Comments on: Blogging About Blogs

By: Candice Gilmer

Candice Gilmer — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:27:52 +0000

LOL Allison… I’m a pretty out there fan……. you’ve been warned.

By: Allison Brennan

Allison Brennan — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:46:15 +0000

Hi Edie! I try to stop by Magical Musings weekly. Blogging is WAY too addictive. but it’s fun and I learn a lot.

Oooo, Candice, I’ll check out your Star Wars blog.

Kelly, you hit on something important: unique. It’s hard to be different because there are so many blogs out there. I think it’s pretty much just like what editors want — the same, but different.

Anne I think the Internet in the work place thing has been an issue for a long time, even before blogging. Games, surfing, etc. I do think bloggers are a bit of news hounds, but not in the traditional sense.

By: Anne E.

Anne E. — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:46:23 +0000

Should have been “there is a discussion”, not “their” — 4:45am is too early to blog!

By: Anne E.

Anne E. — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:45:07 +0000

Yesterday on public radio there was a story that indicated that people who are bloggers are very engaged and interested in the wider world. The story went on about how much time American workers spend each day blogging instead of doing their job, which is an issue that comes up from time to time at my office every time their is a discussion about allowing the customer service reps access to the internet. As a manager, I have to lead by example, so I no longer blog at work. In addition to my own blog, I post here from time to time and check out several other individual blogs on a daily basis. I do not have the time to update my own blog more than once a week, but I expect that will change once I retire from the workforce in December of next year.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:55:08 +0000

Allison, you’ve named most of my favorite group blogs. I enjoy individual and group. I love blogs about the industry and buzz of author books. But also enjoy the personal writer and author blogs, who share trials and triumphs.

I guess if there’s something unique about the blog, I’ll keep coming back for more.

By: Candice Gilmer

Candice Gilmer — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:57:39 +0000

I have a blog and a live journal that I use. The blog is my writing stuff, (my angst and curiosity about the writing world since I’m still unpublished) and the live journal is for my other obsession (all things star wars)…

What I read is pretty much any blog or live journal that I stumble across. I hop from board to board and read, and I learn something on almost every one. And I share my own knowledge… who knows, maybe someone will learn from me!

By: Edie Ramer

Edie Ramer — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:53:02 +0000

Blogs can be addicting. As if emails aren’t enough of a time suck. I check out my CPs’ blogs, of course. Other than that, The Knight Agency blog and Miss Snark are on my daily list. I blog hop when I have time–and often when I don’t. RTB, of cours, and now I’ll have to look up 2B READ. Two of my CPs and I recently started our own blog at http://www.magicalmusings.com. We each write one a week, and that works perfectly for us.:grin:

By: Ann Wesley Hardin

Ann Wesley Hardin — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:08:07 +0000

*gives Allison an extra pat*

Thanks for checking out the Belfry, ladies!

By: Allison Brennan

Allison Brennan — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:47:56 +0000

Gabriele, I now use bloglines to track updated blogs. It is SOOOOO much easier than going down my bookmark roll. The blog needs an rss feed, but it’s so easy! I know there are a gazillion out there. I think Kassia did a post on it awhile back.

By: Allison Brennan

Allison Brennan — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:36:50 +0000

Thanks Ann! I’m glad you’ve had a very successful blog (and I went to check it out … I love it. Excellent stuff! I’ll be back again . . .)

I can’t take credit for writeminded. That was Sharon’s idea and we jumped on it! And my suspense author’s blog? Well, that was Natalie Collins, Jen Apodaca and Karin Tabke who thought up the idea and Deborah LeBlanc and I are along for the ride.

And RTB I think was the first major group endeavour, but I could be wrong. (Hmmm, do I see a NF book in the making? History of Blogs.)

So I can’t take credit for these wonderful ideas, but I always like a pat on the back because being a writer can be very lonely.