“Blog about things that you like.” Heh. I’m not sure who originally said that, but it’s good advice. In my case, it’d be better to write a blog about procrastinating.
But yes, subject matter is important. Many blogs languish because of their unfocusedness; niche blogs, while not necessarily raking in the page views, tend to fare much better. Probably. I don’t know; I just made that up.
Look, the point is, this isn’t my first attempt at keeping up a blog. Earlier attempts of mine have been long abandoned, with the exception of Twitter. I’ve tried explaining Twitter to the Facebook crowd, but they don’t get it. They just see it as nothing more than a status updater. But Twitter is what you make of it, and I use it as a blog. (And, occasionally, a notepad for ideas, but that’s another post.)
Ah… I’ve now reached the halfway point of the blog post and I’m having problems turning my thoughts into coherent prose. Maybe I’m approaching this from the wrong direction. No… that’s rubbish. Cross that out. Right, done. Oh, hey! I can cross things out! That’s brilliant! No, digressing; don’t do that. Just delete it and start again…
Okay. You can see how much I overthink these things. As if it’s all part of some big franchise and I have to ensure that continuity between the different works is kept to a meticulous standard. Anyway, this attempt at a blog is going to be different for two major reasons. The Reason First: I’m paying for the hosting. No more annoying adverts and I have full control over what goes on behind-the-scenes. (Not that I have any significant HTML experience.) The Reason Second: I have help. Recently, my Brother purchased a computer for himself, and I got the idea to set up a blog for the two of us. This way, the Super Spong Brothers (that’s our collective name, if you hadn’t sussed it out) could finally have a meaningful presence on the Internet.
Which brings me back to my initial point: We still haven’t figured out what we’re going to do with this blog. Writing about one’s interests is all well and good, but my interests change every few weeks. My current interests are primarily anime-related; expect posts from me about that in the near future. I’ve no idea what Brother’s got planned, but I look forward to finding out.
So take your seats, ladies and gentlemen, as the curtain rises on our latest endeavour. Who knows where it’ll take us. Who knows if anyone’ll be reading it a year from now.
This is it. We’ve arrived.
Enjoy the show.
