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Between The Woods and Frozen Lake

Whose woods these are I think I know

ROBERT FROST

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde

While I like the concept of being yourself as a starting point in any honest relationship, the internet and the world of Blogging is about stepping away from life. It is our opportunity to be another part of our personality that we do not explore in the working world. Most of my friends see me as the average garden variety weed known as a government project officer. ZZZZZZZZZ What I would like to do with this blog is to explore the creative side of my personality. It is going to be two things; a way to recover my intellectual sanity between diaper changes and 3 AM feedings of our little girl (no it will not be another parenting Blog – That I might create at another time), and a learning exercise as I attempt to write creatively rather than professionally. So be prepared for some exceptionally bad writing, at first I hope. What type of writing is the first exercise I will explore. While I see the genre Grimdark as an option I am leaning to a cross between Gothic horror and Grimdark. That of course will likely change as I explore what interests me. So basically you will find at the onset a series of short stories testing my abilities in a few genre. Once I have an interest area and a genre that I am happy or proficient at I will go from there. Ooops baby is stirring time to go ENJOY !

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

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