Posted by kathryn in Blogging

I’ve decided to stop Q & A Thursday.

It’s been a tough decision and I know it’s going to disappoint some of you. But it’s proving unsustainable for me.

Plus I’ve stopped enjoying it.

I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks, that Q & A Thursday is sapping my creative juices and writing motivation. As Q & A Thursday has become bigger and bigger, I’m blogging less and less for the rest of the month.

I’ve thought about reducing my answers; making them shorter, more succinct. But that feels wrong. I’ve always tried to avoid the easy, bland, generalised answer, instead providing meaningful information, adapted to normal peoples’ lives. And writing quick answers seems contradictory to that goal. Short changing both you and myself.

Skribit

However I still want to know what you want me to write about. For me, the most interesting aspect of Q & A Thursday has always been finding out what people want to know.

Plus I’ve always wanted Limes & Lycopene to be a two-way street. A conversation between me and you the reader. And having some space where you have a say in what I write, is part of that conversation.

So while I’m abandoning Q & A Thursday, I’ve decided to install Skribit on Limes & Lycopene.

Skribit is a tool which allows you to nominate topics for me to write about and vote on your favourite ideas. I’ll then use this information as fuel for my blogging.

Plus I’ll be adding topics to the list, to gauge your reactions and interest.

This means there will no longer be one day dedicated to answering questions, instead it’s going to become a normal part of my blogging. Something I’ll do more regularly and include in the normal schedule.

How to use Skribit

If you look in the right-hand sidebar, you’ll see the Skribit widget. In it are the latest topic suggestions. At the bottom is a box containing the question “What should I write about”. You can use this to add a suggested topic, or vote on someone else’s idea.

Underneath that is a link to the Skribit site – where you can view all the current topics.

You can suggest topics anonymously or login with your name.

To set the ball rolling I’ve added some topic suggestions.

So start voting and let me know what you want to read about

And thanks to Duncan for pointing me in Skribit’s direction.

06 November, 2008