WordUp by Chad Gramling

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As you probably already realize, I blog here at WordUp pretty infrequently. It’s not that I don’t have thinks to say or that I don’t want to blog them. In fact, the truth is, there are many things I observe and consider but I just don’t ever get around to blogging it out.

This is NOT one of those “Woe is me, I don’t like to blog here and I’m shutting it down” posts. WordUp will remain open, probably indefinitely. However, in terms of priority, I have to get back to the real reason(s) I started blogging.

The primary ponders in my head as of late have been specific to 1.) purpose, 2.) focus, and 3.) opportunity. I’m not a “pro-blogger” but I am getting back to making blogging fit into strategies that further my ambitions. And my ultimate worldly ambition hasn’t wavered from the same thing it was five, ten, fifteen years ago; to become successful enough as a writer to be financial secure so I can do it as a full-time job. Stephen King I am not, but R. Karl Largent (REST IN PEACE MR. LARGENT), maybe.

That being my focus, when I started on this WordUp Journey, it was to help further my longed-for career. Along the way, it became a melting pot for what was on my mind, family updates, and telling stories. Judging by the most often used search phrases for this blog, it is also a place where people seek out pictures of Jack Osborn and/or Jodie Seetin. Does any of that present an opportunity for furthering the core ambition? Not really. Right now, the opportunity is at BaseballinFortWayne.com. Some really great things are happening over there in terms of Northeast Indiana baseball history as it happens and as it happened. That being the opportunity, I’m running with it and doing some other great things to complement the blog, which has developed a solid following and is generating good exposure.

But this now all goes back to the core: writing and baseball. BBIFW allows me to combine both and I love doing it, but I don’t think that particular niche will 1.) help me make it into a full-time career nor will it 2.) completely scratch the itch I have for writing fiction (novels).

All this said, you’ll begin to notice some change ’round these here parts very soon. I’m going to streamline the site, this blog and perhaps develop another blog that is specific to helping me achieve that core. Neither blog will likely get updated on a daily or even weekly basis on regular intervals, only when necessary or the mood strikes. BBIFW may even begin to evolve a little bit as I begin some things to help expand search engine placement, and generate more traffic.

Get set, cause I’m making a run at it! Stay tuned.