Ignoring All the Good Blogging Advice

There is plenty advice online about blogging, starting a blog, branding your blog, finding a niche for your blog, attracting readers and more.  God knows there are plenty of blogs about blogging! 

Trouble is, right now I want to write. I don’t want to be a business person figuring out strategy.  I’m writing for myself now.  I just want to use my writing as the way itself to determine my brand and find my niche.  I can’t worry about my audience just yet.  And, let me tell you, all of that violates all kinds of advice lists on blogs about blogging!

Sure, I have things I’m passionate about.  Or, at least I was passionate about.  Or, thought I was passionate about. Or, maybe wonder if I ought to be passionate about. That’s not to mention all the things OTHERS assume I either am or should be passionate about.

Mostly, I’m just confused. 

What’s my niche?  I don’t know just yet.  I love to write, but I certainly do not think I am one to give advice about it.  And, I might not be good at it given how poorly I do with all of the "hey coulda look at this letter/essay/resume/application requests" I get.  Those?  Mostly I just want to rewrite.

Society show horses, their history and their competitions have consumed my life for years.  My former strong interest in marching bands and drum corps is on the upswing in my life right now for a number of very divergent reasons.  

If I can figure out how to do it, any blog that mostly combines horses and horse show history with marching bands and marching band history … well, I’d say that I would have that little unique niche all to myself.

#3 - 1/3/2013