Saturday, November 1, 2008

Lions and Tigers and Blogs. Oh My!



So it all started out simple enough. I was tired of waiting for my new books to be published. After launching my first website finally ( I know, I know) I realized that I could have a link to a Blog. A what? I had read a few over the years here and there. The idea seemed so perfect. A way to keep my writing chops up and my creative juices busy. To create, share, journal and who knows maybe one day-- I would have enough good blogs that I would not have to 'write another book" but just string a bunch of my best blogs together and Voila! Book deal! Cha Ching!!! The cheating authors way of writing a book.

So it all sounded really fun and immediately gratifying and a little dangerous too. Being freely out there with my day to day confusions and revelations. This was going to be a wonderful creative and cathartic outlet. A simple way for me to be me, for you.

 But I had NO idea what a dizzying world I was entering. Like everything I embark on -- the all or nothing monster in me has once again come to life-- and suddenly it hasn't been about the writing anymore.  It suddenly has become INSANITY. And I am willingly entering the madness. Once more simplicity has gone by the way side as I have become consumed by Blogmania.

Between the templates and widgets, and gadgets and googets, fidgets , fadgets and moveits. And Adsense and no sense, "traffic obsessions", site feeds, pings and pongs, comments and followers, labels, keywords, font changes, color schemes, business schemes, blog fame( or how to get there),  search engine submissions, real time and flavicons and well Christ, that's just the beginning as I travel down the rabbit hole of  this new blogging world--

 Could it be any more overwhelming? Can you, can I, are there bloggers who keep it nice and simple and still have "sucessful blogs"?

Never mind,  I just answered my own question. It is up to me and if I don't want to be caught up in all this never ending, faster moving than I can handle medium, I can do it my way. Focus on the writing and my people will find me. Right? Make sense to you?

 Although at this point, a pen and a pad are sounding real good .

 Now I have to cut this blog short because I have some more and very vital blog info online to study.  Need I say more? 

For the love of God, all I wanted to do was write. 



Just Love,

Patrice

7 comments:

Michael Horvath said...

And writing you are Patrice. Write for yourself and it will be enjoyable. Hopefully someone will like it.

As a musician I write and record my own songs. I share the ones I think are "best". If someone likes them great! Otherwise I just keep doing what I do for me.

Doro Entertainent said...

Hi Patricia, First of all I would like to say thank you so much for your kind words, that means more than you know coming from you. I figured out how to follow your blog so at least that was accomplished today. Looking forward to starting a blog friendship with you and hopefully we can help each other out when needed. Hope to hear from you soon, Teresa (Keleka)

rgl said...

Blogging is writing, perhaps a more honest writing. I have also published a few things, mostly educational in nature as that was my field. This is pure writing that lets it all hang out without being constantly honed and re-honed based on input from friends, proofreaders and editors. Good luck and keep it up.

Inspector Clouseau said...

I very much appreciate what you have been going through. I wrote extensively in my professional life for years, but had no interest whatsoever in doing any other type of writing. I only started in April, and at first, it seemed like too much work. And then I figured how not to force it, and to just generate articles when the urge hit me. Over 60 articles or posts later...

What's been most interesting is that I have really enjoyed the comments of the people who regularly visit my blog. I have also learned things about friends, which I never expected to learn, and did not realize as a result of our face to face relationship.

I have been surprised by the honesty of the expression in many instances, and the reluctance to comment (but send me direct e-mails) in others. It definitely is not what I expected. And that's good.

David Chin said...

The Catholics go to church to confess their sins to a priest. They come out refreshed and fully recharged to face the world again for another day. The rest of the world, us, the Buddhist, Jews and Moslems have blogs.

David
http://davidchin38.blogspot.com

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