This week I had the opportunity to speak about blogging to a group of writers. Here are some things I didn’t say:
- It’s best not to swear. Too much. You never know when your spiritual advisor might be trolling.
- Get out there. Make comments. Do the rounds. I need to take my own advice on this one, often being so far down the rat hole of deadlines to enjoy the fabulousness that is the knit-blogosphere. Y’all are so talented and such good writers. It’s really kind of depressing.
- Never, ever bad-mouth a boss or client. Unless you know they are completely blog-illiterate. And even then, better to complain to your friends over the phone.
- Learned that bloggers are sometimes called “escribitionists.” Loved it. Made me want to get “nake-id.”
- When I mentioned that there’s a Web Ring for bloggers who write about knitting and cats, people looked at me like I was crazy. Doesn’t everyone write about knitting and cats? I tell you, some people don’t know how to have fun.
- The Pew Charitable Trust has done an exhaustive study about blogging. Did you know most bloggers are under 30? Grandma Nake-id here, talking about fashionable knits.
- Some folks think blogging is a waste of time. Imagine that?
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