Today’s Provocative Question, Fandango asks:
How many hours, on average, do you spend per day (or per week) on blogging-related activities? And, what do you think you might do with your time if you didn’t spend it on those blogging-related activities?
I reckon about 2-3 hours per day reading/listening to posts, probably an hour first thing, an hour in the evening, and bits in between. After that, it depends how many times I post. A lot of my regular posts, I have templates for, so I just need to worry about the actual content. A one-off post will normally take longer, deciding on categories, graphics etc. Even a minimal post generally takes at least half an hour, by the time I’ve edited it and proof-read it. I’m not into any of these “stream of consciousness” prompts, it might not seem like it, but I like to polish the post a bit before it goes live.
And I’m posting a couple of times a day at the moment.
One of the most time-consuming posts, actually, is my Who Won The Week post. Particularly at the moment, I’m finding decent quirky stories are quite thin on the ground, and I’m having to read through a lot of news sites to find something to write about.
As for how else I spend my time, I’m glad you asked. Here is what I am doing at the moment. As you can see, it is “work in progress”. My plan is to finish it this afternoon. It is lunchtime now.
This is the app I’m working on at the moment. Just a little database app where people can record what meds they are on. What you see is a document that they could give to someone if they wanted to share that information.
The thing about this document is that I wrote the code for it, mostly from scratch, so the document can be generated whenever the user needs it, with whatever meds they happen to have listed. They don’t need to fart around with word processors or the like.
Incidentally, I’m probably only a month or two from putting this project live so I’ll post again when it’s ready. It’ll be free but I’m sorry to all you SmartPhone users, it’ll be for Windows (because that’s what I know).
Mister Bump 
Good looking app. I hand write my list now and any changes mess up the original so I’m constantly rewriting it. I’m in for a copy when its complete. Thanks for developing it.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I’d better get cracking then 🤣
LikeLike
Good Luck with that!
LikeLiked by 1 person
So, unh, now I call you “Sir Big Brother Bump” the dewd who has his finger on my pulse (so to speak) and my meds on his server. Do find your recap of “blog-time” activity most enlightening.
LikeLiked by 1 person
No, it’s all local. I’d never share my meds with a server, wouldn’t expect anyone else to.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Whew!
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s the problem with any web app, that’s why I prefer to write for the desktop.
I suppose I should learn to write for smartphones. One day…
LikeLiked by 1 person
I did’t know you made apps. Your blogging is organized, too. 🙂 You give wonderful comments, so thank you for taking your time to connect. I’m more like a creative elephant blogger stomping around with no idea in the morning what I might post.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Are you working at the moment or furloughed? During our first lockdown (around Mar-Sep last year) I spent a lot of time blogging, but that stopped in September, I picked up my “things” again and force myself to do a day’s work.
But, working from home can mean I keep odd hours, working at maybe 7AM or 8PM. Wqually, it might be on the weekend, if the fancy takes me.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m working as a Reading Specialist right now, so some of my clients wanted to work online during lockdown and others not so much. So, my work fluctuates, but this upcoming fall I may be busier depending on if I take a job with one of the schools or libraries. I love blogging already, but I really want to finish my novel and see that in print.
LikeLiked by 1 person
There are plenty of people on here with horror stories about both publishing and self-publishing. I once thought of self-publishing some of my limericks but it is work and people make very little from self-published material.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ve carried this novel idea around a long time. It means a lot to me, but the whole process seems very daunting.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I suspect a publisher will make a newbie jump through many hoops. Plus, they’re not necessarily interested in “good” but “sellable”.
Have a look at https://lindakempwriter.wordpress.com/. I know Linda has dabbled with publishers, and I think she writes for a living. I think her stuff is often a cut above.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, kindly. I will definitely look into your suggestion. 🙂 I’m not giving up anytime soon. I’m spunky.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m suing you for discriminating against smartphone users. How dare you, Pete?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Can I settle by sending you a piece of paper to write everything down on? Actually this would be a good app to carry around with you, but I never got into smartphone programming.
LikeLiked by 1 person
No worries. Fortunately, I’m not on any regular medications.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hey, that’s not bad, you know. Past a certain age, most everyone seems to be on something.
LikeLiked by 1 person