Yes, I have considered how much I have contributed. My hope is that it has positive impact :) Thank you for the article.

it does not matter if you write blogs or books..The ultimate reason we write is to share our idea,story or feelings...It boils down to 2 things..how many people you reached and how much money you made...So the question is whether we would have made more money and reached more people if we wrote a book..we cant tell untill we write one..
fyi..my dream is to write a fantasy novel as big as a song of ice and fire..i am young probably have a lot of time(atleast that is what i think now..)..so hopefully by the time i am 30 i will finish atleast one book...

@denmarkguy ** You are absolutely correct - even a wildlife photography blogger like me has started writing photo essays.    Nothing even close to what you accomplish though.  A million words plus a year is impressive indeed. You could have written a whole novel !**.   However, it all depends on what makes you happy. If writing does then the length of article or money to be received does not matter.     Thanks for sharing.  Upvoted. 


I am continuing my passionate focus on wildlife. Today I wrote a **blog on Snoozing parrots with my musings about Thomas Carlyle equating parrots to economists.  I request you to take a look at it when you have time.  Your comments, as always, would be an encouragement and incentive for me to make better blogs**.  Thanks

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Well, do ya? :-) Apparently you have written 1.25 books this year. I'd have to say that 250 solid posts is a good milestone. You put in a lot of effort and it shows, not like other accounts with 2,000 useless image posts swiped off the internet.

For me, these first few weeks here on Steemit are the first articles/posts I have ever written. It is fun, time consuming, but I enjoy it. I think a lot of that has to do with the community here. We've chatted about that before.  

I still have to finish up my next gardening article I wanted to post today, but I got sidetracked with a drawing contest entry - another one of those self-employed distractions. LOL Now I'm trying to catch up on posts I've missed in my feed.

Boy oh boy are you right about considering how much we have written and put into the public domain.  I must have written enough content for 10  books over the last 10 years on my blog site about success, and  it's good stuff.  I just never took the time and the discipline to  do something more with it.   Your words are inspiring.  Your words are book worthy!  

You said "I've always wanted to write books in the areas of psychology, self-development and human consciousness, but could never find the time to just sit down and do it!"    Your posts on Steemit have been inspiring to me.  

Whenever I come on, I always want to check out to see what you have written most recently, because your topics are what I want to hear about and they are well written.  

In fact, it was finding your posts  that made me finally join Steemit, because then I knew it was possible to find topics and people that I care about and are like minded.  I gave you a shoutout in my introduction as a result.  https://steemit.com/introductions/@wecanbesublime/what-wolf-shall-i-feed

***HAHA! Welcome to the reality check!***
I know for a fact that I write at least 50K words every November during NaNoWriMo. You want a writing challenge to get your book done - or at least a good head start? - Join up and try it. :)

There is always push back or an excuse why we can't do things; to beg off before we've even begun!  So my "canned" question to them is, **Failure is easy. Are you afraid you'll succeed?** 

I'm really happy that you've had this reality check and I hope more people read it. The excuses we make really are thin and invalid. What we often lack is discipline and direction. Find your compass, pick a destination, then go toward it. It's that easy...and that hard. :)

I think you're work is out there for all to see @denmarkguy and whether in book form or as individual, stand alone pieces they convey your thoughts, feelings and message in the moment which may be no bad thing in itself.

I imagine that you yourself are a fan of physical books and would love to see your own in physical print but I also think and believe that you may agree, that there is a false assumption among many that being a published author makes you more qualified to speak on a given subject than the everyday man in the street.

I don't feel this is the case and therefor I don't believe it is necessary to be a published author in the traditional sense in order to have a worthwhile, valid and informed opinion on any given subject matter as you so often do.

I'm sure a carefully selected, edited and updated collection of your posts on steemit would make for a very interesting book! :)

I much prefer to read a physical book myself but to be honest I don't do as much as I should which is ironic given my post about traditional skills from a few days ago. 

Hope you are doing well! :[)

I actually find it quite rewarding to publish shorter project based writings. That way I can cover the topics that interest me the most right now while getting to know a broader specter of niches.

Publishing shorter posts also allows one to focus on the most important aspects. When you publish a book you need to cover almost everything, some of those words and some of the research time will bore you.

I know it is probably more satisfying to publish a book on a topic which makes you an expert. I do, however, doubt that this satisfaction outweighs the accumulated satisfaction from numerous shorter publications. 

Just my opinion, but I have never published a book so what do I know :)

ronni

On the flip side, I have hated reading since I finished my last Master's Degree program.  I used to read alllllll of the time and that I don't have the time to read a book any more!  Now I say that I just don't like reading.  Yet, I read articles upon articles online regarding parenting, DIY, etc.  I've never stopped to consider that as reading because it didn't come in the form of flipping through pages in a book.  I've never actually considered how much I write online...mind blown!

I think we all have books in us.

I've read your article and most of the interesting responses below...

Like you, I do enjoy writing. I'm often not satisfied with the results, and may do a re-write later.

I think you are right about it being more difficult to organize a book.
>*"Have you ever stopped to consider just how much you have written and sent out into the public domain in the course of your Internet "career?""*

You may not have meant that literally, but I must respond by saying that publishing in no way invalidates your copyright to things. I believe that you must be quite explicit about your intent to put something "in the public domain."

I am planning to write a "book" right here on Steemit. It will be a series of articles that tell the story of how our grandson was killed by the Medical/Industrial complex with the full support of the state and federal governments and "society" as a whole.

It is indeed a tragic story, one that needs to be told. It is heart-wrenching. It is very personal. I've deferred writing it for many years, and only recently have revived my intention to do so, with a new strategy.

I plan to "anonymize" it in order to avoid destroying some tenuous personal relationships. I hope to serialize here on Steemit. And, while I will do my best to be organized and to produce quality work, as the author / creator of the work, I have no compunctions whatsoever about learning from how it goes here on Steemit, and eventually revising and reorganizing it into what may ultimately be a more cohesive "bound volume" for presentation elsewhere.

Didn't mean to "write a book" here, but your articles tend to elicit longer responses from me quite often. Must be something about your writing! Thanks!

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