I’m a reader – reading is possibly my favorite past time. But I have to admit that with my focus on reading instead of writing this year, I miss my composition books. I miss my blog.
A friend asked, “What about your 10 minutes per day?” when I told him my blog was sad and lonely. Those minutes are going to consuming instead of producing these days.
But today I’m up early (as always). It’s another snow day and everyone else is sleeping. A cat purrs at my knee, snow clicks against the window, and I hear the tappity-tap of my keyboard and the quiet tick of the clock.
The funny thing is that part of the reason I’m not writing is because everyone else is. January and February are our biggest months in support at WordPress.com as folks follow through on New Year’s resolutions to start blogging. I love that, that we see such a huge spike as people dedicate themselves to publishing online. It’s an extraordinarily busy time, though, and one that I don’t squeeze time in for my own writing.
This morning though, I did. I opted to write instead of emptying the dishwasher.
Another busy day is about to begin, but for now my world is still and silent. I wrote my Andrea Reads America post, and I dusted off this blog as well. It feels good to be here, if just for a moment.
Butterfly Mind 
And I’ve missed reading your posts.
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it’s always good to comeback to writing and to share with others , and it’s good too to find some readers, keep going on what you are doing writing is like exposing your soul , it’s a precious time
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Well done on writing again! I understand, I miss writing, too. I’ve been so focused on editing that writing has fallen a little short. I miss plotting, too.
Welcome back – nobody minds if you can only pop in every once in a while!
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I’ve created a monster with my reading — have put roadblocks into my own creativity. My Resolution this year was to focus more on me and less on them. Hope I can do it.
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I’m having the opposite problem. I’ve been doing so much freelance writing and trying to squeeze in my own writing that I feel like I never read anymore. =( Hang in there!
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I think that’s the nature of blogging, I know my inspiration/motivation ebbs and flows
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Welcome back!
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You miss writing; we miss reading your writing.
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Reading is such a huge part of the inspiration that drives one to write… But writing is the real deal I guess… Welcome back 🙂
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I love reading. Mostly pocket book fiction. Lee Child John Sanderson Harlen Cobin etc. I also read a lot of facebook twitter and Native news items. i find that i waste so much time on facebook. Its like an addiction. A real time waster. I like blogs. I just go on the recommended blogs and what ever comes up. I have a blog on google blogger and have been there since 09. Just started on word press not too long ago. the traffic is very low. But that’s okay. I like to express my voice. sometimes it does feel like why have a voice if no one hears? But still i think “hey i’m leaving something out there”. Maybe sometime it will be read and even more, make sense with someone. 😀 In any case thanks for the opportunity to respond on your site.
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Same here, Andrea. I haven’t written a blog post since the end of January. I’ve been so busy with school and work (I also write for a beauty blog and for my job) and haven’t had much free time. Plus, I was out of ideas since I haven’t touched my manuscript once for editing since I finished it. I’ve decided that I will blog once a month until things settle down in my schedule. Glad to know I’m not the only one who has neglected their writing routine and miss it.
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