I’ll Think About Doing It Tomorrow
I’ve been doing a lot of things lately. And by “doing a lot of things” I mean “thinking about doing a lot of things”. The thing I’ve actually been doing is playing entirely too much WoW.
Three site-related things I’ve been considering:
1. Starting a book blog.
I’ve been pondering reviewing all the books I’ve read as well as posting about all the books I’m excited about, my library loot, my 2009 reading projects, and other book-related things.
My problem: The amount of books I read in addition to the amount of time I spend thinking about books would take over my entire blog and thus might push away people that have no interest in reading about my reading habits.
My other problem: Reading is the hobby that says more about me than all of my other hobbies combined. Pushing it out of this blog entirely is sort of like separating it from myself.
Possible solution: I could post a weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly wrap-up of everything important going on at the book blog as well as link reviews in my book log and project pages, etc. It’s easier for readers to skip over one to four posts per month than 66.7% of a blog.
2. Redesigning and recoding all of my fanlistings as well as my fanlisting collective.
This desperately needs to get done. It’s been on my to-do list for about two years, perhaps longer.
Plus I’ve recently been approved for the Ron Perlman, David the Gnome, and The Boondocks fanlistings so I need to create those as well.
3. Adding a new layout here!
I’ve designed a layout for my fanlisting collective that, honestly, I want to put up here instead because I really like it. It’s rainbow though. Not rainbow all over the damn place. Just…rainbow. I like rainbows.
I still really like the current layout, but it’s really old. I could always consider adding a theme switcher, though.
Posted by Donna on 21 January 2009 at 12:24
Filed Under: Rambling, Site
Tagged: coding, donut.nu, lists
4 Comments
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About your problems with idea no 1.. Couldn’t you just blog about your favourite books – you know the one that comes around once in a while that just graps you in a way nothing else can.. Like you say I think it would be a shame if you don’t blog about your most important hobby – but if the posts are just few and maybe a bit mor thought out I think it could be really great!
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You can always make a section of your site with pages dedicated to your book reviews. You can review each or be selective about it. It is great that you read a lot. I love to read too I probably read a heck of a lot more fanfiction than books, but that is still a lot of reading…lol.
You could also start a sub-domain if you want it to focus on books and then put feature blogs on your main site linking back when you have posted reviews, about authors and such.
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