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Real Live Preacher’s State of the Blog address

I wish I was rich. I really do. I’d toss money at all the good bloggers out there that want to write for a living and just aren’t going to be able to do it. Lavishly toss it. There are people getting paid for blogging that don’t earn it, don’t have the writers fire in the belly. They’d rather have the money and attention. And there are incredibly well written blogs that will never see more than a small group stop by. It’s an almost impossible market.
But I’m not rich. At least not money-rich. Without a credit card, I can’t even subscribe to help out, and I know RLP is okay with that. He needs to feed his family so maybe you can help. I commend The Christian Century for recognizing and rewarding talent.

So where is this unique blog and it’s unique writer going?

Unknown at this time. I’m trying to bring my writing income up to about $2,500 a month from an ever increasing number of sources. That’s ambitious I know, but that amount would justify my brash and perhaps foolhardy dumping of my web design income and the jump into the world of writing.

I have a few more ideas to try:

I think I’m praying for you preacher sounds a bit hollow, but I’m praying anyway.

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6 Responses to “Real Live Preacher’s State of the Blog address”

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1 Real Live Preacher on Jan 27th, 2006 at 2:19 pm

Thanks Bene,

I’m trying to see this as an opportunity and not an entitlement. No writer is entitled to money. All you can do is dedicate yourself to this incredibly demanding and emotionally difficult craft, put your work out there and give it a try.

But if there is a legitimate way that you can bring in a little money, then that seems okay. So thanks for the encouragement. And I’ll take all the prayers from you and your rock that I can get.
2 Bene D on Jan 27th, 2006 at 5:41 pm

I disagree that no writer is entitled to money. Depends on the writing and the writer and the medium.

Blogging attacts want to be professional writers. And it attracts professional writers. It’s a communicative medium. It makes sense to me ministers tend to embrace it.
Life is not fair. I understand this isn’t about entitlement, it’s about taking calculated risks and feeding your family.
Blog on!
3 Real Live Preacher on Jan 27th, 2006 at 8:50 pm

Well, what I mean is that writing is something you do because you love it. The world doesn’t owe you money because you write. The creation of any art is not something that entitles you to money. the truth is, selling makes money. Whether we like it or not.
4 Bene D on Jan 27th, 2006 at 9:20 pm

I understand that. Marketing is part of writing.

I don’t think a day goes by I’m not grateful and humbled I was given an opportunity to get a paycheque for doing something I love.

I need to write, I can’t imagine what life would be like without the opportunity. I need the discipline, the stimulation, the challenge, the creativity and the joy. The computer, the blog, the internet, other bloggers and readers are gifts.

And now I am thankful I have the opportunity to write just for the fun of it and get to listen to and interact with others here at BDBO. I don’t ever want to take this gift for granted.
5 Tom Reindl on Jan 29th, 2006 at 9:45 am

I left a comment earlier on this post, but I think it might have been lost, and I can’t remember exactly what I said, so I’ll start over.

I think both of you made good points, and do a great job of connecting with your readers.

I do have to say, though, that I don’t really feel treated unfairly just because I don’t get paid for writing, or don’t have a huge base of readers. After all, maybe I’m just not that good.

One does have to consider that.

But I am blessed to be able to write in this medium, and have anyone read it at all. The few readers who visit are nothing if not loyal and communicative. If I have fifty people stop by in a day, five or six of them usually leave a comment. Even though my numbers aren’t large, I think I am blessed to have so many people visit who want to interact with me. That makes it all worth it. Blogging relieves my itch to write, and I get that itch often.

I am glad both of you are writing, and I am glad I get to read it. I will always visit so long as you do. And if I can, I will support you. Maybe not regularly, but when you sell such an item as “A Christmas Story You Have Never Heard”, I’ll buy it gladly.

Good hope on you both.