An interregnum (of sorts)

Things are going to change around here, but if I’m honest I’m not sure exactly how just yet.

One thing I do know is that I will no longer be updating this blog quite so often – if at all.

Why?  I want to wean myself off of the ‘how-to’ approach that means everything I write must contain tips or a takeaway lesson (or “life-hacks” if you will).

Admittedly it’s an approach that gets clicks and clients, but I’ve been doing it for almost eight years now and I’m tired!

I suppose that’s the other thing: I don’t need as many clicks or clients as I used to.  Though if you’re here because you’ve got a project you think I’d be perfect for, then I’d still like to hear from you.  The more creative and weird, the better.

I’m just not directly touting for business anymore, and there’s something quite liberating about that.  It means I don’t have to write (for myself, at least) with SEO foremost in mind.  I won’t need to spend hours writing targeted social-media posts… again, each one with a little lesson (that I’m never 100% sure I’m talented or successful enough to offer).

With the liberation comes a strange sense of responsibility: now, everything I do seems to matter that little bit more.  This could be why my own writing goals are on ice for the moment. I just need to figure out which direction I want to go in.  That feels important.

For now, I’m editing my first novel and I’m getting married in September.

Maybe those things are enough to be going on with.

(It’s only just occurred to me, seeing those things written down, that they’re both quite huge and stressful, actually!)

Anyway.  If you’re interested in keeping up with all things me, I’ve got a new Substack newsletter on the go – although for the moment that’s on ice, too.  You can follow me on LinkedIn and/or Medium too, where I’m sure I’ll pop up on the odd occasion.

Maybe I’ll see you around somewhere soon.