I'm jumping back into writing, but this time I want it to be permanent.
I've set up a Medium account and will start writing on that, at least initially. The appeal of Medium is that I can write about anything I want—it doesn't have to be a one-topic blog, and I don't need multiple blogs to cover my interests. There's also a community of people who might actually see what I write. That's it.
This blog is for me to thrash out my thoughts about this whole process: the reason I'm writing, my thoughts about writing, discussion of my struggles and mental blocks, exasperated outbursts. That sort of thing.
The goal of writing is long term, but what I expect to achieve is short term. Right now I don't want to think past this. Every web search on blogging in 2022 returns links galore about monetisation and career blogging and referrals and 'building your business'. No. I just want to enjoy writing again. If this works for me personally—if it makes me happy, if it's deeply satisfying, if it builds skills I know I can sustain and get lost in—then, and only then, will I think further than writing stuff on the internet.
If I do anything with this specific blog, it'll be to tidy up the layout and perhaps buy a cheap domain name. I just want to focus on writing.
(first posted on ooh-thats-mustard.blogspot.com)