It's such a strange, strange virtual world, isn't it? I've been here blogging away for awhile now, and I sometimes feel like a one-legged kid in the high school gym class.
Or Eyore.
I lost my tail.
Nobody loves me.
I'm not Mr. Sour Grapes or anything, but how do people build such an immense virtual presence? All of my writer friends start blogging and, within a few hours, have hundreds of followers. Do I need to take a virtual shower? Have I not put on my virtual deodorant? I brush my virtual teeth at least three times a day. What does it take?
I'll be curled up in my virtual corner sucking on my virtual thumb if you have any ideas.
Blogging made me feel the same way. I never felt like anybody was reading it.
ReplyDeleteYou should check out Rachael Harrie's Writer's Platform Building Campaign. Meet lots of new bloggers and writers. Her blog is called Rach Writes. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI am not a writer. Clearly. I thought you were aiming for writer followers. The reason for a new blog look and feel and all. If this is not the case, I will confess that I am still following you. I may be one, but I still get a kick out of your post. However, if you are aiming for a different group, pretend like you didn’t read this. You didn’t see anything!
ReplyDeleteBut wait just a second. Really on the movies? I mean, Really?
That is all.
Thanks for letting me read.
Oh, and an idea. I've often had this thought myself and have decided that it's because I don't post enough on others and that I don't update frequently enough. And then I decided that it's more for me because I enjoy it and therefore I should keep doing what I enjoy instead of trying to please everybody else. This is another reason, I think, why I don’t have any friends.
ReplyDeleteCorey - Thanks for the blog love, bro. And for the record, I loved reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteJulie - I will check it out!
Anon - I LOVE that you follow my blog, mysterious stranger. :) And my blog does have sort of a writerly tilt, but mostly it's practice for what I love to do. Even if I don't have very many friends, I'll still blog. I can't deny the fact that's it's kind of an ego-smasher, though. And for the record, I do think you're right about not spending enough time commenting on other blogs, but I just can't bring myself to (dare I say it?) prostitute myself out like that--as one of my good friends once said. Keep dropping by, I hope my blog isn't a waste of your time. :)
I can't believe you would use the word prostitute on-line! Shame, shame...
ReplyDeleteBut I'm totally right there with you ;)
Kim . . . :)
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