tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post746824774999561762..comments2024-03-27T18:06:04.484-04:00Comments on Murder by 4: Blogging BluesMarta Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-59780986039210529692010-12-09T00:00:56.489-05:002010-12-09T00:00:56.489-05:00Great advice. Thanks for sharing. Cheers~Great advice. Thanks for sharing. Cheers~Nancy J. Parrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107417252662717576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-34659487616325426752010-12-08T19:30:07.133-05:002010-12-08T19:30:07.133-05:00I'm with you on the blogging blues. It just se...I'm with you on the blogging blues. It just seems so... ugh right now. Guess it's just the rest of life getting in the way at the moment.<br /><br />Maybe after the blasted holiday season ends (for me, anyway) I'll perk up. :-)<br /><br />Hope you get in lots of relaxing and recharging, Marta!s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-19780976371075232392010-12-08T16:39:19.623-05:002010-12-08T16:39:19.623-05:00Great advice, Marta! Thanks for sharing this list ...Great advice, Marta! Thanks for sharing this list with us - wonderful stuff! Hope you're staying warm.Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-68937763727010814902010-12-08T11:45:41.622-05:002010-12-08T11:45:41.622-05:00Hi Joylene! Great to hear from you. I've come...Hi Joylene! Great to hear from you. I've come to the conclusion that this blogging thing is cyclical. It comes and goes with our writing energies.<br /><br />I felt like the blogging queen for several years and like you, got too caught up with keeping up with my blogs as well as posting in the social networks I belonged. The time I spent blogging ate up my writing time. Shame, shame, shame! It’s what I needed to do though to promote my books. I also felt compelled to follow other people’s posts on the social sites and comment on each one and still, that voice in the back of my head kept reminding me that when I’m blogging, I’m not writing. <br /><br />Over the past two years I've slowly walked away from the sites and blogging and since this past summer, my blogging and writing have nearly come to a screeching halt (except here on MB4 and sometimes that’s been debatable). Part of me is concerned and I have to wonder if my lack of Internet presence affect my readership when the next book is published. Yet the part that isn't worried knows I've needed to recharge in the worst way. I do feel a spark starting to slowly glow again though and think in 2011, I’m going to do many things differently. This time around, I’m going to concentrate on my writing and do my best to let the writing bring in the readership.Marta Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-16381892718945655642010-12-08T10:15:39.001-05:002010-12-08T10:15:39.001-05:00Great post, Marta. I'm guilty of writing way t...Great post, Marta. I'm guilty of writing way too much about eagles. And my pets. But I am hoping to cut back. There just isn't enough time to do it all. I was reading so many blogs that it was noon before I was finished and back to editing. I'm always wondering how other writers do it. Plus, I'm wondering how those bloggers who don't visit other blogs, yet keep their large numbers, do it. The whole thing is still a mystery 3 years later.Joylene Nowell Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497637513532136615noreply@blogger.com