Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Do I contradict myself?


It's the first day of March and that seems like a good time to do some Spring cleaning. One of the things I've decided to Spring clean is my blog. Or rather, my blogs. I already have more than one blog and some of my readers will know that I have a lot of different sides to my character. There's the one who takes photos and the one who paints and draws. There's one who is a bit of a whizz in the kitchen and handy at saving money. There's the historian, the traveller, the mystic, the worker, the layabout, the nature lover, the gardener, all sorts of people. In fact one of my favourite quotes is from Walt Whitman and it's to do with being lots of different people in one mind and body.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself.
I am large. I contain multitudes

All of those people have found their way onto my generic blog. MorningAJ. The one that I started out with. Then one part of me peeled away. She started out as a couple of pages called "How to..." but she became Auntie Anne. The best thing since sliced bread. And her advice, recipes, anecdotes, hints and tips have their own place now. (And their own little group of followers!) But it started to become obvious that another part of me needed space of its own. And that's the writer. The Wordsmith. So here it is. I already spend my days writing marketing and publicity for an organisation in the Midlands (and that's as far as I'm going to go in identifying it. I do not profess to represent my employer once I leave the office. This blog is mine. All my own. And the views expressed here must not be seen as reflecting on anyone but myself.)but a lot of my spare time is spent writing creatively. Short stories, flash fiction, bad poetry, and there's even a novel in progress.

5 comments:

Ellie Garratt said...

Hello from your first follower! OMG. I've never been follower number one before. Does it come with special responsibilities?

MorningAJ said...

Absolutely! I'll let you know what they are later. :)

Jannie Funster said...

Dear artsy money-saving historian type...

Wonderful congratulations on this new blog, whooohoo!!

And now I am off to cruise your art for your sidebar button.

But... tea and lunch first.

:)

xoxo

Sandra Davies said...

Very much looking forward to following this one AJ - thanks for the direction

MorningAJ said...

Welcome all - and thanks for following me here!