tale to tale

I’ve been struggling on how to best relaunch the blog – I, with many of my past projects – seem to run at it at full speed, and then have absolutely no clue what I’m doing when I get there.

With the London School of Journalism course going on and the rebooting of the Tale to Tale blog, I’ve struggled to land my feet on what I want this to be.

Eventually I’ll be adding interviews, travel reports, news stories, reviews and the like, but at my heart sits poetry, journalling and creative writing.

But that’s a bit much for an audience to take, right? Surely as a reader you want to know what to expect from your blogger.

If you’re following a blog called ‘Metal Chipmunk Reviews’ you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. It’s either for Rock album reviews or for people who review metal sculptures of chipmunks.

With ‘Tale to Tale’ even I don’t know what “tales” I’m referring to.

Perhaps in time this blog will find it’s footing, and I’ll feel more comfortable with what I’m bringing to the table, and in fact, more assured.

Because one thing I’ve noticed with successful blogs (and by ‘successful’ I’m referring to profiles with a healthy subscriber count) they seem to have a consistent output of material, all themed, and related purely to the author’s interests.

Personally, it’s a hard time for me and my family. My Mum is going through secondary liver cancer and for the last few months we’ve been looking after her in the hospice.

So I’ve been distracted but I’ve appreciated the extra time we get with her, that in itself is a blessing.

It feels like since turning 30 that I’ve followed the traditional ‘get your life together’ path, which in light of recent hurdles that goal has been halted.

So, whilst I’m here, I’ll keep throwing absolutey random shit out, and get a feel of what I want this platform to be.

In the grand distance I have an idea of who I want to be and what kind of work I want to make, but that’s the great thing about my goals being distant, there’s a whole journey in between.