Daughter and I were discussing the merits of blogging; the pros, the cons, the ups, the downs.
When I began, I had no idea what I was doing, blogging was merely an intriguing outlet for literary expression and it is how I became a columnist for the Magazine of Yoga.
Before I knew the blogosphere existed, I was published mainly in newspapers, which reached a specific target audience. With blogging, however, you open yourself up to public scrutiny on a much broader scale.
I can take most criticism, that's part of being a writer, but the question becomes, how much public scrutiny are you comfortable with? And even more importantly, where do you draw the line?
Do you need to know I went to the dentist today for my annual cleaning (no cavities, I'm just saying)? And if I totally eliminated blogging, think of the extra time I could devote to working on my book?
But, there's an excitement to blogging and gratification in knowing you made someone laugh, or cry, or connect with an idea or shared experience, half a world away.
I have a uniquely small group of followers. Partly because I'm not very good at self promotion, in fact, it never occurred to me. My editor from the magazine tweeted about me, well, because I didn't know what a tweet was. And I don't Instagram or Facebook for myself, that would really be too much.
For now I am content to post when I can and to my readers, know you are part of a select and exclusive club. Now, doesn't that make you feel good?
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