Blogging About Bloggin’
I’ll admit it. This week I had an A-number one case of blogging block. That insane illness that attacks an author when they realize that they don’t have an idea for their blog due this week. Then I thought…why not blog about blogging? Heck, that can’t be a novel idea, right?
How many blogs to you actually look at in one day? What draws you to them? I visit one blog a day on average. Sometimes two, and if I visit three, I must be on some kind of drugs. ☺ No, honestly I visit Access Romance and The Bradford Bunch www.thebradfordbunch.com often, if not every day. I also drop by Tess Gerritsen’s blog, which I love. Soon I’m blogging at Danger Zone Authors www.dangerzoneauthors.com (under construction). Danger Zone Authors debuts on May 11, so I hope you stop by and visit us.
I fear that blogs will be featured in dire news reports one day that sound like this, “Scientists say that blogging causes cancer.” After all, doesn’t everything cause some form of cancer? I say this only half tongue in cheek. One day red wine was good for your heart. The next day if you are a postmenopausal woman it’ll give you an increased risk for cancer. So why not blogging? Scientists could tell you today that bloggin’, like any form of writing, is good for your brain cells and keeps them functioning…like a game of Sudoku (did I spell that right?) The next…blogging hits the dirt because all those brain cells are now dying from blog overload.
What motivates me to blog, you might ask? It’s a marketing tool for me, yes. Readers might like what they read and decided they’ll give this ole author a try if they haven’t already. In fact, I will do a shameless plug right now! Keep your eyes peeled for the next story in my HOT ZONE series, CLOSE QUARTERS. It is out May 20 at Samhain Publishing www.samhainpublishing.com Plus, I just learned the first story in the series, MALE CALL, is a finalist in the novella category of the PASSIONATE PLUME contest! How great is that? Okay, shameless marketing moment over.
I know my favorite blogs connect with me on a deeper level, though, than just marketing. Blogs can be a wonderful way to communicate with others no matter what your reasons are for doing it. When you read a blog, what is most likely to draw you into wanting to come back and read more?
That’s all for today, except for revealing one truly twisted author daydream that flashed into my head as I was writing this on Tuesday. It wouldn’t surprise me one day if reporters came on the news looking glammed up, serious expressions pinned on the camera and said, “Scientists today tell us there is a good chance that watching television news causes cancer.”
Denise A. Agnew, walking away with a serious case of smarty pants. 
Hi there Stacy!
This is good info. t know. That’s neat that you’ve made onllne friends that last. There area some friends that I met way back in the eons of time through Prodigy and I’m still friends!!! Remember Prodigy? Some of these friends remain just on line friends because we haven’t had the opportunity to meet in person. It’s been since about ‘94 that I met these people on line. With some of them I have gotten the opportunity to meet them in person and that’s been awesome! 
Hi Laurie,
I’ll have to admit that snark isn’t my style for the most part either. I figure positive usually draws positive into my life, and I’d like to keep it that way. And you and Stacy are friends, too, eh??? Cool!!!
Well, Virginia, that’s okay…I’m glad you stopped by. Hope you got in your walk, too. 
I made need that 12 step program for blogs, too. 
