February 14, 2006
As far as blogging goes, I am just not a writer. I wish I were, I really do because I have ridiculous things happen to me. I did meet some great people in Tennessee and hopefully I'll tag along again. I will continue my skulking about the blogosphere envious of all the talented writers.
She just strung four coherant sentences together into a paragraph, and - in the process - effortlessly incorporated two metaphors: "tag along" and "skulking about the blogosphere".
I've written plenty of posts where I didn't even manage that.
Mo... seriously... if you can leave a comment, you can blog. I hate to drag out the big guns, but here it goes:
My first month as a blogger.
Notice how most of my posts are basically just comments on other people's posts. Nary an original thought to be found. Just proving my point: if you can leave a comment, you can blog.
"But my writing sucks!"... Well, EVERYONE sucks when they start out.
Everyone.
Here's Instapundit's first post:
Well, it looks like the Department of Justice is finally going after the music industry for antitrust violations. Expect more of this kind of thing in the future, and not just with regard to the music sector, but with regard to all entertainment industries. Here's how it shakes out from the Bush Administration's viewpoint: First, the entertainment industry genuinely breaks the law: there's lots of payola and other anticompetitive practices, as extensively documented in Salon over the past several months. Second, it's unpopular with two groups of voters Bush needs: old people, who don't like its products, and young people, who don't like the industry because of its stands over things like Napster, DVDs, and so on. Third, it gives lots of money to Democrats, and its leaders spend a lot of time bashing Bush.The question is, how sophisticated will the Bush administration's assault be? With care, the administration could launch an assault that would split artists from studios and labels, further dividing and demoralizing a major source of Democratic support -- and maybe even splitting off some people who will decide they like the Republicans after all. Is Bush that smart? Is Ashcroft? Is Karl Rove? Stay tuned.
Boringest thing I ever read in my life. That's how HE started. Now he's on top of the world.
Then there's Frank J. of IMAO, who writes DAMN funny original content, now that he has about 3000 posts under his belt. But look at this post from his first day of blogging:
The U.S. Army is now making computer games for free download. The military was always the only part of the federal government I didn't mind my tax money going to because they kill evil foreigners, but now I get video games out of the deal. Kick ass!
Two sentences of commentary on a news story. That's it. Now he gets 8000 hits a day and he's got two books in the works.
Oh, and the great Straight White Eric? Here's his day one (his blog sucked so bad the permalinks didn't even work. You have to scroll to the bottom of the page for this):
ok..ok...ok.....so, I set up a brand spanking new blog, and the FIRST thing the wife says is..."that is crap, you need a new title for it..".....SHEEESH!!....some people just CAN'T be satisfied....oh well..the debate is still out...maybe she's right...but do you think that I'D admit she is?...hmmm...just have to wait and see, I suppose....anyway, I'm off in search of a great Robert Service poem to post on here...stay tuned...for those of you who don't know of Mr. Service's work, lets just say this...he was in the Yukon WAY before Goretex was invented...enough said...
There isn't even a LINK in that post.
So here's the truth about blogging - everyone's got 10 sucky posts inside of them. Underneath them are brilliant shiny diamonds of breathtaking literature. But the ONLY way to get at the diamonds is to start shoveling out the suck. You HAVE to be willing to be really bad before you can be any good.
Put the pride aside, play the fool for a bit, and let yourself become something more beautiful than you can currently imagine. Every rose that one day turns its face to the sunshine started as a seed laying face down in the dirt.
Let yourself blossom.
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February 13, 2006
Let me get this straight... her life is blog fodder 24/7 but she has NO BLOG? Why not?
I don't like to be negative, so I'll look at reasons why you, Morrigan, SHOULD have a blog:
1) You already have a cool pseudonym, so you just need to add an "'s" then pick a noun, and there's your blog name. I'm not up enough on Celtic mythology to know what that noun should be, but I'll bet that either you or Boudicca are.
2) If you read this post and decide to start blogging because of it, then I'll be your blogfather. Which means that your sister Bou will also be your blogsister. How cool would THAT be? Cooler than having her for your blogmother, THAT'S for sure.
3) Blogger is free - www.blogger.com - you can be posting stuff in 5 minutes. Decorating your site to make it pretty and/or functional takes a little longer, but you can do that as you go along. I've known people who had their "edit me" links on their sidebars for WEEKS. Believe me, your blogroll is the least important thing about your site.
4) "I don't have anything to blog about!"... You send e-mails, right? Pretty much anything you would e-mail to someone "because it's really cool" would make a good blog post. Then you'd be able to just post it and have people come read it instead of trying to find everyone's e-mail address.
5) "Who would want to read my boring crap?"... Definitely everyone who met you in Tennessee. Probably some of your family. Possibly a few of your friends. None of your co-workers. Strange but true. Your readership will NOT consist of who you think it will. But that doesn't matter, because the people who will visit your site will be cool people who really like you that you'd NEVER get to know otherwise. There's an audience for EVERY writer. I think it's time you let yours find you.
Drop me a line at harvolson-at-gmail.com.
We'll talk.
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