Randomly Speaking
Friday’s Interesting People
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I’m having a blast with Friday’s
Interesting People. Thanks so much for visiting and supporting me and those I
feature.
Last Friday, I featured the
wonderful Mary Aalgaard from Play
off the Page. This Friday, we’ll
welcome illustrator and writer Kit Grady from Kit Grady Creations.
Blogging
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This weekend my daughter and I were
talking about blogging. I can’t remember exactly what we were talking about,
but I said to her that Alex
Cavanaugh is the nicest person I don’t know. We both laughed at my
statement. I explained that he’s kind, very
supportive, and his blog is informative and reflects his tastes and character.
He’s also an awesome writer.
Our conversation brought to mind why
I began blogging in 2009. I could have started earlier, but—well, I got in my
own way again. Read on.
A couple of years before I started
blogging, I was ordered told by my daughter and sister (who blogged) that
I should start and thereby hook up with writing blogs. They believed since I had
“written” for years that I would enjoy blogging. I told them –no. Actually, I
think my words were, “NO, I will NEVER blog.” I
dismissed the suggestion.
Fast forward to July 2009, I had cleared
the cobwebs from my mind (vacation) and decided I would give it a chance. I
would blog.
My first two posts
were about an encounter with a plastic bag at the grocery store and heat
stroke. I didn’t have one comment, not one
follower nor had I followed anyone. But, I was immediately hooked on posting. I
wondered what had taken me so long. I
blame my family members for not being more persistent.
Although my eclectic interests
have led me to follow an assorted group of blogs, I WAS looking for writer blogs
from the beginning. The first writer blog I found (and still learn from
today) was Elizabeth Craig’s blog, Mystery Writing is Murder.
Along the way, I’ve met so many
incredible bloggers. I follow writers, those who are renovating
something, shooting photographs, raising children, writing poetry, traveling in
an RV, illustrating, painting canvas, living on farms, and so many others that
I can’t mention them all. (That reminds
me I need to update my blogroll.) And this year the A to Z Challenge brought precious new
bloggers to me. What a great thing!
I think blogging rocks, but don’t
tell my sister and daughter that I said that, OKAY? They don’t need to know
about my happiness. I mean how would you
feel about being “bossed” into blogging?
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Stephen
Tremp Party
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Comments
My blog in one sentence? Hmmm:
"Random musings of a British expat the wrong side of 35 living in Athens, Greece"
The fact 'Cairo' is in the title can be confusing I guess, but a read of my bio explains why.
Great to have met you on the A-Z Challenge!
Bex
www.leavingcairo.blogspot.com
I began blogging in November of 2009 and I WAS ordered by my publisher to start networking. They said to set up a website and start networking, so I did both with a blog. I think Elizabeth was one of the first people I found as well. And I found your blog not long afterwards! (Which I have always enjoyed, especially the Sunday posts.)
My blog in one sentence? Movies, music, books, tech, and news from a geeky science fiction author.
I don;t have one sentence that describes my blog, although its a good idea to have one. Thanks. One more thing to do this week.
I also hate for others to tell me what to do :)
So you have quite a writerly family .. sister and daughter and your father ...
Great post here for Alex and Stephen .. and I love how you started - presumably anyone who can trip on air .. could post about plastic shopping bags ...
And I agree with you re Elizabeth - actually this great blogging community .. and that A-Z lot too .. there's lots of them!
"Conversation starters, inspirational stories, Hilary's take on history ... informative postings." Is that what I do - no idea?!
Cheers Hilary
Elizabeth was one fo the first writers I met online too :)
i do really appreciate you.
xoxo
I'm in transit... on a journey that never ends... a journey that focuses on writing and also meeting fellow travellers... and I've met you along the way... how wonderful is that!
... the destination is a bonus!
This was a good question.