When I started the blog There’s Always A Story I made the decision
to leave subject and content broad. I
didn’t want to stifle creativity by sticking to a narrow set of themes, nor did
I want to miss reaching an audience who might like a wide range of topics. My idea was to throw
the net wide and reassess in a year.
Well, to my surprise, in
a month and a half that year is up. I
have received praise for the breadth of my subjects, reassurance that stories
about different slices of life are exactly what people enjoy. And I’ve been asked “why don’t you narrow the
field, Julie, become known for writing about a particular area?” Both reactions are valid.
I want to write as freely as
I do in There’s Always a Story, I
want to continue to indulge my curiosity and love of story-telling, for I think
the business of life is the most interesting.
Moreover you have been kind enough to keep reading There’s Always A Story at www.blogjulie.com
and that has helped hone my writer’s voice for which I’m grateful.
I also want to write about
the arts in all its forms - not as a critic, but commentary on a multi-disciplinary
subject about which I am passionate. So solely
for the purposes of simpler marketing, I have decided to run a parallel blog –
a spin-off called Blog Julie Arts.
I’m not sure yet about the
frequency of either but you’re free to follow both or either, and I suspect
over time readers will move back and forth.
But who knows? Like much in the
arts (and in life) it is something of an experiment.
I’m making this move earlier than expected, but such has been the volume of
feedback lately I feel emboldened to put a stake in the ground.
I do struggle sometimes with
technology (as you may have noticed J) but I think I’ve set up a system whereby you can
follow or request email notifications, and next I’ll establish a feed back system
with a ‘comments box’. Meanwhile thanks very much
for sharing the link and introducing new readers.
