Hi Everyone – So this blog post is a little late considering I said I would do it after the blog’s birthday post – sorry for that. Awareness month came along and I thought it would be good to do a couple of posts for that, but anyway here we are..
For anyone who read my blog birthday post, I said I would discuss how I would be structuring my blog posts going forward. I have given this a lot of thought because I have always been keen for my content to be meaningful to not only people who read it, but to me too. I am brimming with ideas, but feel I need more of a structure. So from June onwards I have decided to do the following:
- Have the first week of each month off from the blog to focus on other writing bits and pieces – I have been doing this for a little while now and I think it works better than me trying to write about multiple things at the same time and risk repeating crap!
- For the rest of the month do 3/4 blog posts (one a week – like normal) depending on how many weeks in the month there are.
Of these blog posts I would like to do:
- 1 post on mental health
- 1 post on chronic illness/condition specific
- 1 or 2 posts on a particular topic obviously related to chronic illness e.g. work, hobbies etc. etc. I would be really keen to hear if there are any specific topics anybody would like to request. You can find me on the contact tab above if you would like to make any requests. If not no worries, I have plenty of ideas.
On a slightly separate note, I recently wrote (I say recently it was finished several months ago and it took me an age to do!) a short fiction piece on chronic illness which I tried submitting for something else, who didn’t believe it was for their audience. I know, I know chronic illness is such a boring theme right? Anyway, I want to do something with it and not have it sat in a folder so if anyone knows of anywhere I could send it please let me know. If not, I was considering sharing it on here – maybe I could put it under a tab or something so it doesn’t get mixed up with all the other content – because although it is a short story it is an extended short story!
So this is the plan – for now. Because let’s be honest, things may go out of the window depending on life. My health may mean scaling back, or certain things may take my fancy one week and not another. But, this is my current plan.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post today – let’s face it this was more for me than for you and was a chance to get my thoughts straight. Even so if you got to the end of this post – thank you for your support!
According to my plan I have next week off, so see you the week after.
Sarah xx
Me, Myself and Chronic Illness Blog 
Great ideas going forward, Sarah! I’d like to see some stuff on hobbies as well, I suppose because I’ve found my life has disappeared and I need to find time for things like that again. I’m sorry about your creative writing piece – stuff them if they don’t think it’s suitable! I’m not sure where else to try. Is it something that could go on The Mighty maybe? How long is it..? I definitely think putting it up here is a great idea. I’d love to read it!
Caz xx
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Aww thanks Caz – I always find it hard to make myself commit to hobbies, so this would make me focus! Thank you for your advice for the writing piece – I think I will probably put it on here in parts because it is pretty long!!
Thank you again for your comments Caz – I really appreciate it!
Sarah xx
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Love that you’ve developed a plan. I’m still flying by the seat ofy pants. But, I too, want to write fiction. Possibly some what autobiographical. I haven’t really delve into that, yet. If I hear of any publishing opportunities, I’ll let you know.
Hmmm.. what if people like us did a collaboration on living with chronic illness: fiction, poetry, nonfiction?
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Thanks for your comment Katie!
Fiction is definitely fun to do and it is interesting to try your hand at something a bit different.
I have been reading about certain chronic illness publications which look at poetry, fiction, photography etc – so I shall keep you posted!
Sarah xx
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Hi, Sarah – I love your new plan! That’s great to have some structure. I do have some but I’m better at sticking to it with my book blog than with my chronic illness blog. I like the idea of taking one week a month off blogging completely. I am really struggling to find time for freelance writing these days – my blogs seem to take up all of my limited writing energy. I might try that myself!
Sorry I can’t help with short story markets – I don’t write fiction, so I’m not familiar with you publishes it – but I encourage you to keep trying!! In the freelance world, there is a LOT of rejection, and you just need to move onto the next potential market.
Thanks for sharing your plans!
Sue
Live with ME/CFS
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Hi Sue – Thank you for your comment!
I hope my plan pays off, but as we know with chronic illness it can throw plans up in the air at anytime. I would encourage you to have the one week off a month from blogging to focus on other bits, it has definitely helped me – it always makes me more motivated when I come back to it too.
Thank you for the advice on the freelance world, I am starting to get used to accepting rejections a lot more, and am getting more resilient. As long as I enjoy what I create then I am grateful.
Thank you again – Sarah xx
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