Why multiple blogs?
This question comes up every now and then - not directly to me, but with bloggers in general. At least, I've seen it surface a few times. It's usually an innocent question, but at times it can be derogatory. Thankfully the latter case is rare!
Personally, I have multiple blogs:
- This one
- My photo blog
- My gaming blog
- Alternative Airwaves sort of, it's ostensibly a podcast but I write there as well
- The Slow Reader same as above - sort of a blog, supposed to be a podcast
- Puzzles & Projects
Why so many? Couldn't I just put everything here? I suppose I could...but I have some reasons which, in my point of view, are logical.
The photo blog: this allows me to share my photography hobby with people directly. If I want to send somebody a link to a photo, they can instantly view others as well at the same time—no wading around previous blog posts or clicking through tags.
The gaming blog: admittedly this one has the weakest argument. I don't write about games as often, so I could write about them here. But I'd rather this space (Bear Blog) stick to what it is: personal thoughts not tied to a specific topic. That could include video games, but the most logical reason of all is that I just don't want to.
Puzzles & projects: Similar to the photo blog I created this one as a bit of a showcase on things I've worked on and put together (from puzzles to LEGO to diamond art). Again, this is something I can share with other people that is separate from a bunch of other unrelated posts.
The other two, the ones that are for podcasts - I think that's self-explanatory. They exist primarily as a website for the podcasts and a place to save show notes, but they have a secondary focus as blogs (for music and books, respectively).
So there's my story about multiple blogs.
But also: it's a personal choice. I hope that people in general aren't bothered when someone writes in multiple spots.