Changing frequency! Less is more.....

Today I have been blogging for four months. It seems less – there are so many topics to write about and so much to say.  

But as from today, "The view on the street" will be moving to every two or three days. That’s not because I have run out of things to say – far from it – but the sheer time required to sit down and write something to be published is not available to me. Between work, looking after a home and family, and having hobbies I don’t often have much time left, and most evenings I am exhausted.  

I’d love to be able to blog for a living or even just to write, although if I depended upon it for my living I suspect it would lose its sheen after a few weeks and become a treadmill.  But it has to be better than commuting to a thankless job which I don’t enjoy every day.

Writing a blog is remarkably therapeutic. It allows you to vent your fury at events and circumstances that normally you would have to smile and put up with. It allows you to say what you think about a massive variety of topics and for me, the more controversial the better. I would really like more followers on my blog and I would like people to say what they think too, it doesn’t matter if they disagree. I have had some interesting responses on a couple of topics, but not really anything confrontational.

Now that could be because people aren’t interested, but I know from the stats that an average of 20 people a day read the thing, so presumably they have clicked on the links because they wanted to see what I had to say. Some topics have had lots more clicks, and some of those are from the USA, Canada and Australia (I do know one person in Canada, but not in those other places).

I can understand why newspaper columnists and bloggers only write once or twice a week. It is incredibly time consuming and trying to do it in a rush profoundly unsatisfying. I am considering, in a few months time, putting all my blogs together and sending them to a publisher to see if they would be interested – surely someone is interested in the sort of drivel I write? If there are people out there who will watch TOWIE, there must be people who will read my blog!

Perhaps only getting this claptrap three times a week will make you all more appreciative! Who knows? But if you miss it, and you want it reinstated to daily, it would be lovely to know even if for now I can’t manage it. After all, if my public demand it…..

It's 'The View on the Street's two month anniversary!

I have been blogging for two months now. I can't believe it has gone so quickly!

When I started back in early December 2011, it was something that I'd always had a hankering to do, but never actually found the time. I was also worried that I wouldn't have enough to write about or that anyone would read it. After all, most people have their own lives to lead and probably aren't interested in the ramblings of an outspoken, radically minded and slightly off the wall, middle aged, middle England female.

Well in the last two months I have written 55 blogs - this is the 56th. That's almost one a day and so far, with only a small amount of duplication and the occasional rant, I've found it pretty easy. (Just wait - now I've said that next week I'll be struggling to think of a topic). I'm even considering compiling them as a sort of 'Bridget Jones Diary' thing and eventually sending them to a publisher. You never know, they might make my fortune.

By and large subjects do seem to present themselves. Either something on the news which interests or infuriates me, a particularly bad or good programme on the telly, something which amuses or interests me perhaps simply from people watching or maybe something very personal. Something almost always occurs to me and while I am sure some of them are more interesting than others and some are better written, I think most of them are entertaining. But I would say that, wouldn't I?

I have to admit that I am a trifle disappointed that not many people are actually signed up as followers, but I do know that many more read it. Quite often now people's opening line when they see me is "I like your blog" or even more flatteringly, "I look forward to reading your blog". That's always nice for any writer to hear and I do often set out to be controversial. I want people to say what they think too, and I don't mind if they disagree with me. Writing like this is extremely cathartic, and engaging in exchanges of views very healthy.

Possibly, of course, readers may be thoroughly fed up with continually reading my drivel, but I don't think so. So if you are, let me know! It doesn't mean I'll stop, I may even decide to try and change your mind, but at least you will have said what you think!