Here is the secret no one tells you about blogging. Logo, platform, hosting, brilliance, spelling…those are just the beginning. Writing? That is only the FREAKING middle. Getting your words out on the page doesn’t help you get the word out. You know what does? Reading. Commenting. Sharing. Reading. Sharing. Commenting. E. T. C. It can be tedious. It is certainly time consuming. But every once in a while it is terrific.
I’ve gathered a few of the comments I have left on other blogs this week. Some of these blogs are award winning, some are just beginning…but all of them either made me laugh or think or both. Go ahead…click some links. Thats how we get the word out about getting the words out.
Lee Gaitan ARP: Did I just read that you put shoulder pads on the positive list for the ’80s? Let me put on my mirrored florescent sunglasses and take a closer look.
ARP: If I invite my son to hang out with me and he says “in ten minutes” and forgets he finds me an hour later weeping. I am not the one weeping. He is. He can’t believe he forgot me. I try to soothe him but he is horrified with himself. Somehow he still feels love is fragile. Love isn’t fragile. In response to this post on Skinny and Single.
ARP: I love the idea of pro bono cosmetology. Maybe the practitioners can collect donations to save the yellow spotted ants. In response to this post on Skipah’s Realm.
ARP: There is no script for mental illness. A life and a mind can’t simply follow a script. In response to this post on The Plagued Parent.
ARP: I think maybe you just blew your cleaning wad too early. In response to this post on established1975. As a bonus follow Sarah on Twitter. She is wicked funny.
ARP: I used to lament that as we got older there were fewer doors to walk through…at least compared to our 20s when everything was flung open wide and inviting. Now I appreciate the streamlined hallway with fewer distractions and more time to spend in each room inside. In response to this post on The Qwiet Muse.
ARP: What DOESN”T hold me back. I am a home-body. As I get older I get more afraid of heights, enclosed spaces, crowds, strong odors, and the unknown. In response to this post by Elena Peterson on Making Midlife Matter.
ARP: I like to have a $10 sandwich card in my wallet. In response to this post on Considerings.
ARP: Me: Your back hair looks like it is straps to a back pack. S: Well I do need to be able to carry stuff around in it. Me: I wish I could have some of your back hair for me thinning head hair. In response to this post on Boomer Haiku.
ARP: I think I might just hunker down with my kids… In response to this post on Living The Dream.
ARP: At some point this jewish mom had to deal not only with Santa and the Easter Bunny but also a creepy small green man who gets into mischief in our home. In response to this post on Thirsty Daddy.
ARP: I am writing a book called SLUT: Spit AND Swallow… In response to this post at Angrivated Mom.
I should probably get back to that book…the last comment I left reminded me that it existed. See the value of commenting?
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Thanks so much for linking me 🙂 Love it!!!
Thanks for writing!
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I always love reading your comments! Thank you so much for being such an engaged person in our little community. And seriously, with everyone writing books these days containing their best blog posts, you should do one for your best comments! Lol
So meta….
This is a great idea. I feel that I read and comment on so many blog posts, it might be interesting to go back and see some of the things I had to say. I wonder how many times I would disagree with what I had said earlier. Thanks for including me here, and for reading in the first place
When I went back to review most of the things I had to say we all blah blah blah blah. But sometimes posts really made me think or joke. The amount of originality in my comment speaks directly to the originality in the post.
Thanks so much for including me and Boomer Haiku! You are so right about this element of blogging–engaging–and how time consuming it can be. But the rewards are great…to make connections, to feel heard, to laugh and/or cry with one another…I really appreciate the effort you made to walk the walk with this post!
Thanks for including me 🙂 Sorry I’m late getting here and responding. I’m in the middle of an “episode” (you know what I mean) and I’m having trouble even putting on clean underwear at this point. But the piece was super funny and I appreciate the shout out!
In times like those I just skip underwear.
Thanks for posting these links. You’ve given me a great list of content that I missed but need to go and look for. And your comments are HEE-Larious!
WTF is underwear?
You are fanatically awesome! Thank you so much! As much as I reminded you to get back to writing that book (please, please, please!), reading this reminded me I need to open my Twitter app way more than once a week because little gems like this that brighten my day could be waiting and I’m missing out! Thank you so much!
Twitter is like yelling into a dark hole. I am thrilled every time I get a link…
Thanks for the shout out sorry it took so long to thank you.
How did I miss commenting on this?
Thank you for including us! Reading your comments on our posts makes my heart smile. <3
Thanks!
I always enjoy your comments. It means a lot when other bloggers connect and support one another. Feels like a party sometimes, only no one cares if you nix your pants and hoard the booze.
Yes!
I totally agree! Comments can be as much fun and as rewarding as writing the blog. What good is the writing without engagement? And I am a firm believer that sharing others’ work and supporting it, comes back to help you 100 fold. Thanks for this great post. I’m sharing it!
Putting your money where your mouth is…
Two birds with one stone here. Brilliant. I too often feel like I blow my blogging wad in a really good email. I might steal this idea.
Go for it!