Blogging

A few years ago, I decided to indulge myself and went back to college for a year and did a course in Journalism. It was a part-time evening course, once or twice per week, which I enrolled upon to satisfy my curiosity about the world of news reporting. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and although I did not do it to change my career, I did learn much about the skill of writing news and crafting engaging copy that others would be compelled to read. ...

Monday mornings are sometimes painful, coming off the weekend, back to the daily grind. Although I have no boss, as Neil Shearing quotes, without a boss it’s up to me to self motivate and get that writing habit started for another week. So how do I get motivated to write? Well some things I try are: Read news feeds and see what’s going on in the blogosphere Check out the national and regional news sites to see if anything interesting sparks a creative thought Get some early morning exercise (this helps to boost the energy levels) Check some social networks to see what’s cooking with my pals Read the newspaper Read over some old journals to see if a topic I’ve written on in the past could do with updating I find photographs a good prompt for writing juice. ...

I have just realised that my blog is 2 years old and like a very errant parent, I forgot the anniversary. Doh! The first post is dated 3rd Nov 2005 and is here. I remember, now that I have glanced at that post, the blog started as a way to keep a daily journal of my thoughts and research for my studies. What’s happened since then ? Well, I have posted a total of 93 posts in 25 categories over the period. ...