Back to ‘Old School’ Blogging

Still here? Thanks for sticking around through the blog break! I really needed that – not that I actually took much of a break, but I used the time to write and schedule these posts ahead, which I think is really going to be key in moving forward with blogging (and all other forms of writing/publishing, honestly), which I definitely want to do.

This is going to be a long post because…well, because I write. It’s what I do.

This blog has splintered, morphed, moved, and morphed again over the years, and this year in an attempt to make it fit my “author branding”, I renamed it with a writing-related title, and have tried to keep it restricted to mostly writing-related content. I’ve also written several books serially on the blog over the years, often to the consternation of people who are interested enough to want to read my weekly non-fiction posts but have no interest in my fiction. Fair enough.

And so, here we are. I’ve taken a break (sort of), and done a lot of thinking about where I want to go from here.

People tend to like and read blogs that are centered on one main topic, not on a slew of different personal interests. I get that. But much like has happened with my hairstyle, I’ve grown weary of trying to maintain something that will please the majority of readers, but doesn’t necessarily please *me*. I am a person of many interests. One of those interests is fiction, which encompasses all things reading, writing and publishing. I’m also interested in my dogs, crafts, cooking/eating, technology, hair/nails, tea and whatever else happens to catch my fancy on any given day.

So, since this is my personal space, blogging isn’t exactly “cool” anymore anyways, and I am indeed the sum of all my various interests, this blog is being renamed (again) to:

Unrestrained Miscellany

Don’t worry – the address is not changing again, only the title.

I will be posting about writing, but I’ll also be posting about other things, and this is not going to be a “writing” blog, it’s going to be my “public personal journal” – a true “web log” (aka blog).

In short, it will be a reflection of me, and what’s going on in my brain from week to week. If you want to stop reading (or unsubscribe, if you’re reading through email), I totally understand. If you’re sticking around, participation will never be required, but it is always welcomed, so please feel free to jump in and comment on anything that catches *your* fancy.

Because I understand that not everyone likes to read fiction, and not everyone likes to read serial fiction, I’ll be moving the serial story from the blog space to an email subscription starting…well, when I get it done (it will continue on the blog until then). It will be free to sign up, will be sent out weekly just as the serial story is posted now, and it will be a separate email list from both my blog emails and my author newsletters, so those who want to read along can sign up and read in their inboxes, and those who aren’t interested won’t be bothered by it. I can’t promise I won’t ever post fiction here on the blog, but I’ll keep it to either excerpts of books already for sale, or complete stories done in one post, rather than serial stories.

The serial novels on my pen name sites will remain on those sites – it’s just this serial novel that will be email-only, due to the varied nature of subjects here and thus varied potential readers on this site.

If you do want to keep up with writing news but you’re not interested in the personal miscellany, that’s where my author newsletter and Facebook pages come in. My newsletter is and will be writing and book-centric, so if you want writing-only news without perusing social media, that’s the place to get it. If you prefer to get writing news from social media, my Facebook author page is the best place to do that. Obviously I’m on other social media platforms as well, but those are all writing peppered with personal life, so FB is your best social media bet for writing-only news from me.

Of course if you want publishing news, you can follow the BSB blog and/or sign up for that newsletter, and my pen name blogs and newsletters will be about subjects pertaining to those types of fiction (horror and erotic romance, respectively).

But this…this is my personal space. And much like my hair, I’m styling it to please only myself these days.

The rest of the month and the beginning of next will mostly be focused on my year in review, and my plans/goals/resolutions going forward.

Is there a space in your life you’ve been moderating to please others, that you’d like to take back? Tell me about it – comment here, or wherever you’re reading this post from. Let’s connect!

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