Blog #182

​Last week, one rare sunny morning in Wisconsin, I wondered how many blogs I’ve written since I created my website several years ago.  Well, I’ve written 181 so this is number 182.  Imagine that.  I’ve managed to write a few words on 182 different topics.  Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t even think I was capable of writing on that many topics, but there you have it, I’ve done it.
When I started posting a blog nearly four years ago, there were two options.  One option was to write a blog on wordpress and hope to attract readers.  The second option was to nest a blog within my author’s website.  The hope was that the blog would act like a magnet to my website, drawing readers in and hopefully building a fan base.
My website numbers have been good and fairly steady over the years.  I’ve written about that.  I’ve found it impossible to judge the success of my weekly blog.  I probably haven’t received more than 10 blog comments in almost four years and all of them have been by people I already know.  I’ve asked my fellow writer/blogger friends and they have had similar experiences.
I will say that writing a weekly blog serves to keep the ‘ol creative pump primed.’  It also allows me to spout off once in a while about something that bothers me – a psychological housecleaning.
There you have it for another week.  Blog number 182 posted.