What Exactly Did I Get Myself Into?
by Candace E. Salima
The BLOGging world is quite an interesting one. Somehow, despite my best efforts, I have been swept up into BLOGland where I can emote to my heart's content. An interesting phenomena has occurred. BLOGS have taken the place of my daily writing exercise. Let me explain. I used to find a word or phrase every morning and spend five minutes free writing - meaning I didn't edit, I didn't think, I just wrote. It was great andgot the creative juices flowing. Now that I BLOG daily forwww.families.com that writing exercise has been replaced.
So, there I was, doing my hair a couple of days ago contemplating what I would write on that day when the silliest thought occurred. Once it occurred, an entire story line poured into my head which I then ran by my husband and brother. They loved it and a new book was born. That's how easy it was. Then as I continued to contemplate, the next chapter for the book I was currently working on rectified itself as well.
How do I explain it? There has to be something to this blogging after all. So BLOG away my friends, it appears to be doing some good.
The BLOGging world is quite an interesting one. Somehow, despite my best efforts, I have been swept up into BLOGland where I can emote to my heart's content. An interesting phenomena has occurred. BLOGS have taken the place of my daily writing exercise. Let me explain. I used to find a word or phrase every morning and spend five minutes free writing - meaning I didn't edit, I didn't think, I just wrote. It was great andgot the creative juices flowing. Now that I BLOG daily forwww.families.com that writing exercise has been replaced.
So, there I was, doing my hair a couple of days ago contemplating what I would write on that day when the silliest thought occurred. Once it occurred, an entire story line poured into my head which I then ran by my husband and brother. They loved it and a new book was born. That's how easy it was. Then as I continued to contemplate, the next chapter for the book I was currently working on rectified itself as well.
How do I explain it? There has to be something to this blogging after all. So BLOG away my friends, it appears to be doing some good.
Sariah Wilson — 3/31/2006 04:11:00 PM
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7 Comments:
According to Websters, blog is lower-case. Just sayin'.
Didn't know blog was a word in the dictionary yet.
welcome to my world, hon. I stumbled here last year and now I'm an addict.
Then again, you are Red, and always right. Perhaps I should think twice before correcting you. :)
Ha, ha -- nope, I found blog in the Merriam Webster online dictionary. So I stand corrected. By the way, just what do the letters "blog" stand for. Does anybody know? But then again, I have to maintain my "Red" status - so let's go with the status quo and say there is no official way to spell it. Does that work?
And thanks for the welcome to the blogging world -- I think I'm growing a little mad with all the power my trusty little keyboard is wielding. (Go ahead and insert an evil cackle here.)
'Blog' isn't an acronym for anything, actually. It's a shortened version of the term 'web log'.
Ah - thanks for imparting the wisdom. I actually feel a little smarter now.
No really, I have wondered what it stood for. Thanks for telling me.
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