Why I Changed My Blog Name Once Again For any writer trying to make a living as a freelancer, one of the biggest pieces of advice a person hears and reads about is that a writer needs a niche. This includes writing for a blog; one must specialize and become an expert in that particular subject and use keywords to increase your SEO. All great advice, if you can do it. But today I realized I couldn't pick just one niche. I've tried, seriously, I have. I thought I could limit my interest to writing about one thing I'm passionate about and then I discovered that the minute I started to focus on that particular topic, a hundred other, unrelated ideas popped into my head and my chosen topic was dead in the water. If I picked traveling to Mexico, for instance, how could I write about: *organic gardening *living off-the-grid *using a midwife *homeschooling three children *traveling in Hawaii or Ireland *writing *a good book I've just read *cooking *the wildlife in my backyard *using a floor loom *herbal medicines *the five kinds of tequila and the best one to drink *why women can build homes just as well as men . . . You get the idea. I've never been one to follow the crowds. Picking a niche makes me cringe, as there are just too many things in life to be excited about that I want to share. So, for the umpteenth time, I'm changing the blog to Ditched the Niche, where I can write about the things that excite me and hopefully get you excited, too.
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