In which I talk about endings and beginnings . . .

It's not like I've been a conscientious blogger . . . because I haven't. I do see, reviewing my posts, that I'm more comfortable blogging than when I began, and I always like progress. So even though my posts haven't been, erm, consistent, they are improving in quality. Rather like my spinning.

     I've come to a conclusion, tho; changes must take place. I began to be aware of the need when I launched SageWoman Concepts last year, and have been mulling it over in the intervening months. I have a web presence. Not a big one, and not much of one in fiber arts yet, but I am findable on the web. That carries with it a certain sort of thrill, comprised of one part "wow (wide-eyed childlike amazement)" and two parts "Oh, snap . . . I'm not sure I want to be that findable." But in order to promote SageWoman Concepts, including the Etsy shop I established today and plan to formally open the first part of February, I need to be findable. And consistent. Across multiple sites. And the visuals need to be consistent with "everything else".

     Some dread thoughts have been roiling in my unconscious for a while now. I have four different email accounts. A Twitter account (@SajWmnConcpts); I have some serious doubts about folks that randomly follow Twitter accounts, and that may be a short lived phenomenon, but we'll see. A sadly neglected WordPress blog. A LinkedIn account. A presence on Ravelry. A presence on ebay. And now an Etsy shop (granted, no items for sale yet, but soon . . . ). The marketing experience I've had compels me strongly to consolidate, regroup, rename, and really push the hell out of SageWoman Concepts, because I hope that that will become at least a good supplement to income for me. And that means the creation of a new blog in SageWoman Concepts' name on Blogger, because WordPress intimidates me still.

     So the Etsy store and a new blog are the beginnings.

     And this blog . . .

     Well, I've developed, as I mentioned earlier, as a writer, and I enjoy that. However, I've felt unable to use this blog as a real "online journal", focusing more on fiber-related things and less of pouring out my feelings for anyone on Rav who checks out my blog to see. So . . . when I first sat down to write this blog, I was going to make this be my final post. Pull the plug on YarnJunkie and her damned dropped stitches. Sing my swan song and go off into that blogger good night.

      Then I thought about it.

     I don't know how findable this blog is, outside of Ravelry and to the one follower (hey, Sammy) I have. 

     So it occurs to me that when I unlink this blog from Rav, I can use it as an online journal and online spinning and dyeing notes repository. Which means I don't have to say goodbye to it. :-)

     More later . . . 
     And in the meantime, check out the new blog SageWoman's Fiber Fancies . . .