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ALynnPowers wrote:I used to blog, but literally no one read it, so I stopped. It was quite a waste of my time.
Not to toot my own horn (not that you'd hear it way over wherever you are anyway), but I'm pretty good with promotion. If you ever wanna get back into it, I can toss some ideas your way.
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CataclysmicKnight wrote:
ALynnPowers wrote:I used to blog, but literally no one read it, so I stopped. It was quite a waste of my time.
Not to toot my own horn (not that you'd hear it way over wherever you are anyway), but I'm pretty good with promotion. If you ever wanna get back into it, I can toss some ideas your way.
Haha! Thanks, but no thanks! Not for this one! It was kind of a daily journal of what went on in my life as an American moving to Japan. It started off interesting, but then it just got boring, as it was kind of the same thing day after day. Went to work, taught some kids. Blah blah. Not too interesting after all.
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sleepydumpling wrote:Do you blog? If you do, why?
No, I do not. The reason is that that I do not know how to handle blogs, but maybe I will learn it. We'll see.
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Post by zeldas_lullaby »

ALynnPowers wrote:I used to blog, but literally no one read it, so I stopped. It was quite a waste of my time.
I've had that problem. But with my current blog, I've met someone really nice named Macy--and she just gave me a Liebster award! I'm all atingle. Then someone else contacted me offering to read + review my book! But, yeah, the whole first time I blogged, for like, a year and a half--nothing.

You just never know, I guess. <Shrug.>
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yes. I have multiple blogs actually, i like to blog about a variety of topics from book reviews to my life in general
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Yes, I have a book review blog, I actually took a break from the book club to focus on that for awhile.
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Yes, I do. I have two blogs. The first one is for writing book reviews and discussing how my training is going (I like to run 5Ks and 10Ks). You can check it out here: http://runreadwrite739.wordpress.com

The other blog---and I don't spend much time here--is for showing people how to save money and organize their home on a shoestring budget. Recipes also are featured, when I get around to it lol. http://www.redneckfrugality739.wordpress.com

Both are a labor of love, but I'm spending more time on the reading blog since I'm training more and doing more reading.
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I don't blog. I never saw the purpose in it before, but I am starting to become more interested in it now. My mom and I are trying to start a business. So I have been thinking that a blog could become useful in a situation like that. It might be a while before I get up enough nerve to try a blog though. I have never been one for spending a lot of time on the internet. I am definitely considering the blog though. I also do are, so that is another reason I am considering the blog as well. It would be a good way to promote my paintings and drawings. It would also be a good way to promote the reviews that I write as well.
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I blog to tell a story...and to allow my readers into thoughts and a life that are sometimes very far away. It helped my readers stay connected while I was overseas, and I find consistently helps me process through difficult days and decisions. It provides time to meditate on WHO I am, and WHY that is - catharsis, and art. I wish I had more time to do it!
Still too new to post the link yet, so I'll pop back later and share :-)
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I blog because it helps me be more motivated to write and also helps me verbally process. I haven't posted about my blog publicly because keeping it sort of secret helps me be more motivated and less cautious about posting. Not that my posts are anything particularly note-worthy but it is something I enjoy doing.
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I finally got fed up with the idiots who write the advice column in my paper (Annie's Mailbox), so I've finally started a blog in which I criticize their advice.

https://advicegonebad.wordpress.com/
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yes blogging for adsense
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I do blog as well even tough it been almost year since I posted on it due to lack of mojo! It is not that I do not have anything to write about I have not been motivated but thanks to finding this site I have realized how much I miss it. Here link to my blog. I talk about life stuff, travel, knitting, crocheting, spinning books etc.....

http://www.nickelosworldthoughts.com/
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Post by Loki »

Sorta kinda? I used to have a book review blog, now it's more along the lines of "whatever I feel like posting about" blog, haha! If it can even be called a blog, that is.
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Post by awanadance »

I have too many blogs. I have a secret, private blog that only I can read (that serves as a journal), a blog that I use to post things for family and friends to see (like when I studied abroad in Italy) and I also have an anonymous blog where I write about my life and ask for advice from others. They all serve different purposes and I love all three of them for how they help me get through life as a crazy, anxiety-ridden writer.
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