Learning Curve on the Eliptic- Twilight

At Learning Curve on the Ecliptic I talk about astrology in relation to art, music, politics, current affairs and life, and try to show how it can be seen working.

I’m retired, so blogging is a hobby to me, and a source of some easy discipline. I try to blog daily, in the hope that practice will improve my style and expertise.

As a teenager I had an ambition to become a journalist – it didn’t happen, I became a civil servant!

This is a way of living out my early dreams, I guess.

I’ve always been drawn to astrology, and have wanted to be able to show others how clearly it can be seen to be working in life.

Just over a year of writing, but I didn’t submit the blog to Technorati until November 2006, so was talking to myself for about 3 months – it was good practice though!

It varies, between around 30 and 70. I noticed a drop in hits during the summer months, and an upsurge again when schools and colleges resumed – a clue to where some of my readers are!

No, I’m not interested in using the blog to earn money. It’s purely a hobby.

Anyone with curiosity about, or interest in, astrology, art, music, politics, and life in general.

Anything from 20 minutes (when I have other things to do, places to go) to 4 or 5 hours on quiet days, when I try to write a few drafts for future use.

It’s something different – specialist (astrology) and general topics blended together. It’s not a run-of-the-mill diary-type blog, nor is it purely an astrology blog. It might open the eyes of those who until now have written off astrology as a load of nonsense. I try to show that there is more to it.

It depends what you mean by success, and what each blogger aims for.

Finding a “hook” for your blog – a subject or slant to focus on, or a specific style and flavour, will help – especially at first.

The main thing is to stay with it, even if not many people are reading your blog initially. Use the time to polish up writing skills and finding out how your blogging platform (Blogger, Wordpress, etc.) works and how you can get the best from it. Register your blog with any groups and sites you can find (e.g. Technorati)to get your name out there in the blogosphere.

Visit other bogs and leave comments – not adverts for your blog, but comments that show you’ve taken an interest in their blog. This is probably the best way to get readers initially, for if their blog interests you, it’s likely that yours will interest them.

Link lists on blogs that you enjoy are a good source of new blogs to read comment on and, above all, learn from.

This blog can be visited at http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/