Playing Dead
What is the longest stretch that you have gone without blogging?
What inspired you to come back?
I had started blogging in 2007 just to jot down myriad feelinds via poems and stories. Wasn't a regular blogger, this went on till 2010. Then I stopped, for three years as I had lost the motivation. I used to write, but not on a blog.
Moved to a new city in the beginning of 2013, dabbled this and that in a troubled career spanning 3 years, and one fine day in January, I decided to collate all my previous posts and revamp my blogs, in English and Bangla. Of course, the inspiration this time had been a few fellow bloggers, loved their work and wanted to do much more.
Priyanks, I read some of your posts, they are very intersting. Love your choice of books too :)
Thanks a lot Archana, for dropping by!
I started blogging in 2005, just a few posts. Didn't blog in 2007 and 2009. Work/other commitments/lack of interest, so many other variables. I've tried to be a bit more regular since Sept 2012 inspite of a hectic work schedule. I guess I want to write a little more than just posting a few lines. Something that satisfies me and makes me happy with what I've done. Though sometimes I cringe at my words. Would love to get feedback but it's a jungle out there and irregular bloggers like me barely get any.
As long as you are doing something that makes you happy I see no reason to push yourself to write when you are not inspired :)
Blogger review threads are slow and people hardly reply, but when they do, they give you some great tips and honest advice. Maybe you can get your blog reviewed there 
Whole of 2012.... actually, I was away as I didnot have an internet connection.. :/
Wow... a whole year? Are you happy to be back?
Almost two and a half years :)
Something happened, so I deleted the blog and instead wrote a novel about that! Got it published and it somehow got the title of a national bestseller (I still wonder how or why, lol)
What inspired me to come back? Uhm, the reason is simple. I wasn't over with writing. I wasn't done just merely with a novel. Writing saved me, in every possible way a person can be saved :)
That's wonderful! I have a lot of respect for novelists. Can't seem to keep a clear line of thought myself, so hats off to you :)
Yes, sometimes writing does saves your sanity.
Thank you, Archana ma'am :)
I absolutely second that Fairy ma'am :)
2 weeks!...i can't imagine staying away from blogging more than that period of time!
I hate having routines and being 'consistent'. I do stuff when the inspiration strikes. I would love to be regular though, only if my muse stays strong with me! I had a blog for a few months and then ditched it for over a year and then started the current one
2 months .. These days I do not blog as frequently as I used to do. On any given time, I do not blog consistently, more in bursts and sprints.
My blog has been silent for more than a week now :(
Mounting work at home and office have not let me come a mile near my blog. Let's see how things go next week
i take part in various prompts everywhere...my blog hardly gets to sleep these days
u are in exhile between indicontests
Ha ha... the smiley says it all!
Are you undecided whether the undecided smiley says it all about your decided stance about undecidedness?
I was in exile from December 2005 to May 2008! My blog never saw me.
Wow...that's impressive.
That's an impressive blogging rate!
Longest was like 3 years back when i used to post once in 6 Months (mainly because of Procarstination), I still post once in two-three Months and expect my Blog to be popular (mainly because of Laziness). still figuring out how i can be a full time Blogger!!
LOL 
Though I don't remember exactly the longest stretch that I went without blogging but yes, there have definitely been a few blogging breaks for me. Thankfully, my blogging friends, my travels and my wish to share my travel experiences with other travel lovers has always kept me inspired to keep blogging.
Yup....
and Congratsssssss Art on your new dot com!!! [smile]
I was off blogging for around 6 months from Feb '12 to July '12 when my daughter was born. I returned back because I found a new love-writing fiction. With the hectic schedule at work and looking after a baby back home, it's becoming increasingly difficult to write regularly 
hats off Prasanna [pardon me for my inappropriate giggle, when I call Prasanna I can first think of the puzzle-man PS]
Now I'm getting confused, which reply is for my post and which reply is for PR's post. We should have a pact, only one Prasanna comments per topic or something
Story of my life 
My name has always been confused to be a guy's name
Even though I am around 5 months old in the blogging world, I have played dead for 15 days The amusing thing was, I wasn't off the forum and IndiTalk during that time I wonder what that says about my dedication toward my blog 
I remember the tv-series Small Wonder [wink]
Eh? I didn't get you AS
it's nothing to understand as such... just you can google to see what was small wonder all about...
AS, I used to watch Small Wonder when I was a kid. My question was, what has that got to do with my playing dead.
pardon me i too dont know... your situation reminded of of that tv-serial for unknown reason [oops!]
4 months - Nov 2010 to Feb 2011
Last year when I started blogging I had a daily schedule. Then suddenly I "grew" and started working on sets for Contests, newspaper, magazines, etc. and still wanted to keep the daily schedule. All this while trying to keep my performance level up as a participant in other contests, and balancing academics with it too, and wanting to make sure I spend time with close friends too. Sleep and food were the only things I really forgot about. Pretty soon (Duh!) I faced a burnout, had a few nasty illnesses and just stopped almost everything, for a month. I think thats my longest time away. Thankfully I've learnt to manage my time better since.
While my blog isn't your normal everyday blog, its still a lesson on not taking up too many things and working a low schedule so that you don't get forced out of it.
You're doing a 'clap clap clap' deserving job dude [really!]
PS - Wow I'm still struggling. I started way back in 2010. I'm running my 4th blog now. Closed the first 3.
And Shrikant... what made you start again?
may be 6-8 months [precision error suspecting]
what is precision error suspecting?? another suspension of disbelief
I think the longest I have been away from blogging is 2 days when I was on a bus to Mangalore. But daily I take rest from blogging from 3.00 am to 6.00 pm
Wow! That's as passionate as one can get!
after all Pro can't afford to sleep if he makes the mistake of choosing 'blogging' as his profession [grin]
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