Into the Fire

I don’t know about you but I don’t read blogs on the internet to gain instruction about how to write. Like it or lump it: I’m a writer. An author even. It’s a fairly insignificant fact because really I’m nobody in the world of writing. An unknown except to my internet friends and colleagues, some of whom I’ve been blessed to meet in person, via emails, or by reading their manuscripts.

And, actually, I no longer search the different blogs to read about “opinions” of the professionals regarding the structures of query letters or book proposals because nearly every one of them is different in some way due to the subjective factor.

There came a point where I selected blogs to read because I came to enjoy the individuals who penned them and the way they delivered information or thoughts. Stopping by their blogs established or continued a connection to them, and I found it valuable—or I wouldn’t do it. I’m sure most of us started out with certain places we no longer, or rarely, visit. And no doubt people have dumped this blog and re-established with other favorites.

Maintaining an active blog is tough. People take sabbaticals from blogs, reduce their commitments to them, and sometimes abandon them altogether. Writers feel some pressure to keep up with a blog because they need a visible presence on the web for easy access. Some choose to make official websites which all but atrophy until a new release comes on the scene. Others actively operate a website, a blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts while sending out a monthly newsletter—and continue to create novels!

Most bloggers design a theme or redo designs regularly. You can pretty much count on certain types of posts from them with little variation. I know it’s crazy to keep the same design as I’ve done, but I really like the black scene. Until Typepad comes up with a design I like better, this is it. And the themes of the posts stick remarkably close to the tagline at the top of the blog. Readers get an occasional poem, political rant, random thoughts, movie reviews, but mostly I talk about writing, novels, and spiritual topics.

After E-vals it turns out this is who I am in the blogosphere. Who are you?

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for seeing me and knowing me and loving me in spite of who I am.