Is my blog yet another distraction?

Writers in general are famous for procrastination, we will seemingly do anything except knuckle down and actually write that Nobel prize winning novel.
And now that I have started this blog in order to showcase, market and monetize my work I am beginning to think that I have simply added another distraction to allow me not to work on my novels and stories.
Of course this is not really true, in order to be a successful write I need to brand myself, market my novels and make money. The definition of a professional writer is a person who gets paid to write.
So I have decided to turn the distraction of having to produce regular posts for my blog into motivation to write. At the very least I want to write interesting, informative and entertaining posts. Many famous authors have also worked as journalists and freelance writers in order to pay the bills. And by starting this blog I am doing the 21st century equivalent.

I am making the focus of this blog how I write, when I write, my thoughts and feelings on writing, even some hits and tips on techniques etc.
I will be concentrating on 5 main areas:

  • Philosophy
    What I think and feel about certain subjects, with regard to writing in general, erotica in particular and my journey as an artist. Plus anything else from life, the universe and everything that might take my fancy.
  • Writing
    Techniques of writing, what I feel about certain methods and the business of writing, how to make money from my writing.
  • Blogging
    I pretty new to the world of blogging, so these posts will be about my attempts to build a successful blog, my experiences blogging and what I learn from Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind mentoring program. (Download his free Blog Profits Blueprint.)
  • Reviews
    Reviews of books, web sites, etc. that I have come across, with particular emphasis on erotica.
  • New Stories
    The whole point of my blog is to motivate me to produce new work on a regular basis. (We’ll see how this works out :-) .)

Of course there may be some overlap between these areas, but as long as I am interesting and entertaining I hope my readership will grow.
I guess you could call this my “mission statement”, but I won’t because I have left the corporate world behind and will never return.

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