no one ELSE is going to interview me
I saw these questions on another blog a while ago. I can't remember where and I'm too lazy to go figure it out, but I felt like doing them too.
How did you start blogging?
My brother, B, and I read about an internet challenge. Or heard about one. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. Anyway, B and I decided to write each other an email a day. 100 words. Or 500 words - sheesh, it all escapes me now. We did it for a month and at the end of the month he said to me: you should go on line and make a blog. And so I did. He should have too - he is a great adventurer, and interesting, and thoughtful.
Did you intend to be a blog w/a following? If so, how did you go about it?
I had hoped for someone to read it, but that wasn't my motivation. I was reading a few blogs and knew that people had audiences and wanted readers...I commented everywhere I could, as often as I could until I had a small circle of friends in internetworld.
What do you hope to achieve or accomplish with your blog? Have you been successful? If not, do you have a plan to achieve those goals?
My only intent was to journal our lives. It feels like I've successfully done that.
Has the focus of your blog changed since you started blogging? How?
No. I do find that I am far more interesting in the archives, though.
What do you know now that you wish you'd known when you started?
Nothing. I was brilliant then and I am still. Okay. Honestly, I wish I knew that photos of my kid's HANDS would attract creepy people.
Do you make money with your blog?
No siree. I wouldn't be adverse to it. How much though? I'm not doing it for $30, I'd rather do it for nothing.
Does your immediate or extended family know about your blog? If so, do they read it? If not, why?
Everyone knows about it. My mom and MIL read, K reads - and both of my brothers do. My mom alerts other family members to read for news or coverage of events, such as weddings.
What two pieces of advice would you give to a new blogger?
Write every day. Leave comments on the blogs you'd like to have in your community. Comment every day. Post lots of photos. Was that more than two?
How did you start blogging?
My brother, B, and I read about an internet challenge. Or heard about one. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. Anyway, B and I decided to write each other an email a day. 100 words. Or 500 words - sheesh, it all escapes me now. We did it for a month and at the end of the month he said to me: you should go on line and make a blog. And so I did. He should have too - he is a great adventurer, and interesting, and thoughtful.
Did you intend to be a blog w/a following? If so, how did you go about it?
I had hoped for someone to read it, but that wasn't my motivation. I was reading a few blogs and knew that people had audiences and wanted readers...I commented everywhere I could, as often as I could until I had a small circle of friends in internetworld.
What do you hope to achieve or accomplish with your blog? Have you been successful? If not, do you have a plan to achieve those goals?
My only intent was to journal our lives. It feels like I've successfully done that.
Has the focus of your blog changed since you started blogging? How?
No. I do find that I am far more interesting in the archives, though.
What do you know now that you wish you'd known when you started?
Nothing. I was brilliant then and I am still. Okay. Honestly, I wish I knew that photos of my kid's HANDS would attract creepy people.
Do you make money with your blog?
No siree. I wouldn't be adverse to it. How much though? I'm not doing it for $30, I'd rather do it for nothing.
Does your immediate or extended family know about your blog? If so, do they read it? If not, why?
Everyone knows about it. My mom and MIL read, K reads - and both of my brothers do. My mom alerts other family members to read for news or coverage of events, such as weddings.
What two pieces of advice would you give to a new blogger?
Write every day. Leave comments on the blogs you'd like to have in your community. Comment every day. Post lots of photos. Was that more than two?
Comments
I have a question: How DO you post/write every day? Do you "write ahead" for periods when you know you'll be distracted/busy/unable to post?
i have read your blog for quite awhile and i really appreciate your beautiful photos...your family insights (i have four kids myself)...and you are funny...!...i usually read my
'bookmarked' blogs in the morning..it's a wonderful way to start the day...
thanks so much!...take care..and keep writing!
tut-tut - I do write every day and I sometimes have posts waiting in draft for times when I can't write a post.
Thanks, Kate - it's always good to hear from people!
-J.
I'll take a crack at yours, although I still feel like such a new blogger, I don't think I have much insight yet. Thanks for posting everyday. I always find something I like here.
who she she - http://blackbird17.blogspot.com/search?q=proust
Also, I wondered what you use to publish your photos? I just stuck mine in the middle of my post, but wondered if there is a better way.
I enjoy your blog and the format, keep it up.
http://flickr.com/photos/blackbird17/
Dan - I'd love for you to interview me. Can we drink during it?
Sorry, can't avoid it.
HE HE HE...
Awww all right, i'll get you a drink.
A little insight into the woman behind the keyboard.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for a good interview to post and will zap it right over via email.
Why not photograph one or two things in your house that you enjoy, but all guests think a bit odd?
Also--I'm lifting this from you. Come on over to read how I worry about you in my sleep. WTF, right?
What is the attitude of the boys to the blog and does it affect their behaviour at all?
What makes you blog every day?
Can you see a point at which it will have said everything that you need to say about your family life?Have you had problems with intrusions into your privacy?
Then they began to hate it. I think they thought I'd give up - now they are bored with it - though they do turn to 1/4 profile whenever I'm taking pictures near them.
As for what makes me blog every day: OCD? no, a combination of wanting to get it all out and the readers. Sometimes I feel I have a responsibility to blog.
I don't think I'll reach a point where I'll have said everything. I never shut up.
I've worked hard to not have our privacy invaded and have only had one scare - and though I am pretty open here with what I am willing to write about, it's simply that:
what I am willing to write about.
Also, I am very curious about your closet. Do you have tons and tons of clothes? It seems like you might.
I appreciate your new blogger tips. I am rededicating myself to blogging every day. I've decided that if I have to neglect the children in order to accomplish it, I'm o.k. with that.
I commented on K's hands once - said he had nice hands. That's not creepy, right? You posted a picture of K in the ER after the road spill on the scooter. I had no creepy intentions; it was just an observation.
Robin
I have far too many clothes. I was just going through my closet and I didn't wear half of my summer things.
Time for a purge.
Robin - K DOES have nice hands and it's not creepy at all that you mentioned it...now, when certain IP addresses look at pictures of Middle's hands over and over again, well, that's creepy.