I have been a writer since forever and in the 1960’s received my first remuneration for my work. Originally I wrote a free book review which became a paid “Readers” column in the weekend section of my local newspaper. Fast and sure were my trademarks then as they are now.
Then two events collided; I suffered a stroke and after thirty years as a public servant, I retired. Now I would really write! I did some political commentary, which was fun but not quite what I wanted.
I started a novel, or rather what was to be the first in a series of mystery novels. I wrote almost daily, and then life got in my way. My computer crashed and I spent the next several years with a laptop from my cousin Brenda. It served well for email and Facebook but was not the work horse I wanted to WRITE.Blogs have been on line since the late 1990’s. The first that I read was created by Rebecca Moman, my niece. This year I started reading fashion blogs especially one by Emma Barlow, Full of Fabulous. I would have loved to have left comments but I was confounded by the technology.
Just eighteen days ago, January first, I determined to write a blog. And here we are. There will be a new No one Asked me every day. Some will be hard hitting such as How to stop bullying (which has had almost two hundred page views and been read in ten countries in two days)! Other will be amusing, reminiscing, self-portraits and family pieces.
My goal is to monetize, make money with my blog. I am learning about this while “pinging” my blog so it will reach a larger audience. Where have I acquired my knowledge? From the internet. And no, I do not understand most of what I read. But I understand some of it and break the info down into chunks I can absorb. It helps that during my library years I acquired good research skills.
I plan to continue my daily blog with something extra on February first. What is that you ask? I am getting out the CD that holds my novel.
