I once said, at the very start of my publishing journey (back in 2012) that I would never do the new-fangled thing people called ‘blogging’. I disliked the word (and therefore the concept) because no matter how I said it—“I need to blog” , “I have a blog” , “It’s time for a blog” —-it just didn’t sound inviting.
Eventually, I relented and I did blog—a lot. I’ve even missed the process, and so here I am, years later, asking …
Do you read blogs? Should I start again?
I used to have so much fun expressing my thoughts (the weird, the whacky, the sometimes wise and always wordy). I only stopped because Facebook seemed to be the place to go. But if you’re like me you’ll be finding social media, and particularly Facebook, very hit and miss when it comes to keeping up to speed with your favourite people. I mean, who wants to wade through TEN ads to finally finding ONE post from someone you follow? Not me!
I’m starting to think the book-loving community might have had it better in the good ol’ days when authors blogged on our websites–a place that has no faceless controller banning us, and no creeps spamming, stalking or cloning us. (And we can all do with fewer marriage proposals from uniformed servicemen, and from overseas doctors wearing scrubs!)
I’m in the process of shutting down my newsletter due to cost increases. (I send so few newsletters these days.) As such, I’m hoping those of you wanting to keep in touch will re-subscribe to my new newsletter, or to my blog.
As I revisit my BLOGS + FEATURED AUTHORS posts (see the menu above), I’m reminded of all the fabulous and often personal stories from some of our favourite Australian Authors (some of whom were just starting out at the time) like: Lily Malone, Tess Woods, Kim Kelly, Rachael Johns, and Pamela Cook. Also before they were big names, I had fun grilling: Jaye Ford, Annie Seaton, Sara Foster, Natasha Lester, Fiona Palmer, Helene Young, Maggie Christensen and Nicole Alexander. (So many more feature throughout the 6 annual blog series: Author Harvest, My Blog Crawl, Author Bar Yarns and Beer Nuts, A Letter to Myself, and Author Portraits.)
The question remains… “To blog or not to blog?”
Do let me know you like my posts, and I’ll BLOG again. That’s when I’m not:
- busy writing a new story (titled Saving the Moondance Drive-in and inspired by the small country town of Jericho, Qld),
- shouting from the rooftops that my 4th audio book is now out (see below);
- and releasing a new edition of The Other Side of the Season (and with a cover I love.
So, there we are then! My first blog in years. Perhaps I’m getting my groove back.
That’s all from me from chilly Stanthorpe – our home for a week. Wherever you are, may you be blessed with good books—and good friends who allow you time alone to read them.
Or if you’re a listener…. Click to preview the opening chapter of The Tides That Lie.
Jenn and the J xx
As I travel around this beautiful country in my caravan, I sometimes get to ‘go home’. I’m heading to my childhood to see…Kayte Nunn on Sydney’s breezy northern beaches.
