Viva La Blog!
I have been blogging for quite a while now and I absolutely
love doing it – even though I am sometimes pushed for time. It’s a busy busy
world, I fear…
I have relished reading many folks’ blogs (although actually
wished I hadn’t visited with just a few) and I love the chit chat with
commenting and reciprocating. I feel as if I have made many new friends, whom I
will probably never meet, but I feel I know them reasonably well anyway. Their
lives, I have learnt are just as full on as my own and I realise I am not the
only one who sometimes struggles to keep all the balls in the air. Linking to
other people’s blogs and joining in blog hops, tours etc. is also great fun.
One of the other great things about blogging, I have found,
is that it sharpens my writing up and gets me to practise being brief and
concise without losing any of the essence of what I am trying to say. In fact, I would say I am probably a better
writer because of blogging. I am constantly stimulated and enriched by reading
other blogs – I never realised there were so many interesting and innovative
bloggers out there. .. Fine fodder for inspiration and good story ideas!!
I used to worry about
the time it takes up but nowadays I am much more chilled out about it as I
realise it is actually helping me become a better writer. It is teaching me something else too –
perseverance! When I started I had no followers or readers and rarely did
anyone say anything useful to me. Now I get so much from my comments and loads
of advice and tips about writing generally, that I sometimes feel a little swamped.
But it all comes directly from blogs. Viva La Blog!!!
BUT I do have one or two small gripes… (Please bear with me
as I’m sure other people might agree with me.)
Why do people use the captcha? I know it is supposedly more
secure but it makes me want to scream. I
have sometimes spent more of my precious time trying to get it right than I did
reading and writing a comment! I refuse to do it anymore. If I cannot get it
right the first time now I am inclined to leave it! Which is a shame when I
have read a post and have something to say… It also makes me wonder if those
bloggers really want comments when they are making their readers jump through
hoops. The reader should always come
first in our thoughts and plans – I say!
The second gripe is about the length of some blog posts! I
do not have time to scroll and read through great long excerpts or ‘all around
the garden’ opinions. Please, please be brief-ish! I for one will be much more
likely to return and read future posts.
There! Gripe done! I feel so much better…
