“My blog is my email to the universe. I write what I want, when I want. People read when they want, what they want.”
I’ve just been filling out a questionnaire for a grad student studying blogging and gender. Did you ever notice that other people’s questions help you find out the answers to questions of your own?
“What would it take for you to become an A-list blogger?” she asked. Here’s what I said:
“I would love to have more people read my blog and send me comments. I think if I keep doing what I’m doing–writing about stuff I care about and know about–that people who are interested in my stuff will find me. I don’t aspire to be an “A-list blogger.” Metaphorically–a real concert pianist plays 6+ hours per day. Great, we all love to listen to that pianist, and I love to read those glorious A-list bloggers. But…by practicing an hour or two a day, I can play pieces I enjoy, please all my friends, and have a good time. That’s the kind of blogging I aspire to.”
Betsy’s quote of the day: “I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.” (Samuel Johnson, 17091784)
Some of my favorites among the sons of heaven: Roadside America Hall of Fame.