Times change. Circumstances change. Needs change.
I suppose one of the biggest reasons a writer contributes a
blog is for connecting with their readers. For feedback. For feeling like what
they’re doing is worthwhile. Making a difference—no matter how small. That what
they say might make one person view the world a little differently than if they
had remained silent. Least that’s why I’ve been doing a daily blog for the past
five years.
But times change. Circumstances change. Needs change. As
such, folks don’t seem to be tuning in as frequently or as in as great a volume
as they once did. No biggie. I get it. Folks are busy. Lives get
complicated—know mine sure did!
As a writer, I need to take cues provided by my readership. I’ve
been doing that, noting that the number of viewership fell, along with it the
number of those taking time to enter comments. So I revamped my blog. Tried to
spice things up. Take various paths I hadn’t up till then. But that has proven
fruitless. Again, no big deal. I just need to adjust. And so I am.
Effective today, I will no longer contribute a daily blog.
Doesn’t seem to be a need and when I began this, five years ago—a daily blog—my
fellow writer friends thought I was insane to try to keep up that pace. Not
that I had a shortage of things to say. I didn’t. But readers have indicated
that they no longer have time for my daily blogs.
I’m okay with that. So, beginning today, I will only make
one blog entry per week—on Thursdays. I’ll try that for a while and see how it
goes. If the reception is good, then I’ll continue. If not, then I’ll reassess
how, when and if there is a need for my blogging to continue.
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