tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post3250854305002802885..comments2023-11-05T07:03:04.571-05:00Comments on Solstice Writing Inspiration Movement: On blogging.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-5479675503937334042009-07-26T17:49:22.016-04:002009-07-26T17:49:22.016-04:00ahhh, how to approach blogging. this is a question...ahhh, how to approach blogging. this is a question i ponder quite a bit. i originally started my blog in order to write about al the foodie thoughts swirling in my brain that my friends and family were likely tired of hearing about. but my blog always seemed to be a little of this and that, as i'm what one might call a dabbler (if one is being nice:). i joined tuesdays with dorie, a baking/blogging group late last august, and then my posts veered towards that audience. and yet, i wasn't satisfied. in january i started my daily bliss feature in an attempt to cultivate gratitude and to effect real change in my life, and so once again, my blog is a mish-mash. <br /><br />i think the most important "rule" of blogging is to be true to yourself--to not worry so much about your audience (though i get the professional/personal concerns, which is why you won't see me bitch about my job on my blog, ever, though i might want to). gregg (he will be joining us one of these days on this writerly blog) and i have talked about this extensively, and i've come to see that writing from the heart requires a certain danger and vulnerability. but it's also tremendously liberating to say what you really think and feel. <br /><br />anyway, i'm sure i'd have more followers and hits if my blog had a single focus, but i like my blog. it's a true reflection of my diverse interests, and i love that the random meeter meets the swimmers meets the bakers meets the fabulous real life friends and family there. that i've gathered them all together into one spot makes me happy:)dharmagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11601284344804143589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-79554505372835883312009-07-24T12:40:49.373-04:002009-07-24T12:40:49.373-04:00I have a weird approach to blogging, namely that I...I have a weird approach to blogging, namely that I don't really have one. My blog posts truly come from my heart, whatever moves me, upsets me, thrills me that particular day in that particular moment. More recently I've gained a steady following of people who seem genuinely interested in my life and progress, so I like to keep them posted. But most of the time I'm blogging because I have something to say, whether it's to myself or to the world. It also helps me think through things and get helpful feedback. <br /><br />My sister once told me that I should create a theme to my blog. I DO have a theme though, it's ME! I guess it could be called a lifestyle blog, but really it's just a Carolyn's Life blog, and I'm just grateful that people care enough to read it!The Depressed Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991004097457907855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-58554282350422921942009-07-22T09:57:01.706-04:002009-07-22T09:57:01.706-04:00Ellecubed: Very interesting site. Thanks!Ellecubed: Very interesting site. Thanks!Viennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791600858674738910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-84498249432295033492009-07-22T09:49:52.451-04:002009-07-22T09:49:52.451-04:00I got the title of the podascast totally wrong. It...I got the title of the podascast totally wrong. It is: Grammar girl's quick and dirty tips for better writing. :)Viennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791600858674738910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-58893373299879626652009-07-22T09:47:39.645-04:002009-07-22T09:47:39.645-04:00Lauren, I started writing my blog about a year ago...Lauren, I started writing my blog about a year ago but I never took it too seriously until a couple of months ago. Finding SWIM has been definitely I huge inspiration. I am still defining it and I am grateful you posted this question since I could really do with every tip! Thank you everyone for that!<br />I think I write about the personal (although always keeping some important information private). It would be such a disaster and it would have a really bad effect on my job at university if I wrote about the professional. However, as Kiki says, there is a fine line between my personal and my (ideal)professional (yoga, writing). Basically I am trying to find out and write about what really interests me. I see my blog as a journey and as a way of exploring I'm not sure still what. I suppose, my blog is to me a way to live and share. <br />I found this free podcast download in i-Tunes (it has a pretty amusing title):<br />'Grammar girls for quick and dirty tips for better writing'<br />There is a podcast on Comments and Blogging.<br />Good luck with your search! I look forward to reading more of your blog!Viennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791600858674738910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-74859748344553219422009-07-21T17:23:21.489-04:002009-07-21T17:23:21.489-04:00I am so glad you shared our conversation.
As I ha...I am so glad you shared our conversation.<br /><br />As I have mentioned to you, adding the professional is not an option if I want to keep my job - any opinion I may have on issues in my field (securities regulatory law) could reflect badly upon clients/my law firm/who knows if disseminated. So like Kiki, I view it as protecting the professional. <br /><br />Blogging inspiration for me is very much the everyday but I have to say that my inspiration is growing by leaps and bounds the last couple of months, and I really attribute it to all of your thoughtful comments and questions and to SWIM. So thank you :)Valerie at City|Life|Eatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348802292480366382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-63954191403935407132009-07-21T15:16:43.460-04:002009-07-21T15:16:43.460-04:00Ideally, of course, we're all living such inte...Ideally, of course, we're all living such integrated, unified and authentic lives that our personal is the professional and vice-versa. But this is real life, where the boundaries are a bit more blurred and where our professional and personal are often rather at odds with one another.<br /><br />Right now I'm in the process of moving my current blog niche back to my old blog niche, or rather, integrating more of the former back into the latter. My goal isn't really to draw in more readers; it is to draw in more comments. I do post about both personal and professional things, because (I hope) I am working to draw them closer in to each other, and practice more yoga "off the mat." Inspiration comes both from other bloggers, and from the things that happen in my everyday life, which is always complicated by the fact that I'm an expat.<br /><br />As for sharing personal details, it really depends. I'll talk about my bra size, but not where my degree is coming from or people's real names. It's actually a matter of protecting the professional from being impacted by the personal here, I think - academia + public knowledge that you blog = difficulties.KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566411831919745436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399975357214970817.post-84350182493374017032009-07-21T12:25:15.602-04:002009-07-21T12:25:15.602-04:00A great activity I have found for creating new con...A great activity I have found for creating new content ideas is using a magazine to improve your blog. You can find out all about the activity here http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/04/29/how-to-use-a-magazine-to-improve-your-blog/Lexingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124902217006060520noreply@blogger.com