More than one – and by that, I mean barely enough to qualify for that moniker, but I’ll take what I can get – of you has asked how I got back to posting three times a week. What’s my process?
The hardest part, honestly, is determining fresh topics. Anyone can barf current thoughts on a page, but even streams of consciousness need a basic structure. I learned a while back that I’m terrible at remembering topics down the road once I think of them, so I’ve got a sheet of scrap paper next to my computer where I write down the ideas I get. If I’m in the kitchen or watching TV and I get a thought, I walk in and write it down because, once again, I’ll forget if I decide to save it for later.
As I get to ten or more ideas, I start to write the posts in Word. I do three or four in a day(when I can manage that), and I save them to a blog folder. They’re labeled, but they’re missing any external links, so that comes in when I post to Blogger.
Some day near the end of the month, I go into Blogger and spend half an hour or so cutting and pasting in, as well as adding any links I think work. I then add keywords and schedule for late Sunday night, late Tuesday night, and late Thursday night during the following month. And that’s it.
I have to do it this way or the posts won’t get made. I’ve tried it daily and weekly, and I get
behind, discovering late at night a post is due the next day. That’s how I end up going days or weeks with
no post…or how you get a post about no post tonight. Not the best way to stay consistent. I just gotta make sure I knuckle down and do
it before the end of the month. :-P
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