I honestly don’t know…
This takes up a great deal of my time – takes an investment of time and money and right now provides no tangible return on either – intangibly it could be argued it is experience so somehow adding to my skill set.
If I spent the combined time on these three blogs on creating my books, I would get on a lot faster and I could sub this out at the relevant time – by then things might have lent another way anyway in terms of marketing trends and advice – already folk are noticing that this format doesn’t work well for fiction from the get go… only may be later when established.
So…
Do I get anything out of it? Um well it is different from the novel production, and studying novel production – and it is more immediate – the novel stuff is rarely Right Now’s views and reflection – It demands I say something about my experiences, but equally makes me stand back a little rather than just dump into a journal – makes me see balance where it may not feel like there is any. Is it worth the money? No probably not -a free Word Press site would be more than good enough – if I am not running a shop from it – the editor is easier on the WP site than the self hosted one as well.
Lots to think about…
OF course the European Referendum will be in the ballot stage and counting when this posts on Friday – how will our world have changed because of that? How will that affect my writing journey – let alone my blogs? The VAT situation if we come out will be appalling for digital sales – with no threshold in place and no VAT MOSS to help UK productive creatives but on the other hand other countries have to deal with it…
As I write this I feel as a Nation we should be flying Nelson’s ‘England Expects…’ from every set of flag poles in the land as it really is a DUTY to get out and vote on this – not to do so is a loss to us all – as a decision based on a low turn out will fester and cause trouble for years to come… which ever way it goes a decent turn out at least makes the result palatable for democrats – pragmatists will always find a way to make things work – and those who lacked a conviction either way will just have to live with it now – BUT don’t moan near me!!!
Truth To Tell…
I guess it is the storm clouds ahead which ever way the vote goes that give me most pause for thought – all other things being equal I would rather blog than not.