Writer On Fire? – Where’s the Fire?

I know many of you are wondering, “If this writer is on fire, why is he only posting once a week”?

Partly it’s from having too many other things going on, like a full time job and a search for a new full time job. But I also have too many writing projects besides blogging.

I’ve taken my own writing advice and given one project top priority. I am writing at least one article a day every day. That being the case, why am I not posting more yet?

When I’ve tried posting more often, the number of articles ready to go diminished quickly and I was back to posting less frequently. What to do?

I’ve added a posting formula. It’s an Excel formula, but I’ll explain it in plain terms. If I have less than 26 posts waiting to go up, I post once a week. More than 25 ready and I post every 6 days. More than 35, every 5. More than 45, every 4. More than 55, every 3. More than 65, every 2. More than 75, every day.

Since posting once a week gets almost no visitors and posting every 2 or 3 days gets loads, it only makes sense that I stop posting until I have enough articles to meet that schedule. If you are one of my few regular visitors, I apologize. There may still be a few posts during this transitional period, but not many.

The advantage of the above formula is that I can spend a month working on a novel or other big project without suddenly running out of blog articles. The post frequency might go down slightly, but then I do write the odd article while I’m in the middle of other writing projects. No matter what writing project has priority, I can always find time to write the things that most interest me. By getting my own writing in better order, I’ll be able to write more about you and your writing. Writing more is definitely the way to go.

That is especially true for this blog because writing inspires articles about writing.

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