(Next thing you know they’ll ask me to remove my husband’s picture from my desk.)

Here is an example I chose for myself “0 to O – the Modern Woman’s Guide to Self Satisfaction.” Now granted I never really started this blog or book (except going this instant to blogger to grab the title), but it is a good idea – so, um nobody steal it, okay?

Diet books are good . . . books about pets . . . anything about weight, relationships, finances, surviving dead end jobs, age, struggling through adversity, basically the stuff of life.

Don’t get hung up on what other people might want to read and buy (as you are basically writing for yourself), but dont’ ignore it either . . . ultimately, writers do want to share their writing with other people.

Once you have your blog (no matter how silly it may be), try to write a post every day. Somedays (weeks, months — I even have a blog called “Abandoned Blogs” which I have abandoned) I don’t post at all. Other days I will post multiple entries. It doesn’t matter. You are writing. No one needs to know. It is your e-diary.

The thing is — I do sometimes, really amuse myself. Yes, I even LOL!

Okay, maybe “Redneckonomics” will never see print, and maybe it is self-indulgent and stupid, but I got a few laughs along the way, and I wrote.

I think the hurdle you are trying to overcome is fear of failure — but guess what? I am the poster child for failure. Blogger is a lot more forgiving than you think. Of all my blogs (probably about ten) only two people have ever chosen to follow (obviously) my most popular one! I think I can handle the judgment of two random strangers who stumbled across my posts online.

Just remember one thing — Writers write (I’d snag that blog but it is already taken). That is it. That is the secret.

One day you might find yourself at the Texas Book Festival with an “author” name tag on and a sharpie in hand to autograph your book with (the structure of that sentence proves that it can happen to anyone). It happened to me, really, and I never, ever thought of myself as a writer, much less an author.

Just a couple of blogging tips — use youtube, current events, and images from the internet liberally, to spice up your posts. Yeah, I know Perez Hilton is not a “writer” per se, but he doesn’t have to punch a clock either.

Cath

Thanks Aislinn, I don’t think I knew that. I just remember thinking how cute it was to call someone a little cabbage and mean it lovingly. hehehe I did learn a swear word in french from the month I stayed there when I was 14 or 15. Merde means shit everyone. lololol

Loved your Ernie story too. They have a way of finding us when we need them.

Thanks for the rest of a great story KC. But now I’m dying to know what band! You can’t do that to us. And gang, watch out, yet another Leo! No wonder KC fits in so perfectly here. KC, I’m a Leo, as are I think 8-10 of us, including our lovely host, Ann.

And Alan pops in with a zinger, right in time. lololol Curmudgeon? I find that hard to believe.

I remember the drummer had blue hair and was in a major rock band (name will be preserved to protect the stupidity). So then I got pulled onstage to have the stick signed, the marker didn’t work, he tried to sign it on ME, didn’t work, so he settled for a makeout session. In front of 10,000 people. Hey, I was 21. Although my brother gave me a noogie (remember those?) when I got off stage.

So Catherine, perhaps a drumstick (food or otherwise?) will come your way! Rick Springfield! I only know Jesse’s Girl but I’m sure he’s worth an underwear toss.

Tracy, yep, hair control when I was 10….then I got a perm at 11 and decided not to brush it so it DID have to get lopped off again due to the rat’s nest forming in back of my head that I gleefully just ignored. My mom should have held me back until 13…

I am the youngest of 2, AND a Leo….double whammy. And all my in-law siblings are older than me. I love every second of it!

Cath, I too thought KC meant a chicken leg!!!!!!!!!!!! ok, I just actually snorted from laughing.
Also Cath, I think you should go with a thong. lolol
Your brother calling you Spock is awful. Kids are so mean, aren’t they?

KC, you started me off just by saying you didn’t know who she was throwing underwear at. hehehe Since you came in late, I guess that did seem really odd. Not really, Cath does that all the time. Just kidding
And you were able to take control of your own hair at 10? My mom was really strict. I think I wasn’t allowed till I was 13 or 14.

No, nothing from Maureen. I’ve been so busy getting things ready for the surgery, I kept meaning to call her. Will try her right now and report back.

And Ann, I think you need to contact Christine’s employer and complain about your site being blocked. It makes it sound like your site is some kind of a porn site or something! Christine, get Ann your boss’s number to Ann ASAP!