Yesterday I spent some time thinking about this blog, its successes and failings, and what the heck I’m going to do with my LJ account and the new Facebook I started.

I found some useful tips here, and here.  This one, on good author websites, was perhaps more to the point.  One thing they all seemed to indicate is that a blogger should know what it is they want to do with their blog space, and how they are providing that to their readers.

All well and good, but easier to accomplish when the blog is narrow in scope.  For example, a blog in which a brand is promoted, or niche knowledge in techy gadgets is shared, will be easier to follow and define.  Same for blogs which focus only on friends and family.

Author or writer blogs are more complicated, because the ‘brand’ can be defined as anything from a specific book or story, to anything of interest to the author.  However, I do think that this pariticular blog could stand some fine-tuning, and that along the way I can define my other internet social networking sites.  The plan goes something like this:

My writing-to-writers posts’, such as those on in-depth character development, jargon-filled notes on the field, discussion of cover and query letters, that sort of thing, will be going to my Live Journal.

My Facebook will take the sillier, more frivolous posts, and will also be a depository for photo collections.  This doesn’t mean that I won’t have some carry-over, or will stop posting pics here.  Just that I will allow myself to make albums of larger picture groupings on Facebook, and post those random bits I’ve kept to a min here or censored.  I can’t wait to start my photo album of abandoned homes and outbuildings! 

I may also start a MySpace page, which will take posts on my interests.  The categories that are most neglected here have sometimes been shunted aside because the post on that subject just didn’t seem to fit the blog theme for the day.  Then again, I may move discussion of some of these subjects to forums.  I may also move any movie and book critiques to this space, too.  We’ll see.

So what does that leave for this blog?  Probably all the crafting pieces, most the Home in the Rookery stuff, the Laughs, and the Writing stuff that is general in nature.  It’s actually hardest to define this space…maybe because it’s the closest linked to me.  At any rate, this space will no doubt change and adjust as I develop in the field and publish.  But now you’re ‘in the know’ and won’t be surprised if categories start disappearing!

As always, my thanks to all of you, my readers.  I’ve come to really enjoy blogging, and feel grateful that you’re all in it with me!

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