OK, y’all, listen up! Thanks to both of you.
Yes, this is the end…of scattershot posting all over the place, including this site.
As part of my upcoming focus on content creation, I’ve decided…well, let me back up. I’ve been “focusing” on content creation for a couple of years now, actually, but I haven’t actually managed to get any real traction, have I? So, I’ve decided to take a more structured approach. See, I want to write and I want to do photography and I also want to make video content about those things and other things too and if I keep taking my former “scattershot” approach to all this, it’s hard to see how I’ll get any of it done in a way that really satisfies me. And that means…
…[audience waits with nervous tension]…
…a posting schedule.
…[audible gasps from the audience]…
I know, I know. I did some kicking around of ideas recently, and I think I’ve come up with at least an initial schedule that will have me posting somewhat consistently on most of my platforms. (The wild-card will be YouTube, because that’s a whole other kettle-o-fish that I need to figure out…recording times and such.)
Here’s what I’m going to start with:
ForgottenStars.net: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
This site will remain my main location online. That won’t change. But I won’t be pushing myself to post each and every day (with one exception: the Christmas season, because the Daily Dose of Christmas has to be, you know, daily). Regular posting days here will be as listed above, though as always I will reserve the right to pop in on days when I’d normally not be posting.
As always, posting here will be a grab bag of whatever I’m thinking about at any given time. I might crank out a lengthy essay about some important political issue, or an even longer essay about some pop culture thing that I think is important but nobody else does, or I might still just put up a pretty photo of a flower or a dog or a cat or my snowy backyard. I might even still stick a quick piece of light classical music up for lack of anything better. You never
Dispatches from the Forgotten Stars: First and third Thursday of every month, and maybe the fifth if there is one.
The newsletter really fell by the wayside last year, which I don’t want to have happen again.
Photography sites: Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
This refers to my main “photography showcase” sites and apps: Vero, Foto, and the Forgotten Stars Photography account on Instagram. I need to start using those sites and services regularly.
(By the way, my “regular” Instagram, @jaquandor, will continue to be what-I-want, when-I-want, and generally won’t be a major focus of my “quality” work. It’s more for daily snapshots and whatnot.)
Tiktok: Every day, though I don’t beat myself up if I miss one.
Tiktok is fun and all, and I’ll be posting there fairly regularly. (I already have been, really.) I will also try to echo content from there to my personal Instagram, though I won’t always do this. Quite a bit of Tiktok content is a word prompt superimposed atop a very short video clip that may even be soundless; sharing that short of thing to IG doesn’t always seem worthwhile.
YouTube: Ummmm….
Yeah, I gotta figure out YouTube. First is figuring out my recording setup. More to come there.
All right, moving on! Let’s go! There’s so much time and so little to do!
A schedule! Wotta concept. So which venue will we see the pie thing? (Am I obsessing about this? Probably.)