We should love each other’s bloggers? Each other’s blogs?
I recently read the Tonic post, “Five Ways to Help Your Favorite Bloggers,” and it’s right on.
Here’s the gist: Blogging is hard sometimes.
It’s solitary. It involves looking at a computer screen. It may or may not be hot, because your favorite blogger is too cheap to turn on the shoddy air conditioner in her NYC home office.
It can also be difficult when a person’s entire day is spent on the computer writing anyway. You know what flight attendants do on vacation? They stay put. (I think. I mean, I know one. That’s what she likes to do. Moving on).
While I would never ask you to pay me for blogging, as mentioned in the Tonic article, comments are wonderful. So is sharing something you like via Facebook, Twitter, email, or banner-towing airplane.
Oh yeah, and threats and concerned inquiries. If I haven’t blogged in awhile, I hereby grant you permission to email me and ask if I’m dead. It helps.
I’m trying really hard to get my writing life in some semblance of order. Please bear with me the way a cheerleading squad roots for its losing team until the end of the game. Even when the score is 85 to 2.
Amanda,
Keep blogging and we will keep reading. I love that you choose to share your adventures and mis-steps with us. This blog continues to make me excited to move to NYC next summer! We will await your next blog eagerly like a dog waiting by the front door. Don’t worry too much because even when we don’t comment people are still reading. haha well that reminds me of ‘Angels in the Outfield’, “And remember, We’re always watching”
Amanda,
I check your blog every day too. I get a little ‘whoop’ of excitement when I see a new post pop up. Love to hear about your projects that you have on. Love the ones that include photos from around NYC. Love to hear you talk about apartment hunting stories. Love to hear about the little shops and bars you have around you and the products that you like…. shall I go on? We still read even if we don’t comment. Possibly people (like me) feel it ’safer’ not to comment, at the risk at feeling stalkerish…. after all, we are prying into the life of a complete stranger after stumbling on it completely by accident whilst surfing the net :o)
I agree, blogging is hard, but that’s how we met so I think it’s totally awesome!
Goooo blogging!
It’s strange envisioning myself with pom poms, but consider me a yell leader for your blog. It’s become part of my daily distractions at work, and when I move to NYC, I may just have to buy you a Lombardi’s pizza for your toil.
The over-achiever in me really wants to go the banner-towing airplane route, but then I’m thinking that would firmly put me in the category of “stalkerish”. I agree with Kate about commenting. I feel like if I comment too much people (or you) will be thinking “doesn’t this girl have a job or something better to be doing?”. I’m also moving to NYC next summer and use your blog as a little boost-me-up when I lose sight of the bigger picture (like when I’m tempted drop one of my jobs in favor of free time).
“Just keep blogging, just keep blogging, just keep blogging blogging blogging…” (A la Nemo’s Dori)
I love the Nemo quote, Destiny!! Heart that movie… stick with it, Amanda. I am (and have been) cheering. You da bomb.
Thank you all for your encouragement.
Contrary to popular belief, I don’t assume anyone who leaves comments is a crazy person. I mean, if that’s crazy, then I don’t know how to explain almost anything else going on in the world.
Anyway, thank you and I’m trying to blog more. It’s really hard to sit down and write lately.