{"id":510,"date":"2006-07-23T20:10:41","date_gmt":"2006-07-24T04:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=510"},"modified":"2006-07-23T20:35:38","modified_gmt":"2006-07-24T04:35:38","slug":"blogging-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw these questions circulating among romance-reading bloggers, and since I’m not likely to be tagged these days, I thought I’d just snag and use them for a post. This heat wave makes me lazy, yes.<\/p>\n

1. When did you first start blogging and why?<\/strong>
\nThis depends on the definition of blogging<\/em>. If it means posting regularly online using a dedicated content management system like Blogger, Greymatter, MovableType, or WordPress, then I started blogging in January 2001. If it means posting regularly online using a fairly simple form script (which I’d adapted from a guestbook script) with the most recent posts ending up at the top, then I started blogging in 1999 or 2000. If it means posting regularly online, period, then I started in 1998. Ironically enough, I don’t consider myself much of a blogger. As for the why? Because I’ve always kept a journal or diary since the fifth grade, and journalling online is just easier.<\/p>\n

2. What don’t you talk about?<\/strong>
\nI don’t talk about my friends’ or family’s personal or private stuff. If they consider it a private matter, or if I even think they might consider it a private matter, I don’t talk about it. Back when I had a day job, I also didn’t get into specifics about my work. This, however, only applies if I’m still employed at the company in question. I would gladly dish the dirt on any companies from which I’ve been fired. Fortunately for me, I’ve been fired only twice in my life, and the firing bosses at both companies were complete idiots. So I’ll feel no guilt on that score.<\/p>\n

3. Are you and your blogging persona the same person?<\/strong>
\nYes. The name and bio are real, and unless otherwise marked (as fiction or as poetry, etc.), the stories are true. When I first had a web site in 1998, it was under another persona, but I hated not being able to take credit for all the things my visitors back then thought was clever and entertaining. So here I am, in all my naked glory. Uh, but without revealing everything.<\/p>\n

4. How do you use blogging to build friendships?<\/strong>
\nActually, I haven’t lately. My blogging and commenting have been infrequent in the last few years, but back in the day, I built friendships with those whom I read regularly and those who commented on my blog regularly. The friendships were further developed through e-mail, instant messages, and snail-mailed cards and gifts. What this says about me: I’m a sucker for flattery, and I gush like a fan girl.<\/p>\n

5. How would you describe your writing style?<\/strong>
\nSeriously? Depressing, nowadays. But between 2001 and 2003, my writing was often cute, quirky, and reader-interactive. Read the archives. I was much cleverer back then and quite happy, though I didn’t know it at the time. When life is good and stable, when someone adores you, and when you have nothing else going on in your life, it really shows in your writing. The last couple of years have been somewhat tempestuous for me, so my writing has suffered. I’m hoping it’s temporary.<\/p>\n

Okay, and now I tag those on my list of links and those who have commented on my blog before. I’m too lazy to name names—you all know who you are.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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I saw these questions circulating among romance-reading bloggers, and since I’m not likely to be tagged these days, I thought I’d just snag and use them for a post. This heat wave makes me lazy, yes. 1. When did you first start blogging and why? This depends on the definition of blogging. If it means posting regularly online using a dedicated content management system like Blogger, Greymatter, MovableType, or WordPress, then I started blogging in January 2001. If it means…<\/p>\n

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