Happy new writing year

New Year. New start. Of course, we can start (or restart) any time we fancy, but there’s nothing like an official clean slate from time to time.

I spent chunks of last year musing over how to change the blog – or how to move it on a bit more. I kept referring to a commitment to writing. Then I would bottle it and run off and do nothing for a month or two.

By the end of last year, things started to make a bit more sense. The thing I find I like writing about the most is: books, and reading them. The thing I really want to do is: write books.

Off and on, I found some ways to make a start with writing that was intended for books. Children’s books, to be precise. I also discovered how hard it is to commit to being creative, every day, in public (ie, on a blog).

So here’s the plan. A post about children’s books, one a week.

A post under the Moments category – that one can be a bit looser. A lot of experiences right now seem to end up tagged as moments.

And hopefully, one more – on a topic of my choosing at the time. (You can guess that food is probably not that far away in my online thinking – but not exclusively.)

The thing is, it is hard to keep writing – and publishing online – every day. I can do it –
I know I can, because I’ve had a few months where I did keep writing in that way.

But what seems to happen is that I get flurries of writing – do several posts – then stop for a bit. It’s OK. There’s a lot of blogs out there I admire that do just fine on three posts a week.

So that’s the aim. Three a week – maybe more if I get the urge to write more. A break from monthly series.

Part of the aim is to allow more space to write the more overtly creative stuff (fingers crossed).

Potentially to hone pieces a little more before they go out. And To Add Pictures (not my strength (I know, you noticed), so allowing a bit more time for that).

But I recognise that regular writing builds a sense of writer’s voice. A blog will do just fine for that ongoing verbal exercising, as well as whatever writing ideas I find myself pursuing.

So I plan to keep showing up. I hope you will too.

Up next: a bit more of the thinking behind why I want to write about kids’ literature. See you soon.

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