1907 Illustration by Arthur Rackham
I've talked about this before, but to recap, the main motivator for creating this blog was the desire to finally start taking my writing seriously. As in genuinely working towards the goal of publication and not merely seeing it (publication) as a far off dream. In this day and age that journey includes building an online presence. It's important to many agents and publishers. Granted, my presence is minuscule, but at least I exist. If you google my name, this blog (ok, and my Pinterest page) is right at the top. So I'm out there, however small.
I love a good blog name. Some of my favorites? The Lettered Cottage, urban farmgirl, freckled laundry, the handmade home. They're memorable and fun. However, they're also house blogs and this is not. That's not to say that some writers don't have blogs with creative names and I do post about home decor, etc., sometimes more than writing, especially lately, but the prevailing wisdom in many writing circles is that if you're working on building an online presence in order to improve your chances of publication then you need people to remember your name. The name that'll be on the cover of your books. Hence the reason why this blog started out as simply Jill Kinchen's Blog.
That's just so darn boring. I couldn't take it anymore! I want to be published eventually, but I don't want to bore myself to tears before I get there. So I went off-script and gave this blog a cutesy name. I kept the URL the same (jillkinchen.com) and my full name is also still in the header. That's good enough, right? Someone back me up here. Cindy? When you're back from Europe? ;-)
With that off my chest, I can explain how I landed on Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Stay tuned for part 2. No, I hadn't intended on being obnoxious and ending on such a nail-biting cliffhanger, but I'm long-winded and this post is getting too long so I'll save the rest for next time.
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