Trying to decide whether to take a risk like becoming a writer? Perhaps you cannot decide whether to write your next book. How do we determine when we are just being optimistic, or are instead being pathologically optimistic?
Here is a well thought out article from the March issue of Scientific American called, “Opting Out of Overoptimism” on that exact topic.
“Freedom of the press is only available to those who own one.”
Just spent an hour with a client yesterday, helping her visualize the blog she hopes to create. To me this is the essence of creativity!
First consider why you even want your own blog. I know I got into this field over four years ago out of pure curiosity. I had no idea it would take over my life in this way!
After just a few years of struggle with the extreme limitations of freelance writing, blogging represented a marvelous opportunity to partake in FREEDOM OF THE PRESS for me!
If you are certain you want to venture into what has become quite the addiction for me, start considering the naming process. Spend some serious time naming your future creation. This is YOU online, and how others will see you in the future. It is important to get this right!
Your URL may be shorter than the actual name of your blog, but make it funny or somehow catchy so when others arrive there, it brings a smile to their face. Make it something others can relate to on a visceral level.
Here’s an example of a website I found immediately FUN! Great header! Can you tell Heidi Lee has a background in marketing? But don’t let that intimidate you!
Get out there and have some fun with it!!!
Go learn more over at How To Believe in Love Again!
Just received a great comment on my “Thinking through your fingers” post.
Do not miss Michael’s quote about how personal reading can seem at times:
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.” – The History Boys
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes about reading:
“We read to know we are not alone.” - C.S. Lewis
Through the Internet and blogs I can now WRITE to know I am not alone too!
Have you done a feasibility study yet? What is your marketing plan?
Learn how to do these things before you waste lots of time and money!
Have you heard about Blogging Authors yet?
If not, rush on over there and see their new post on e-book pricing!
“Most people go to their graves with their music inside them.” - Oliver Wendall Holmes
DO NOT miss this excellent article on the: REGRETS OF THE DYING.
These regrets DEFINE midlife for me. They are exactly what I started focusing on when my life fell apart eight years ago.
