The verdict's in. I will not have Internet for the two weeks I'll be away at OSAI in June. In a way, this is almost a relief. Without even the possibility of Internet and blogging, focusing on my writing will be much, much easier. However, in another way, it is entirely nerve racking! How am I going to get caught up on two weeks of missed blog posts? I can do it, but I'm probably going to run myself into the ground in the process.
I'm almost considering -gasp- letting those posts go. But I really don't want to. What if I miss something important? I'll be out of the loop. And I've read every single post every single person I follow has ever written. How can I let all that go to waste?
I'm thinking my best option would be to do what I did when I got behind during Spring Break. I read the most recent posts and went back to read the backlog when and if I had time. This is most effective for me, I believe, because I don't fall any more behind, in fact I start to catch up, I don't get stressed, and I still read everyone's posts.
Which do you think is the right choice? Do you like my plan of action?
On another sorta-kinda related note, I've made it my goal to finish up my last two Chrysalis stories before I go away. I received a binding machine for Christmas and I was toying with the notion of taking all of my short stories with me in a little "book." It's probably a good idea to take some of my writing with me (I don't know if I have to yet, still waiting for supply lists to be posted on their website) and I think it might be comforting if sleeping in a room with three strangers starts to freak me out.
The one I'm currently working on is going to be deliciously creepy. I just hope I can do my idea justice. I guess you guys will be telling me soon enough.
Have fun. The internet was invented in 1994 or thereabouts. I was 23 at the time. That means that I survived 23-years without the internet. To hear you gasp that you might not be able to survive without internet while you are away is kind of funny. Yeah...there was a world before the internet. There will be a world after it's gone. That's how things work.
ReplyDeleteOh, I can live without the Internet (I think... I hope). I'm gasping at potentially not reading blog posts. You know I've read every one you've ever posted on your blog (I like to say these things a lot because I'm a bit of a boastful person).
DeleteAlso, I hope I'm gone before the Internet is.
I wouldn't feel too bad if you can't read EVERY post by every blogger that you follow. Even the most dedicated blog readers can't read that much!
ReplyDeleteI have an award for ya:
http://thefarseas.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/great-comments-award.html
But I've managed it so far. Of course, I only follow about 40 or so blogs.
DeleteAnd I saw that! I'm working on writing award posts. With how many I've built up, it's going to take a lot.
I think it's amazing you're so committed to blogging. But give yourself a break. Enjoy writing. That's what's important. And have a great time.
ReplyDeleteI'm most certainly going to try, Theresa. I most certainly am. On all accounts. ^^
DeleteYour plan sounds good to me! You're amazingly committed to the blogs you follow. I don't know how many blogs I follow, but I know it's definitely over 500. I never even hoped to read every single blog post! I can't even keep up with the new ones!
ReplyDeleteI don't even follow 50 blogs. In a way this makes me feel like a bad blogger, especially when I compare myself to everyone else. But then I remind myself why I do what I do, of how, to use your word, committed I want to be, and it makes me feel better. :)
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