, starting this month. I will be releasing Bleed hopefully late next week, if I write enough poems at the cottage, but if not before Halloween; before Halloween to my readers, that is. It'll be cheaper for the first week, and only known about by those who read my blog. After the first week it'll go up slightly in price and I'll announce it in various other places.
I plan to release Myths of Tamraq, or two of the myths, on PDF and only inform blog readers of this; it will be free. The full ebook will be published early next year. I will be running a Dear Diary workshop type-thing in February, wait to hear more on that. In October I will run a two-week worldbuilding and character building workshop for Nanowrimo.
I have a lot in the works here at Fictional Worlds. If you've stuck with me this long, why not wait around to see what's next?
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Stay well and keep up the outstanding work.
Comment by Bryn
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Hey, guess what, we share the same Orble birthday! I turned 3 today! Wahey! Let's toast together!
I wish it only took me ten to thirty minutes to post! I can spend anywhere up to three hours on a post which includes the writing and the posting (incl. images, formatting).
Have a great weekend!
(actually, I've just noticed that you posted yesterday, so we don't actually share the same day, but whatever ...)
Comment by Chris Champion
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Happy blogsday to you
Happy blogsday to you-oo
Happy blogsday to you
Comment by Dianna G
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Thankies
I love the graphic!!!
~Dianna
Bryn,
*Toasts* It's close enough. Happy blogaversary! I don't put in images in my posts, and don't do a lot of formatting, really; the post is mostly just writing.
~Dianna
Chris,
Thankies!
~Dianna