Normally, blog ideas bubble away inside my mind. As I go through the day, I think, “I must write about that. That would make a good blog post!” Usually, life is a blog post. But right at the moment, I am stuck. No topic seems worth sharing. Nothing significant or funny or thought provoking is happening to me. I have come up against a brick wall.
Now this could be very worrying: a blogger without anything to blog about. However, I know from experience, times when nothing seems to be happening are usually times when there’s a lot going on sub-consciously. One day when I least expect it, a great idea is going to pop into my mind. I will drop the iron, ignore the ringing phone, wave my family away with a flick of my fingers, and dash for my computer. Soon I will be tapping away in that creative world, capturing a new story before it disappears forever. Well, at least I hope that’s what will happen.
So I am sitting here resigned to doing something other than writing for my blog as I wait for inspiration to hit. What shall I do? The ironing is up-to date! (Can you believe that?) But I have loads of half-read books on my Kindle. (Does anyone else read a dozen books simultaneously?) I could haul out the exercise bike more often. (I think I’m well on my way to banishing that annoying extra two kilos.) I have the girls to spend time with. (We’re reading Bleak House together, which is very, very long). Yes, there’s plenty of things to keep me occupied while blog ideas (hopefully) ferment away inside me before rising to the surface of my mind.
But what if those ideas take a long time coming? What if my blog readers stop coming? Would they return just to dip into my archive? Would you? I wonder if you have read all my 101 already-written stories.
Have you read:
My conversion stories such as A Confession about Confession or Searching for Treasure?
Or all the Thomas stories like Leo, Augustine and Theo and Perfection.?
Maybe you've missed the light hearted story, Breeding like Mice.
Did you read my embarrassing story: The Splat?
Or all the family stories such as Sons, Scrapes and Love and The Empty Table?
Do you know there are a few of my grief stories on the Apostolate of Hannah’s Tears blog which I haven’t yet shared on this blog:
The Appropriate Words,
The Very Lonely Experience of Grief,
Retreating from the Pain and
Suffering with Love.
But wait… here comes an idea… no… that won’t do. It’s a homeschooling idea… It's more appropriate for my Stories of an Unschooling Family blog. But… maybe… you could visit my other blog and share some more family stories. I’d love that!
What will I do if those wonderful ideas I am hoping for, don't appear? Will my blog sit here immobile and unloved for a long time? What does a blogger do when she hits the ‘New Post’ button and then sits there, looking at a blank screen that refuses to be filled?
I wonder… Do you ever run out of inspiration? What do you do?
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