This moment has been in the making for a while, I just never
wanted to accept it.
I recently wrote a post on my personal blog about feeling
overwhelmed {Feeling a little… Blah…} and
it was more or less me trying to work through some feelings. I needed to face
the fact that I had way too much on my plate and I HAD to get rid of some.
I am a wife. I am a home schooling mother to 7. I am a
graduate student. I am an American Heritage Girl leader. Those are titles that
I cannot shrug off.
I started my personal blog, officially, in 2008. And you
know what? I miss it. I miss it a lot.
I started my book blog a year ago. I love to read. I always
have and I always will. But, running the blog is becoming more of a full time
job for me. A full time job that I don’t have the time for anymore. I spend an
hour or two a day setting up blog and facebook posts for cover reveals,
releases, promos, and tours. I then spend another hour going through the
messages on the page and promoting sales and other things. It takes another
couple of hours going through all the sign ups I am sent and cross referencing
them to make sure I am not signing up twice or over booking myself. Close to
five hours of my day is done doing this. That’s not counting the reading and
reviewing of ARCs. I’m at the point that I just can’t do it anymore. I need a
break.
Graduate school is hard. A lot harder than I thought. I can’t
alienate my assignments for the blog. I want to finish my novel, heck just one
of them. I have 16 current WIPs in various stages of development.
I have a vision of me and being stressed out all the time
isn’t it. The vision I have has changed dramatically since even a few weeks
ago.
The blog will remain up. I will still post reviews to it.
But, I won’t be doing tours, promos, or cover reveals. I won’t be posting to
the facebook page or twitter. I may change my mind in a few months, you never
know with me.
I will remain on the street teams I am on. I will share for
these authors on my secondary facebook page (primary is my personal and I don’t
allow people I don’t know on it). My secondary page is listed under my pen
name. I will add you to that one gladly.
Please understand where I am coming from. Thanks for all the
support over the last year.
Below are the links where you can find me:
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