Anyway, it’s been five years—five—since I first decided to start blogging because I had heard things about writers having “platforms” and it seemed like something I should do. I kind of thought that by this point I would be published, but, obvs, that didn’t happen. I don’t blame myself for that as much as I blame the fact that life just gets in the way sometime. I know a lot of you have managed to do so (and hey! Congratulations. It’s really great), but perhaps I don’t have the same fortitude as you. Or free time. There could be a million reasons. It’s not like I’m journaling your every single move throughout the day. Although if I was (not that I’m admitting anything!), it would explain a lot about my lack of free time.
I’m not all together pleased with my lack of progress, but I’m not blaming myself either. I had to make choices and some of those choices involved putting writing to the side. It’s disappointing, yes, but…well, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. And please forgive me for using the improper “gotta” but it would sound funny if I didn’t.
Also, blogging has changed quite a bit in the last five years. So many fellow bloggers have vanished into the digital ether! I’m glad all the cool people are still around and reading this blog. How boring would it be otherwise?
Five years. Wow. It just keeps hitting me. I wonder where I’ll be in another five years. What about you? Where do you think you’ll be?
I'm coming up on six years, which seems unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteWe each have our different paths. No use beating yourself up over anything.
Many have come and gone, but there are new bloggers every day, which is cool.
Yeah, it's been 5 years for me, too. And it has been sad to see so many people's blogs fade away. I feel like I should go out and try to find some new friends, due to the attrition. Glad to see you are still going strong!
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary! I've been around over 10 years and it has changed so much. Fortunately, it's just changing, not going away.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite to my five year mark (in February), but it certainly seems like a long time.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to go back and figure out when my blog officially started. It's been a while. Don't feel bad about not publishing a book in five years. I've been working on my current WIP since roughly 2000.
ReplyDeleteI've generally put writing to the side myself, for a number of reasons, and put my energies into photoblogging. I have noticed a lot of bloggers that I started out reading are long gone.
ReplyDeleteI've been blogging in various forms since 2004. And in five years, I'll likely still be writing the sequel to the book it took me more than a decade to publish.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary!
Will any of us still be blogging 5 years from now? Everything changes so fast. Will cool people like us disappear too?
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary! Five years is kind of a milestone, even if your writing career isn't where you hoped it would be by now. Mine isn't either, but what can we do? Just keep writing....
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Happy Blogaversary!!! I don't know if we'll all still be around in the blogsphere or not, but I hope so.
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