the Diva Platform

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I realized that the last day of the year would be a good time to make one final post here.

One final post?!

Yes, I’ve decided to stop posting here at the Diva Platform.  Why?  Well, it’s time for a little change.  Blogs have evolved over the last few years, and I think the more successful blogs focus on some sort of topic–whether it’s cakes or beer or being a mom or secrets.  Unless you’re famous or were an early blogger who managed to gain a large readership just because you were first, it’s hard to find an audience when you’re just a random person writing about random things.

I, being a writer, want to find an audience.  I’ve been throwing random blogs at the interwebs for a few years now, and yet, my readership isn’t quite where I’d like it to be (”quite” being an understatement).  I’d like to shake things up and try something different and see if that doesn’t help my work find a new audience.

Therefore, I’ve decided to start a new blog, and although it will still be partly random and partly ranting, it will be in the form of letters.  Two of the categories on this blog that I love writing are the “Letters” and “Postcards from…”, so I’ve created a new blog called “Your Pal, Jill,” that launches tomorrow.  It will exclusively be letters and postcards.  If I write them to an actual person (say, Mariah Carey, whose letter will be forthcoming), I’ll send them out and see if I get any response.  If I do, I’ll post it.

It’ll be a fun, new project, and I’ll see where it takes me.  I still hope to publish five days a week, but be patient with me.  It may take me a little while to get into a groove.  If you have any tips that you think might be up my alley, feel free to send them to me.  If I get riled up enough, I’ll send out a letter!  E-mail, as always, is jilljaracz AT yahoo DOT com.

So what will happen to this site, especially since I have my resume on it?  Well, it will stay up for a while (read your archives while you can), and I’ll revamp it to be a little more professional.

Thanks for reading the Diva Platform for the last few years.  I hope you’ll join me at the new site!