I’ve been blogging here for over 6 years now. It kinda blows my mind that I have been writing and photographing and posting about my life and family for that long in this space. Recently I was thinking about how so many “bloggers” aspire to write a book and I kind of think I have already written one here.
Obviously, I am not saying that I am going to go out and publish my blog for anyone and try to sell it because well, yeah, no… But, I am contemplating making it into a book somehow for myself and my family (isn’t there a site that will do this for you?). I am an extremely sentimental person and I think it would be great to have some of this (at least) in print.
And because of all of this writing and posting sometimes I get the question… how do you always have something to write about?
Well…
I have three children and the birthing and mothering and raising of them certainly seems to keep the words and photos flowing. For now anyway.
Also, I would call myself a “sharing” person and I am most certainly an extrovert, who likes to write. And likes acknowledgement and for people to generally like “her” (me). 🙂
Inspiration for a blog post often comes while I am driving down the road to the next errand or I am soaping up my hair in the shower (I know, sorry). Sometimes it strikes me right in the moment that my child is in the frame of my camera, doing something I know that I can write about or can be the basis of a post. Many times my ideas come while I am laying in bed at night, before I fall asleep, and 20 things are swirling around in my brain. Sometimes I get up and write them down. Sometimes I just drift off and hope I remember in the morning (that last part RARELY happens, by the way…).
And as far as the book writing goes, I do have an idea in my head for one, that has nothing to do with this blog. Will it ever come to fruition? Maybe. Maybe not. It’s not something that is on my personal bucket list or something that I feel I absolutely MUST do, but I think it would be cool. I’m just not sure I have the writing stamina in me for a “real” book like that. I mean wow, an ENTIRE book (of fiction). That’s kind of a BIG deal.
For now, writing here is good. It’s great for my soul, my creativity and my sentimental self. Would I like to write, elsewhere? Sure, if it fits my life and goals, absolutely. I do hope to explore it more at some point.
Right now I simply hope that the inspiration continues to flow as it has for these several years now.
But with cuties like this for inspiration, I think I am safe for now…
I made my blog posts into books a few years ago using Blog2Print and since then I have added posts to my photobooks made on Shutterfly.
I treasure them adn love going back to read them. YOu should totally do something if you haven’t already, you write much better stuff than I do!
And you should totally write a fiction book, that would be super cool.
Yes Booksmart/Blurb or Blog2print are both great options for printing your blog. I get mine printed every year, so just print a year at a time and am so glad I do, I love it really is a treasure.
I am getting an itch to write a fiction book also, have wanted to write books since I was little, in fact I have a journal with so many books I have started, I should find that and maybe try and go with one.
Love the idea of turning the blog into a book! I should look into that, it’s supposed to be a place of memories, right?
I don’t know how people write entire books, honestly. I can barely finish my grocery list in one sitting. 🙂
I have been turning my blog into a book with Blurb. It is fairly easy, but it is time consuming for sure. So far I have the first year and a half of my blog in books. I just like to having it all in a book for some reason.
When I was in college I hadn’t picked a major. Then my advisor (who happened to be the head of the writing department) read a few of my writing assignments and insisted I major in writing. He entered my stuff in contests (without my knowledge, even, and then I’d just see that I won something) and was really excited about it all. To me, I just knew I could never be a real writer. All the deadlines. And a whole book? That sounds so incredibly daunting I wouldn’t even know where to begin. It seems like everyone feels they can write a book today. Not me. I wouldn’t have a clue.
Like you, I feel like my blog is kind of a book. A book of my family’s life. 🙂
My best blogs tend to come to me when I’m in the shower too and then I wish I had a waterproof pen or lap top of some sort.
That is such a great face. Love her!
Adorable that kid. And, I agree, it’s so easy to be inspired when your life is like a sitcom. Oh, you didn’t say that? Maybe that’s just me:)