Confessions of a blogAholic

Not many of you would know my love for photography. I had, a long time ago, written a post on the same which you can read here if you would like. Which also makes me realize what a long way I have come since I started this journey of writing and blogging. No doubt, it has been one joyful ride and it has strengthened my love for writing over all these years and has helped me evolved as a writer, even if I take the liberty to say so myself. Yet I feel there is something holding me back and am not able to write as much as I would like to. When I started off with this blog I whipped up so many posts in a month which is now reduced to just once a month or maybe less than that. So what’s impeding the post flow, you may ask? Well, to begin with I am most of the times stuck for topic ideas. Writer’s block as they say. The topics don’t flow out as often and effortlessly these days as it did when I started. Of course I do have my mommy tales which I share quite frequently on the blog but if you rule that out than I am always at a loss of topics to write on. Sometimes it’s like I desperately want to write about something but am clueless about the subject. Like now. So I’m just ranting randomly about my writing woes and trying to justify, to myself, the very few posts on the blog. And yes, part of it could be the comment factor also which was preventing me to write more often. Until now, I was under the impression the number of comments on your blog makes you a successful blogger. More comments meant you are a thriving and a booming blogger. So I, who awaited comments desperately after every post yet didn’t manage to attract them, thought that I was not a successful writer and people don’t like to read what I’m writing. Which might be true. But after reading this article, I realize now that had it been the only thing i was concerned about, I would have given up blogging long back due to the lack of comments it generated. But I didn't. I now know for sure that comments do matter and motivate you but they are not a driving force on which u rely your writing upon. You write for the sake of your love for writing. Period. This article surely helped me in breaking my perception about comments and giving it a whole new dimension. It has in a way freed me and I will no longer judge my blog on the basis of comments I receive. Which, I hope, will also help me grow as a blogger by exploring new avenues and untouched zones. Which brings me back to the original topic of the post. Photography. I am planning to start a series of ‘a photo a week’ on my blog which will showcase my love for photography and had the good fortune to capture it on my lenses. In addition to it, I’m also starting a series of guest posts every month on my blog. So stay tuned for some more fun in the coming months!