Personal Blogging

Not choosing to write within one of the ‘common‘ niches – like beauty, books or movies – also means running in to some particular quandaries and puzzles in regards to what to write (and not write). There’s some risks that come with writing (solely) about the life you call yours, and some unexpected perks that come with sharing your deepest (or not so deep) thoughts and secrets. I use the below series of posts to make more sense of the niche I’ve chosen for this blog:

Personal blogging.

Personal Blogging – The I-thing

June 7, 2021

Personal Blogging – Clickitty PSA

February 7, 2021

Personal Blogging – Looks Matter

January 26, 2021

• Personal Blogging – The I-thing
  One of the lessons about writing that’s stuck with me throughout my entire writing career (even though calling my writing endeavors a career is very ambitious) is a very simple one. You should not start a sentence with I. Not
• Personal Blogging – Clickitty PSA
  It is I!The generous god of know-it-all-ness. The veritable fountain of wisdom of blogging proficiency. Or just that weird chick that keeps posting things that you somehow end up reading because they end up in your feed. Take your pick.
• Personal Blogging – Looks Matter
  Sunday I was made aware of a dead link on the Homepage of my blog here. Oh the horror!Something like that is SO hard to deal with for a perfectionist like myself. Especially since it was on the HOME page.
• Personal Blogging – Art of repetition
  This is the 130th post I will be publishing on Zoewiezoe.com since I’ve started annoying you folks from this nook on the internet on the 1st of August (aka, 123 days ago). And just in case numbers aren’t your forte
• Personal Blogging – Patterns
  As someone with a strong focus on efficiency and a goal-oriented mindset, I’m used to analyzing the things I’m doing (or have done) in order to discern the patterns that will allow me to bend the rules of the game
• Personal Blogging – The voice
  Once you start really ‘getting into’ blogging – you discover a world full of people that have something to say. There’s an insane amount of bloggers out there in the universe (a freakishly high amount of which seem to reside
• Personal Blogging – The personal touch
  The ‘Personal blogging‘ series here on this little blog o’mine affords me THE perfect opportunity to tell you, my readers and the rest of the world my views on blogging (aka: the why, and how and when of it). It’s
• Personal Blogging – The science of stars
  You guys. Hey. You there. Yes. You. Reading this.Can you tell me something? Is my head getting bigger? I feel like it must be getting bigger. Oh man. What if it gets so big that I can’t wear headbands anymore?
• Personal Blogging: Listless
  Lists have always played a big big role in my life. Mostly because I like the level of organization that they bring into the mix (and because they are, like myself, very goal-oriented) but also because they provide a (false)
• Personal Blogging – Out for the count
  Two months to the day. It’s been two months, today. I published my first blog post on August 1st 2020: Cheers to fresh starts! It was a dreary Saturday, almost a month after ‘the break-up‘ and I felt like I
• Personal Blogging – To be recognisable or to be unique?
  From a young age we’re all taught that we’re special little snowflakes. Those who are loved by their parents are the speciallest of special to them – those who aren’t learn that they stand out for other reasons. And adapt.
• Personal Blogging – Dirty little secret
  It’s only been a month and a half since I (re)booted this blog and got back into the writing game. But boy, does it feel like an eternity already. It’s strange how something ‘new‘ can just settle itself into your
• Personal blogging – Risky business
  ‘I understand that it’s been a really long time since we’ve talked, and maybe this is a bit strange coming from me but I read your blog and…’ This sentence. Is. So. Flippin’. Awesome.An ex-colleague of mine (from way back