I have been writing in this blog for a little over a year now, and I can honestly say I love doing it. I enjoy being able to communicate my ideas through a medium I’m at least moderately competent with.
It was a gamble for me to start this blog, but in the long run I am glad I did.
However, as I have discovered through reading other blogs and observing the feedback I have received for this blog, I have learned that Jon Snow and I have one thing in common: We both know nothing.
I have spent hours crafting posts that would often get 2 or 3 views at best, while others I would crank out in the span of 30 minutes and they would get 7 to 10 likes.
I am grateful for every like and follow that I have received, but I’m nowhere near close to figuring out what people want.
I have mainly been concerned about what interests me (books, writing, inspiration, etc) because I know writing about what I love is the best way for me to produce something worth reading.
I’m not the type of person who could write about fashion, or cooking, or politics.
I have made progress, but it has been very slow.
Like riding-a-little-red-wagon- with-three-wheels-through-the-Everglades slow.
Who knows. Maybe I just need to shut up and keep climbing.
I’m still having fun and still learning. That’s the important thing!
Right?
The Crooked Pen 
Great post very relatable. When I first started my blog I had the same trouble on how to get more traffic to my site. I was discouraged but I continued to write & now a few more people read my blog!
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Thank you! Yeah. I’m definitely going to keep writing. I enjoy it too much to quit. But sometimes it can be discouraging to hear how some get 100s of followers in a matter of months when you’re on a much slower track.
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Your blog reads well and looks fine. Try talking to more like minded bloggers, follow a few tags that relate to you. Especially for you the Writing tag (one of the most popular on wordpress). Like minded people tend to read like minded blogs.
I came here of the blogging tag by the way 🙂
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Thanks for the advice! I’ve been on the look-out for those types of blogs and I’ve found quite a few interesting people that way 🙂
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Saaame. Although, my blog has only been around for a couple of weeks. It’s hard to find blogs that deal mostly with writing advice/tips like I’m doing with mine but like you, I’m having a lot of fun. 🙂
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Love your blog, Rachel. Like yourself, I’m too a huge fan to pexels images. Your post here is very relevant to all bloggers I guess. Keep writing such stuff.
you could check my posts too.
https://themusingquill.com/2012/07/19/from-the-mind-of-a-new-blogger/
https://themusingquill.com/2016/05/03/a-writers-anxiety/
Would love to have your thoughts. 🙂
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