Where should I take my blog?

This question is going to like...two different directions. And it's going to be long but it's full of brain ramblings that I can no longer cut down from when I started. Please bear with me!

1. What other types of content should I have on my blog other than book reviews a few life updates.
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2. I know I want to move my blog off of Blogger (sorry blogger) but don't know where to take it.

I know I made a post about this before, but it was a while ago and I never did anything about it then, and with a quarantine and state lockdown keeping me from going to work, I think it's time to expand myself.

Let's start with the second topic first as that will be smaller

Where should I move my blog?

I have talk to numerous people I trust, looked at different blogs of people that I follow, and have also read a bunch of articles and watched youtube videos on which of the two site builders I'm looking at is best for me. Wix or Wordpress.

Many people I know and many blogs I follow are on Wordpress, and I know a lot of websites use it as well, so that's why I've always thought about moving my blog to there. But then I remembered about Wix and decided to see where they differed and if it would be the same.

Wix seems easier to use, many temples, I don't really have to know HTML to use it (though I've always wanted to learn it for some reason) and is a bit cheaper. Whereas Wordpress has uses (or more encourages) HTML knowledge and has so many widgets/plugins that I would want. I wasn't able to see what kind of plugins and add-ons Wix would have had.

I know it's weird for me to want a website rather than a blog but...I am also wanted to expand myself. I would want a place to showcase the things I have done. My books, pieces I create, and more. So more of a personal website than just having a blog is what I'm going for. So for something like that, where I could have different tabs/pages for my books, my blog, an about me page, and contact page; maybe even a shop page should I ever make things to sell or get famous enough for merchandise.

For ease I think Wix would be best for me, but I know Wordpress from friends and from my university. I had my professional portfolio on Wordpress for school and perhaps I could add that as well to my website.

I'm really at a loss here. Because while I was dead-set on starting out on Wordpress, now I'm not so sure. It's possible that because COVID-19 is swarming (STAY HOME UNLESS YOU REALLY CAN'T!!) my depression is getting...a little bad....and I am scared of making a decision and scared to put myself out there more.

*as I wrote this I got an add trash talking Wordpress...it was for Duda, and then another for fiverr...but I have never heard of them before in my life so I don't think I'm going to even think about those.

Now let's move on to the next topic

What type of content should I create/add to my blog?

So, at the moment on this blog I have life updates, book reviews, and other bookish topics. And I love these posts as well, so I won't be taking them away, but I want to know (so this is more of a suggestions question) what stuff would you want to see?

I've also had, and still do have, so many different interests. Other things that I like are colorguard and sewing (I've just started but I plan to do more soon), also YouTube videos and stuff.

Speaking of YouTube, I've made videos on there before, and I loved making them whether they were for school or personal, and wanted to make more. So that's another thing that's pulling me in a weird direction. There have always been so many things I wanted to create and do, but a fear of putting them and myself out there. One of my big follows on YouTube are game videos. And I've even (at the time of writing this) have recorded and started working on editing a video of me playing Webkinz while a little intoxicated. And while there's a little sound problems in it...I'll probably still post it.

Ever since I left high school I wanted to make videos of colorguard routines and the like, but I didn't think my skill was enough. Granted I also know that the more I work at something the better I become...so I really think it's only fear that's stopping me. It's like I have too many interests and I can't pin one down. I know it's okay to have multiple interests...but sometimes I feel like I have too many.

I wonder what else I could do on YouTube because I've always wanted to do just everything and anything, as my account currently is with a mix of personal and educational videos. And I want to continue with that. And my Monica Abroad/Monica Travels series is something I 100% still want to pursue.

Maybe my main issue is I need to get different tools to make videos and better graphics for this blog.



I guess a question I have for all of you that have read this all, or know me personally:

What advice or suggestions do you possibly have for me and where do you think I should head towards with my blog (Wordpress or Wix)?


Thank you all for reading this and suffering through my ramblings. I have a few reviews coming up soon so if you like those from me get ready! If anything I wrote up in this post confuses you, please let me know and I can restate it/reword it to the best of my ability!

À bientôt!

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Should I Move to Wordpress?

Sometimes I wonder if Blogger is the best place for me and my blog. I started using Blogger three years ago when I made a blog for one of my classes to give chapter summaries. I thought it was an easy system to use, and had some fun templates to work with, so I decided to start my own blog.

Also, I'm not fully feeling my blog name anymore...because I don't fully have a theme on my blog and my blog name, Fiction Food and French, almost seems like a theme...but I have never blogged about food yet...which like...should I blog about food soon? Maybe if I ever go to a famous restaurant or try something cultural? I just don't know.

But I also know that fiction, food, and things French are a big part of my life and personality. I like writing and reading fiction, I like food, and I'm a French major with such a passion for the language and culture.

But it's also not just French that I like the language and culture for. I have a long list of other languages that I wish to learn soon and I love learning all I can about different cultures and the people who celebrate them.

I just feel that a large majority of people use Wordpress, and when I do tags and fun little bookish posts, I can't do the Pin-Back feature that Wordpress allows you to do to notify people that you tagged them. And I feel like that is a really cool and interesting feature that should be used.

I've looked at Wordpress before, and I'd be able to import all of the posts that I have made here onto a Wordpress account/blog if I made one, and I've also always wanted to have my own website and that's another thing Wordpress can have connected to the blog (I have no idea if Blogger can do that, and also Google getting rid of Google+ probably changes a lot of things about Blogger).

Mainly what I'm asking is those who use Wordpress: what are the best parts about it? How easy is it to create your own website/blog and what are your favorite parts of having a Wordpress blog? Does it matter which package I get, and like...are they really that expensive in the long run? I'm about to get out of school and make more money than small part-time jobs so it would probably be easier for me to pay for it.

And for those who use Blogger...what are features that I'm missing? Do you not care about not having the Pin-Back feature to tag other bloggers? It is maybe my inability to code that makes me just...not want to think about customizing my blog at the moment or thinking that it's too hard? Should I just not care about what platform I use and continue to use Blogger? Because I like having my blog...but maybe this platform just isn't right for me? Thoughts?

I know I need to learn how to code if I want to use Wordpress too...so either way I have to learn it.

For those with blogs that don't use either Wordpress or Blogger...what's your platform and what do you like about it?

Lately I've been really thinking about where I want to take this blog, the types of posts I want to do, and I want to revamp the whole look of my whole blog. I'm going to keep the posts I just want to change like the theme and look of the blog and maybe pick a new name that fits that just a bit better, and I don't know how to get myself to that point on my own.

à bientôt!

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