I’m baaaack! And impressed to see that my blog still gets hits. That’s encouraging.
In all honesty, I’ve thought about blogging for a couple weeks, but really had nothing to say. I haven’t worked on my writing, read blogs, or done anything writerly since the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conference in June. I decided that I needed to get blogging though, because it gives me some accountability.
I just moved back to Georgia, so I’ve been in this transition period. But now, even though I have the time to write, I have trouble finding motivation. My writers group is now across the country and I have nothing keeping me accountable for me writing except for me.
While I should be enough, I’m obviously not. So now I’m going to blog once a week. And if I don’t write, where will I find my topics for posts? I won’t. So I have to write. See my logic?
Anyone else have good suggestions for ways to motivate yourself to write?
Setting goals with rewards often works for me. I’ve also found that, if I’m trying to push through a first draft or something, keeping track of it on my blog at least makes me feel more accountable for finishing.
Good luck with everything!
Thanks, Jeni.
Yeah, I think I need rewards for my goals. Otherwise they don’t tend to work very well. I’ll have to think of something really good.
Welcome back, Karen! It’s hard to find the motivation after a long break. If you want a little push, you can always send me some chapters. I’d love to still do email critiques with you.
Thanks, Shallee! I’m doing a little more planning for now, but when I actually get to rewriting, I’ll definitely take you up on that.
Who’da thought there’d be another Karen Krueger in this world that loves to blog! I’m thinking about doing one, so I typed my name with the word blog and found yours =) You’re very entertaining! I encourage you to keep it up!!
Karen Kruegers unite!
Lol.
Yeah, I, uh, haven’t exactly been keeping up with it. Life keeps getting in the way. But thanks for the encouragement. And good luck with your blog! If you think of it, leave me a link when you get it started.