Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted by Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Since April 2022, the meme moved to another host, Aria @ Book Nook Bits. Let’s Talk Bookish is a meme where participants discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and share their love by visiting each other’s posts.
This week’s post is a little overdue, but I was just not in the mood to do literally anything blog related in the past few days. Anyhow, this post is all about imposter syndrome (I had to Google what it actually means LOL) and is suggested by our host Aria.
Prompts: How long have you been blogging? Do you feel like you’ve ‘figured out’ blogging, or do you ever doubt yourself? Do you feel you ever have book blogger’s imposter syndrome? How do you find confidence with your blogging and writing?
I’ve been blogging on and off since 2017, so it’s roughly been 6 years. However, I switched a lot in my blogging language. I’ve started out in Dutch, then English, then both, then Dutch, English, Dutch, and so on. Now, I maintain 2 blogs at once, an English one and a Dutch one. However, after all those years I still don’t think I’ve “figured out” blogging. I mean, I know how to write, but I’m still having a hard time when it comes to design, banners, promotion etc. Design and banners have to do with my visual impairment as well, but it’s still a big part of your blog asthetic. Now, I just don’t care if it’s actually visually pleasing, I focues more on the content itsself.
Do I doubt myself? Hmmm. That’s a tough question to answer. Sometimes I do, yes. I’ve been on the verge of quiting blogging alltogether several times, but I still kept holding on. I believe it’s a phase that comes and goes. Do I feel I ever have book blogger’s imposter syndrome? Yes, definitely. I see other bloggers being so “huge” and popular, and my blog is just a tiny thing out there. I know it all has been my own doing, but promotion is something I lack time for. With my English blog I’m quite fine, but when it comes to my Dutch blog, I have more and more doubts. My mind about that one changes on a weekly – or even daily – basis. Keep it, remove it, keep it, remove it…. The Dutch blogosphere has changed a lot and Bookstagram and Booktok have become more popular. I know my English content actually is being read since it gains interaction in terms of likes and comments. My Dutch blog doesn’t, so I don’t really know if people actually read it. Okay, enough moaning about this.
Overall, I feel like I’m quite confident in my blogging and writing. I change formats for reviews and other posts quite often, playing around makes it fun. When I stick to one particular format, I get bored quite quickly and that demotivates me. Furthermore, I sometimes let myself get inspired by other people’s blogs. I know my English is not perfectly fluent, since it’s not my native language, but I just write and see wherever it goes. Is my grammar perfect? No. Do I make any sense? I believe so. I’ve learnt to come to terms with this fact and it’s something I can’t really change, can I? I think that’s one of the most important things to gain confidence in blogging and writing.
So, that’s all for this week. Do you feel like you’ve had blogger’s imposter syndrome? Do you feel confident in your blogging and writing and how did you gain that confidence?
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