As I sit here, searching my mind for something deep and prolific to blog about, I find myself at a loss. Me! The woman who has an opinion about everything. There was a time when I could sit down and let ‘er rip; just unleash the beast within and ride with it. But in this the age of blogging for dollars and self-promotion, I confess, I feel a tad intimidated. That’s not from lack of topics, it’s more a desire to lay something down that’s “meaningful and relevant” to make my readers go “Hmmn”. After burning my brain for ‘blog ideas’ and seemingly coming up blank, I realized something new about myself. I’ve been writing fiction for so many years that it’s been so much easier for me to exist behind my characters. Being the real me is effortless in my non-technological relations so why have I found it so hard to hit the keyboard and say “Hey cyber-world, this is what I think!”? Isn’t it usually the other way around? Aren't people usually less inhibited in cyberspace? What’s my problem? I don’t have the answer to that, nor do I intend to spend a single minute doing a psychological profile to get to the bottom of it. Instead I will take the ‘baby steps’ road. I have a lot to say, a lot to share and plenty of knowledge clunking around in this head. I’ve got a zany personality and I’m a DIY kinda girl -- everything from beauty products, editing, publisher hunting, healthy eating and living, fitness, home decorating on a dime -- and I can’t help but shout my knowledge from the rooftop. My husband jokingly calls me MacGyver cuz if there’s a way to make it happen, I will! So please stay tuned. Once I shed this reticent skin – that is so not the boisterous in-your-face me, I promise not to disappoint. All I need is a toothpick, a #2 pencil and a wire hanger. MacGyver lives, baby!
September 9, 2009
Just Blog It Already!
As I sit here, searching my mind for something deep and prolific to blog about, I find myself at a loss. Me! The woman who has an opinion about everything. There was a time when I could sit down and let ‘er rip; just unleash the beast within and ride with it. But in this the age of blogging for dollars and self-promotion, I confess, I feel a tad intimidated. That’s not from lack of topics, it’s more a desire to lay something down that’s “meaningful and relevant” to make my readers go “Hmmn”. After burning my brain for ‘blog ideas’ and seemingly coming up blank, I realized something new about myself. I’ve been writing fiction for so many years that it’s been so much easier for me to exist behind my characters. Being the real me is effortless in my non-technological relations so why have I found it so hard to hit the keyboard and say “Hey cyber-world, this is what I think!”? Isn’t it usually the other way around? Aren't people usually less inhibited in cyberspace? What’s my problem? I don’t have the answer to that, nor do I intend to spend a single minute doing a psychological profile to get to the bottom of it. Instead I will take the ‘baby steps’ road. I have a lot to say, a lot to share and plenty of knowledge clunking around in this head. I’ve got a zany personality and I’m a DIY kinda girl -- everything from beauty products, editing, publisher hunting, healthy eating and living, fitness, home decorating on a dime -- and I can’t help but shout my knowledge from the rooftop. My husband jokingly calls me MacGyver cuz if there’s a way to make it happen, I will! So please stay tuned. Once I shed this reticent skin – that is so not the boisterous in-your-face me, I promise not to disappoint. All I need is a toothpick, a #2 pencil and a wire hanger. MacGyver lives, baby!
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