Comments on: Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The First Question of Blogging http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Trish http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5912 Trish Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:40:23 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5912 @Laura, I really appreciate having met up with you and Jan in this blogging world. I've only just begun, and to have people like you willing to reach out to mentor perfect strangers is really amazing. You both have such "real" voices and personalities. Your blogs are unique and have lots to offer. Thanks for being here! Trish @Laura,

I really appreciate having met up with you and Jan in this blogging world. I’ve only just begun, and to have people like you willing to reach out to mentor perfect strangers is really amazing. You both have such “real” voices and personalities. Your blogs are unique and have lots to offer. Thanks for being here!
Trish

]]> By: Trish http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5911 Trish Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:30:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5911 Sorry for my not responding, Jan - the internet can be sketchy here sometimes. Anyway, thanks so much for the clarification. I get it now, and it makes perfect sense. I really do appreciate your guidance. Now I'm hoping my "oh, dammit" moment is over and I can get on with getting this up and running. Thanks again! Sorry for my not responding, Jan – the internet can be sketchy here sometimes.

Anyway, thanks so much for the clarification. I get it now, and it makes perfect sense. I really do appreciate your guidance. Now I’m hoping my “oh, dammit” moment is over and I can get on with getting this up and running. Thanks again!

]]> By: Laura http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5908 Laura Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:21:16 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5908 This is a great post and leads me back to thinking about what I'm doing. I started in Feb. 09 with Delicacies in part because of Dooce and ... forgetting (damn... still can't recall,she wrote a book called Moose) .... and my desire to write. My blog has helped me define my voice and realize that there is a market out there for us midlifers... I have a book partly finished, or partly begun on midlife dating, a memoir. The blog has helped me be more creative, in ways. I also blog because I love blogging, I've gotten hooked to my new found friends and spend way too much time reading and carousing, learning and sharing. I'd encourage Trish to come visit and tell me how she likes my blog, and do that with others. Again, thanks for the thoughtful look at blogging! This is a great post and leads me back to thinking about what I’m doing. I started in Feb. 09 with Delicacies in part because of Dooce and … forgetting (damn… still can’t recall,she wrote a book called Moose) …. and my desire to write. My blog has helped me define my voice and realize that there is a market out there for us midlifers… I have a book partly finished, or partly begun on midlife dating, a memoir. The blog has helped me be more creative, in ways.
I also blog because I love blogging, I’ve gotten hooked to my new found friends and spend way too much time reading and carousing, learning and sharing. I’d encourage Trish to come visit and tell me how she likes my blog, and do that with others.

Again, thanks for the thoughtful look at blogging!

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5906 byjane Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:34:18 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5906 @Trish, Sometimes the "oh dammit" mistakes end up being better for us (I'm sure there's a Sunday sermon in there somewhere!). When you comment on other people's blogs, there is always some sort of feature where you have to identify yourself. So the blogger knows who you are and should--if she can--go to your site to have a look. Or your comment will precipitate interest in you on the part of other commenters--and they'll look you up. That too is blogging etiquette. It's not a hard and fast rule that you can't mention your site in a comment. If it's pertinent to the post and part of your comment, then you can. What you want to avoid is the appearance of commenting just for the sake of promoting your blog. Hope this helps.... @Trish,
Sometimes the “oh dammit” mistakes end up being better for us (I’m sure there’s a Sunday sermon in there somewhere!).

When you comment on other people’s blogs, there is always some sort of feature where you have to identify yourself. So the blogger knows who you are and should–if she can–go to your site to have a look. Or your comment will precipitate interest in you on the part of other commenters–and they’ll look you up. That too is blogging etiquette. It’s not a hard and fast rule that you can’t mention your site in a comment. If it’s pertinent to the post and part of your comment, then you can. What you want to avoid is the appearance of commenting just for the sake of promoting your blog. Hope this helps….

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5905 byjane Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:27:01 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5905 @Duchess, Quotidian? Moi? Check out Today's Post..... @Duchess,
Quotidian? Moi?

Check out Today’s Post…..

]]> By: Trish http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5904 Trish Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:16:36 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5904 @byjane, Thanks for asking ~ it's definitely been an up and down process. The blog site somehow managed to block my dashboard access to the original blog, so I've spent the last month getting a new one going again. I'm thinking it's a blessing in disguise, though, because I think the one I'm about to put out is honed sharper and more appealing content-wise. We'll see! Jane, I've read how making comments on various blogs can also help the readership success of your own. I'm not sure I understand how that works. Doesn't blogging etiquette prescribe never mentioning your own blog when you comment? And if so, then how would others come to know who you are? @byjane,

Thanks for asking ~ it’s definitely been an up and down process. The blog site somehow managed to block my dashboard access to the original blog, so I’ve spent the last month getting a new one going again. I’m thinking it’s a blessing in disguise, though, because I think the one I’m about to put out is honed sharper and more appealing content-wise. We’ll see!

Jane, I’ve read how making comments on various blogs can also help the readership success of your own. I’m not sure I understand how that works. Doesn’t blogging etiquette prescribe never mentioning your own blog when you comment? And if so, then how would others come to know who you are?

]]> By: Duchess http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5902 Duchess Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:18:53 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5902 I enjoy this site as a resource, but I miss the quotidian ByJane posts. I enjoy this site as a resource, but I miss the quotidian ByJane posts.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/04/22/wednesday-writers-workshop-the-first-question-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5901 byjane Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:27:54 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2898#comment-5901 @Maureen Fischer, Wow! You certainly have a lot on your plate! Blogging, a novel and job-hunting? In the Wednesday Writer's Workshop post I linked to (the first one on Blogging 101), I talked about the time involved. That really depends on how active you want to be as a blogger. If you're looking to build an audience, it becomes like a part time job, what with all the posting and reading and commenting on other blogs. If you're using your blog as a warm-up exercise for your novel, then you don't have to worry about regularity, consistency, etc and consequently you can spend as little time on it as you can afford. It sounds to me from what your comment that you're sorta kinda straddling both purposes. I've earned my living as a writer and a teacher of writing for a lot of years now, so that's how I remain "solvent". Blogging is one of the ways I earn money, and I spend a lot of time at the computer! I'd love to read your blog; let me know when you actually go live. @Maureen Fischer,
Wow! You certainly have a lot on your plate! Blogging, a novel and job-hunting? In the Wednesday Writer’s Workshop post I linked to (the first one on Blogging 101), I talked about the time involved. That really depends on how active you want to be as a blogger. If you’re looking to build an audience, it becomes like a part time job, what with all the posting and reading and commenting on other blogs. If you’re using your blog as a warm-up exercise for your novel, then you don’t have to worry about regularity, consistency, etc and consequently you can spend as little time on it as you can afford. It sounds to me from what your comment that you’re sorta kinda straddling both purposes.

I’ve earned my living as a writer and a teacher of writing for a lot of years now, so that’s how I remain “solvent”. Blogging is one of the ways I earn money, and I spend a lot of time at the computer!

I’d love to read your blog; let me know when you actually go live.

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