Comments on: Lessons from a Blog Sabbatical

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:17:22 +0000

Great to have you back! Missed you, but you certainly did the right thing by taking some time off. Today’s post was very interesting. You are a blessing!

By: Darryl Dash

Darryl Dash — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:41:31 +0000

Glad you enjoyed your break, but good to have you blogging once again.

By: Bill Blair

Bill Blair — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:50:05 +0000

Thanks Trevin, that is helpful. That seems to be where my thoughts on writing have been going, but that will save me some trial & error time. My family will probably appreciate that the most.

By: trevinwax

trevinwax — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:26:22 +0000

Generally, the two hours per week are devoted to scheduling/editing (with maybe a few moments of creative writing thrown in.) During those two hours, I usually put together and schedule the “In the Blogosphere” feature on Fridays, a “Quote of the Week” for Saturday, and a prayer for Sunday. I generally pull from one of my sermons or devotionals (already written, sometimes from a few years ago) and schedule something for Monday. The stuff on Romania has been written for years. I am still organizing and editing that material every week during that two hours.

I usually write something from scratch once a week (like this post, actually) and then spend a week or two editing it before it gets put on the blog. One of the reasons I needed to take a break from blogging in July was so I could spend my creative writing time on my upcoming book – not the blog.

Only on rare occasions do I write something and immediately post it. I could probably count on one hand the times I’ve done that in the past twelve months, and most of the time, I regret whatever it is that I posted so hastily.

Book reviews are another story. I read fast and I read a lot. I try to type out a few thoughts about each book right as I finish. Then, I come back later and edit those thoughts into a book review. Usually, my book-reviewing is not included in those two hours. But I am thankful that God has given me the ability to think fast and type faster… those are two great tools to have as a blogger.

By: Bill Blair

Bill Blair — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:57:06 +0000

I am interested to hear more about that 2 hours a week you spend working on your blog, and about your writing process in general. Does that 2 hours include your creative writing time, or is it just scheduling, editing, etc…? Are you always writing things that come to your mind that you may or may not post on your blog, or does all that happen in the 2 hours?