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I Have No Clue, And I Must Blog
Jan. 10th, 2011 09:25 amI'm sure a lot of us have been in the situation where you write a blog entry thinking, "This is the bestest, most insightfullest entry I've ever written! Let the deluge of adulatory comments begin!" And then you post it. A cricket chirps in response. Then a spider eats the cricket.
Then, a few days later, you'll quickly shoot off some random post where you're just being a doof, and suddenly people are all "OMG! THIS POST IS AWESOME WITH A SIDE OF AWESOME SAUCE!" And you're left scratching your head and going, "Um, really?"
I'm at a loss trying to figure out the rhyme and reason behind which posts resonate the most. In the grander scheme of things, it's not a terribly important issue. I don't blog because I'm an attention-seeking comment junkie, so I'm certainly not about to lose any sleep over a post that garners two comments vs. a post that garners twenty. But I also don't want to bore people.
There are a lot of reasons you might be reading this blog. Maybe you're a friend of mine. Maybe we met at a workshop or a con or through a writing group. Maybe you Googled "attention-seeking comment junkie." Or maybe you just pity me.
Whatever the reason, I'm curious: when it comes to writerly blogs, what types of things do you enjoy reading about most? Posts about the writer's process? Tidbits on their works in progress, be it updates or problems or research or excerpts? General posts on the craft? What they're reading? And what sort of things turn you off or put you to sleep or make you want to jab a sharp pencil into your eye?
Then, a few days later, you'll quickly shoot off some random post where you're just being a doof, and suddenly people are all "OMG! THIS POST IS AWESOME WITH A SIDE OF AWESOME SAUCE!" And you're left scratching your head and going, "Um, really?"
I'm at a loss trying to figure out the rhyme and reason behind which posts resonate the most. In the grander scheme of things, it's not a terribly important issue. I don't blog because I'm an attention-seeking comment junkie, so I'm certainly not about to lose any sleep over a post that garners two comments vs. a post that garners twenty. But I also don't want to bore people.
There are a lot of reasons you might be reading this blog. Maybe you're a friend of mine. Maybe we met at a workshop or a con or through a writing group. Maybe you Googled "attention-seeking comment junkie." Or maybe you just pity me.
Whatever the reason, I'm curious: when it comes to writerly blogs, what types of things do you enjoy reading about most? Posts about the writer's process? Tidbits on their works in progress, be it updates or problems or research or excerpts? General posts on the craft? What they're reading? And what sort of things turn you off or put you to sleep or make you want to jab a sharp pencil into your eye?
