This Blog began ten years ago yesterday . Kinda wild to think about that. It is hard to judge your own writing output over ten years but if I had to offer a judgement I would say that I have been inconsistent but persistent.
Whatever strength remains at this site it lies in my books reviews and the occasional author interview. So I think it makes sense to focus on that and to work harder at posting reviews more often and with a greater level of engagement.
Statistics that may be interesting only to me … (and by “interesting” I mean “depressing”)
Comparing traffic the last three years:
June 2013: 1,322 / June 2012: 2,868 / June 2011: 4,011
Yes, I changed the theme once again. But in my defense a friend found a premium theme that was very much what I had been looking for and not very expensive so I made an impulse buy and went with it.
The upside is that I can stop the search for the perfect theme and start focusing on content. And since this theme supports WordPress formats I can do micro-blogging along with book reviews, cultural commentary, etc.
So I may be messing around with founts and tweaking the layout to get it just right, I plan on keeping my promise and keeping this theme for the rest of 2013 and hopefully beyond.
I, Kevin Jay Holtsberry, do solemnly swear not to mess with the theme on this website for a period of six months under pain of accepted mocking and derision …
UPDATE: OK, I lied, Sue Me. Actually, feel free to mock and deride. But after a little further thought I thin this theme works best for the foreseeable future.
Seriously, I am going to stop messing with things. I am at heart a restless soul and so when bored tend to muck about. But I did want to get to a somewhat minimalistic theme that is readable and easy on the eyes. I also decided to return to more of a blog style as that is really what this is; not a magazine or a Tumblr site, etc. So, I am really going to do my best not to change anything for a significant period of time. Here is to less fiddling and more content. Fingers crossed.
I am contemplating expanding CM beyond just books to more of a general purpose blog with a wider range of content (sports, current events, personal musings, etc.) instead of focusing on mostly just book reviews. Strong opinions on this? Drop in the comments (please!).
I am contemplating expanding CM beyond just books to more of a general purpose blog with a wider range of content (sports, current events, personal musings, etc.) instead of focusing on mostly just book reviews. Strong opinions on this? Drop in the comments (please!).
Yes, I am once again messing with the template and design on this site. There are probably few people who actually care given the percentage of people who surf here from Google searches. But if you need an explanation, I am looking to blog here more regularly and use WordPress post formats to combine traditional blog elements with Tumblr like photos, videos and audio. Thanks for stopping by no matter how or why you did so …
