I Want to Just Give Up.

I'm having a hard time not just giving up entirely.

I spend a lot of my time writing and trying to make that writing good. I realize that I do have a lot to learn still about writing, but I work hard at it.

And it just doesn't seem to be paying off.

I've been running my WordPress blog for almost a year and a half, and it's still a struggle to break 150 views per month. I have 117 followers there, but almost none of them actually read my poetry regularly. (I think two or three do.) My PuckerMob writing, despite being better marketed since it's on someone else's web site, just isn't gaining traction either.

Part of me is thinking about just...dropping the blogs. I can't seem to get anywhere. It's overwhelming and I don't always have the energy to keep up with them but I do anyway because it's important and I really do want to eventually make a supplementary income on my writing, but I just don't see it happening. Ever.

I'm out of ideas for where I can share my writing to get it in front of more people. I already share it here, both my Tumblr blogs, my Twitter, my personal Facebook page, my professional Facebook page, and occasionally just...with people I talk to, if they seem interested in my writing. And nothing seems to make a difference.

I dunno. I'll probably keep going just because it is something I care about, but I'm just having a really hard time staying motivated right now.
March 2nd, 2016 at 07:02pm