Ink Well My Raven Quill

I’m new to blogging, but I decided to jump in feet first and simply submerse myself in the idea of it. I recently completed a class, Intro to Creative Writing, and it seems to me that blogging is just something all aspiring writers do now. In fact, even many well-known, published authors blog these days. So, if my instructor was determined to convince my classmates and I that writing “every day” was vital to our identity (and ability) as writers, then I have to take the leap and assume that blogging is also par for the course.

Fumbling through the options of available blog sites today, and there are plenty, made my head spin. Some blog sites are completely free. Some blog sites are free, but have paid upgraded levels that offer more features. Some blog sites are initially free, but most of the features are locked and inaccessible unless you are a paid member. Then, there are other sites that boast that they can pay you – through advertising (the more people you attract to your blog the more you get paid). Of course, I just want something simple; simple to set up, simple to understand, simple to use, and simple to personalize a little so it doesn’t look like every other blog on the site.

Although, sifting through the blogosphere was a challenge today, I knew that if I procrastinated I would probably never create a blog at all. I was determined to get it done because if I waited until tomorrow I would drag my feet and come up with reasons why I didn’t have the time to blog. I’m really too busy, you know – house work, school work, work-work, then there is everything I do for my kids (and their friends) – including driving them to the ends of the earth and back each day. I would excuse myself from creating a blog because of time or errands if I didn’t create one today.

Well, now I have one. There can’t be any more excuses. I have to use it. I can make it an obligation to myself – to be a better writer, even to be a better mother or advocate by venting frustration in a place other than at my children. One thing I do know, I have every intention of blogging now, and frequently, while I get a real understanding of what this new way of communicating is all about.

All my best,

Raven