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Recently, I watched Stephanie Nicole’s video where she says she feels discouraged if her viewer engagements go down. I totally get it because I myself am a content creator, and when I don’t see responses to my posts, I stress out, too.
I love blogging, don’t get me wrong. I’m not purely in this for fame or money. Still, engagement is something that’s meaningful to me because it makes me feel like I’m not just shouting into the void. Continue reading “On blog stats”
Hi, my name is Ela, and I’m addicted to words.
Hi, Ela!
Ever since I was a kid, all I ever wanted to do was read and write. I’d read gigantic books at the dinner table and get scolded for it. It didn’t matter what topic: medicine, cooking, homemaking, interior design, conspiracy theories… I devoured them all. I was writing short stories as soon as I could use a word processor.
Like any normal person, I suffer from writer’s block frequently. There are rare times when I can churn out content faster than Stephen King; most of the time, though, the blank screen of iA Writer seems to mock me. So I thought I’d share my tips with you on how I overcome writer’s block.
I asked WordPress to delete all the content on Stealing Your Sunbeams, my blog of 10 years. It had some interesting posts in it, but I’m not overly sentimental about it. Truth be told, I’m surprised that blog hung around for that long. I frequently get sick of the same old thing when blogging, especially as the posts pile up – I prefer the honeymoon stage of blogging, when you’re all fired up about your blog name and design and cooking up new posts. Continue reading “My Blogging Playbook”
I write a lot about my depression. Whether it’s in my iOS journal app Day One, or here in my blog, I often write when I’m feeling down. My psychologist suggested it to me in our early sessions, and I’ve been doing it fairly consistently for a couple of years now. I’m happy to report that for the most part, it’s been a great tool to divert myself when I’m having a bad episode.
Continue reading “When does writing about depression make it worse?”
Lipstick and Knives 