Book View Café has a very active blog, with contributions from many members of the co-op. Back in November I agreed to take on a weekly slot, posting something every Wednesday. The idea was that I would get to recycle things from this blog, and at the same time get my name out there at least a little more prominently on a busy website. At that point I was blogging fairly often anyway, so I thought, Why not?

Things went smoothly at first. I had some posts that worked out well enough for BVC’s very diverse blog, but it wasn’t all that long before those ripe and ready posts were used up. I realized that a lot of what I have here is an exploration of indie publishing seen through my own direct experience, and most of it doesn’t feel general enough for BVC’s blog.

Now, around Friday every week, I start thinking, I need to come up with something for BVC. Then on Sunday, Google Calendar emails me a warning, Do BVC blog post.

By Monday morning I’m either desperately combing through past posts here or, more and more often, trying to come up with some topic of “general interest.”

I write down potential blog topics all the time, but when I really consider them, a lot don’t hold up. Either I don’t have any coherent thoughts on the subject, or it would entail research that I don’t have time to do, or it winds up being a little too personal, or to do the topic justice, I would have to include spoilers to books and movies that I like.

On the other hand, having to meet a weekly deadline for the first time in my life is leading me to exercise a level of creativity I never would have otherwise. So if you start seeing odd little posts like the preceding one “Born to Wander,” the reason for it is that I need something up in my slot at Book View Café, and if I’m going to the trouble of writing it, I might as well post it here too.

If you’ve got suggestions on blog topics you’d like to see me try, please do let me know.