Dear readers,
Today, I bring you an announcement.
After over two years with WordPress and over a year and a half of blogging, I now feel that my brand name doesn’t quite fit. “Khan’s Lantern” wasn’t a name I chose out of commitment or particularly passionate feeling. Neither does it hold much of a significance to how I identify myself and my will to write.
These two years, I have spent more time on honing myself as a person and as a writer than ever before. I can’t say I’ve had a monumental moment just yet, but I feel that I’ve reached a point where my dreams will be easier to accomplish.
The name has a nice ring to it, I admit. It does hold a part of my identity, but it no longer feels like the identity I want to broadcast myself as. I need something more. Something different.
I have consulted some of my friends, and they have helped me come up with another name. A name I find myself craving to make mine: Yarnful of Stories.
If you’re wondering, it definitely has something to do with my newfound passion for yarn. I learned both knitting and crocheting this year, and am planning on practicing my yarn skills to the maximum. I find myself unconsciously drawing parallels between these two passions.
So, in the next few months, my blog will go through major changes. And I hope you guys will support me with this.
Have you ever felt that your public identity isn’t something you identify with?
I haven’t given much thought to my public identity. But both Khan’s Lantern and Yarnful of Stories are unique and beautiful names. Changes are always welcome! So go for it, girl! 🙂
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Thank you, Arpi!
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I can relate! 🙂 For the past few months I am wondering if my blog name still fits the content transformation it has been through. And like you… I think I’ve been into a knowing myself more course for the past two years and that involves knowing my writer-self. 🙂 So it is a delight to read this post because it’s like reading my thoughts written in your post. 🙂
All in all, I love the Yarnful of Stories and it gave me a kind of lovely word entanglements view! 😀 So I will be here, surely, to support your blog’s transformation! 😀
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A good change is always appreciable! 🙂 If it makes you feel contented, you are right on track! 🙂 Happy Blogging! 🙂
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Thank you for the support, Prakash! Means a lot. I am currently working on a better About page and trying to figure out what other pages I want on the blog.
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Oh. Nice to hear that. I would suggest you to take the Writing course from BloggingU (WordPress). They offer them frequently. I took it six months after I started blogging and it helped me a lot to structure and refine my blog.
You can get the updates about them here:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/
Under ‘Blogging University’ Menu whenever courses are open.
You can find my course details here:
https://itsphblog.wordpress.com/blogging-u/blogging-101/
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I took it last year, back when they didn’t have “take-it-whenever” option. It was fun, and it really helped. Maybe I’ll try it again. Thanks for reminding me!
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I am not sure if they have ‘take-it-whenever’ option. okay.. good to hear that.. 🙂 May be you can then take up the part 2 of it.
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I know what you mean. I don’t feel like my blog name suits my blog any more. I don’t know what else to call it though!
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I was faced with the same problem a few weeks ago. Maybe you’ll come up with something if you think hard enough. Or maybe the blog name will grow on you. Who knows?
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Exactly! My husband helped to choose it. I’d feel funny changing it now too, I have almost 200 followers and it feels like part of me now?
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