Nobody reads people’s personal blogs. As I often point out, the main readership of this blog consists of my mum. I don’t mind this – I write for my own amusement above all else, and if I were writing to attract an audience, I would probably have given up despairingly some time ago.
Personal blogs remain justifiably low down on most people’s “to read” list. After all, few want to hear a stranger, or even someone you know, prattle on about the minutiae of their life in a nauseatingly self-important tone. Many blogs tend to adopt this approach, and I’d probably stop writing mine were I to cast that same critical glance in its direction. (You may be vomiting at the irony as we speak).
Another reason that people find personal blogs annoying is because the writers often air their opinions on subjects about which their knowledge level ranges from “miniscule” to “non-existent”.
I shall cut to the point. Writing on www.ollyfayers.com the whole time makes me look like I’m my own biggest fan. It would be nice to write a blog which sticks to one subject about which I am (at least to some extent) an expert. I therefore intend to set up a primary education blog soon, which tracks developments in government policy about that very area.
We’ll see how it goes, but blogs which do specialise can sometimes get a small following of those who find themselves with similar professional specialities. It would be nice to put another opinion of UK primary education onto the web, even if it is not heard or listened to.
Fear not, I shan’t cease blogging about the self-important guff which I normally put up here. I don’t intend to do it less, but I do intend to create another blog elsewhere for that aforementioned topic. I’ll put the posts here as well, but they’ll look more professional in their own space.
More details to follow.