Hello world! Welcome to my new blog.
My new writing blog.
I have been pondering about starting another blog for a really long time. Now seemed a good choice.
I’m a Portuguese writer, with a few published works, in paper and online, and have been blogging, more or less frequently, for the last fifteen years (my other blog).
On blog.sarafarinha.com I focus mostly on themes related with discovering our Creativity, Pursuing an Artistic Life, Readings and other Writing related themes… the How to’s and How many’s articles about the writing craft, are usually the one’s with more traction with my readers.
I also write in a poetry blog, full of poetry for poets, called Ser Poeta, that I have been maintaining for a few years.
How did I got to writer.sarafarinha.com?
I have always been an enthusiastic for the english language.
I started learning English by myself (at six years old) at the same time I started Portuguese formal teachings, in a time when English wasn’t part of the curricula until the fifth year of public school.
Sometimes I pretend I can get away with publishing english written articles on my Portuguese platform, which is fine, but not something that I think I should do.
My readers have found me online because I wrote in Portuguese, it wouldn’t be nice to switch things just because I fancied it.
Another thing that bugged me was that I kind of avoided talking about my personal writing efforts.
I was supposed to be sharing my writing journey, I have stated that much in a lot of articles through the years. But I found myself engrossed in helping others find their way around writing basics, and finding creativity, and allow ourselves to do our crafts without judgements… and usually didn’t share much about my personal efforts towards my writing craft.
I didn’t want to make it all about me and my writings. So I focused on helping the community, on writing about useful stuff and availing most of my sources (books, articles, documentaries, and referencing other creative people in all kinds of different but creative journey’s).
Allowing myself to write about writing
As for my writing journey, I was convinced people wouldn’t be interested in THAT!!!
And, it would be lame to share my own difficulties in pursuing this craft… in Portugal, and writing in Portuguese, in a so closed off market, striving to put my efforts and time into such a difficult area, in this tiny sea bathed country… it kind of seemed like whining to me.
Now I think it’s time to start talking with an english speaking world.
Stop denying my english writing practices, and give something for all to read. And it’s definitely time to talk about my writings and the writing craft, which is just my cup of coffee (sorry, not a tea person over here).
I really wanted to start a blog where I could post my english writings, and that it would be fully devoted to the writing craft, by sharing my own journey and related issues.
I feel stoked to be here, writing this first article, and putting it out in the world… and a bit scared. Anyway…
And this is how writer.sarafarinha.com came to be…
I will write about:
- writing experiences
- daily challenges I encounter on this path
- different writing projects
- favorite genres
- personal choices
- editing and revising
- markets specificities
- self-published and tradicional publishing
- writing career
- all sorts of writing related themes
I hope you keep me company on this writing journey, which is my life’s chosen path.
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Bye and see you soon.
