Comments on: My blogging dilemma

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:59:59 +0000

I think trust your instincts, follow your heart, and whatever you choose to do or not do, make the choice from that spirit of adventure and fun and joy that makes you so special and unique. Any other type of action will be a counter-productive use of energy anyway.

“Experts” be damned! (wink) YOU are your own best expert.

By: Christopher Hopkins

Christopher Hopkins — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:59:59 +0000

I think it’s evolving with us. But I do know I’m not interested in reading 5 ways to slim your thighs in competitive blog posts. So I have to write as I’d like to read, I guess.

(I do have Tips on Tuesdays…so, I guess I will give that practical information there.)

By: Ingrid King

Ingrid King — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:59:59 +0000

I came to your blog because I want to learn mnore about publishing and book marketing – I’m a first time indie author and my book, “Buckley’s Story – Lessons from a Feline Master Teacher” is due out this fall. I’m highly motivated to market my book and I want to learn from the experts. That being said, I also enjoy your more personal posts (after all, your blog is titled “Kim Weiss Talks Books and Beyond!”

I think that by offering a small window into your personal world, you’re going to build trust among your readers. Besides, sometimes it’s just fun to share something personal. I try to strike a balance on my own blog, “The Conscious Cat,” between presenting my expert knowledge and sharing a glimpse of my personal life with my readers, and so far, it seems to be working.

I thought about doing the “Manic Monday”, “Tell me about it on Tuesdays,” “Wordless Wednesdays,” etc. routine other bloggers do, but then what happens if I have something soothing to say on a Monday, or I actually have words I want to share on a Wednesday???

I’m not much for structure, I prefer to go with inspiration. I say as long as you keep blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, you can blog about whatever you’d like to blog about on any given day (just as long as you still share publishing industry information every once in a while!).

Hope that lunch of soup and salad was enjoyable.

By: Robert Mathews

Robert Mathews — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:59:59 +0000

I found in the early stages of my life that there were oh so many things that could distract me. My own little ‘Short Attention Span Theater’. At one time I hated that about me. I’d come home from work after a day of getting virtually nothing done, irritated with myself. I would catch sight of my face in a mirror and suddenly I was all over me. I’d have to pull me off.
As I got older my outlook on the business world and the type of people who were in it slowly began to change. I began to realize that I really didn’t want to be like them. That’s when I truly began to embrace the distractions.
Now, on any given day I might write for two hours, work out, tweet an hour or so, cut the grass, answer emails, cook a meal, write for another half hour, take a phone call, clean the house . . . . you get the idea. I wander aimlessly from one thing to the other.
In the old days I would be mad at myself for not writing eight hours a day and then doing all those other things, but these days I find that I like me. A lot! So, I cut myself some slack. The first part of my life was full of schedules and completion dates and STRESS! No more!
No one has sent me a schedule, but I’m feeling pretty good. I believe I have a few years left. Maybe, if I’m lucky, quite a few and I’m damn well going to enjoy every second. And all of the distractions.

Thanks,

Robert A. Mathews