How do you work this thing?
This blog has been live since November 2007, but I haven't actually announced it, formally, to anybody. It gets linked from comments I leave on others' blogs, it's listed in a couple of my online profiles, I've linked to it on my Twitter feed, and my posts appear on Facebook. But yesterday I went and added a link to Mad Mad Life in my e-mail signature, so all hell is sure to break loose as more people I actually know will now have access to it.
So I wanted to explain why there has been no formal announcement. These are my issues:
1) I'm not satisfied with my post consistency. It would be just like me to announce this great, new thing, only to abandon it. (See Turtles All the Way Down, currently on hiatus.)
2) I'm not satisfied with my voice. Neither my range of topics nor my quality of writing have yet lived up to what I had in mind. But at this point I've decided that that's OK. I think it takes all writers a couple years to find their voice (voices?), and I certainly have never been a consistent writer. I have time to improve.
3) I'm not satisfied with the site design. I'm currently using a modified template, and have always planned to create a new design. But I was never really worried about that. Content is king, and there are plenty of successful blogs out there that use completely unmodified templates.
4) I'm not satisfied with the site's functionality. I'm a Blogger n00b. I label each post meticulously, but where is the list of labels in the right column? And where is the "Older posts" link at the bottom of the home page? And why doesn't the logo link back to the home page from all other pages? I actually code web sites for a living so these are things I'm sure I can figure out how to add in, but I have yet to take the time. (But shouldn't they have been included in the template?)
Anyway, I have readers, and I even get some comments now and then, so I still probably won't be making that formal announcement just yet.
I hope you'll keep visiting...think of it as our secret little corner of the web. An exclusive club. (But I'll understand, really, I will, if you want to spread it around anyway.)
XOXOXO, Jen S.
So I wanted to explain why there has been no formal announcement. These are my issues:
1) I'm not satisfied with my post consistency. It would be just like me to announce this great, new thing, only to abandon it. (See Turtles All the Way Down, currently on hiatus.)
2) I'm not satisfied with my voice. Neither my range of topics nor my quality of writing have yet lived up to what I had in mind. But at this point I've decided that that's OK. I think it takes all writers a couple years to find their voice (voices?), and I certainly have never been a consistent writer. I have time to improve.
3) I'm not satisfied with the site design. I'm currently using a modified template, and have always planned to create a new design. But I was never really worried about that. Content is king, and there are plenty of successful blogs out there that use completely unmodified templates.
4) I'm not satisfied with the site's functionality. I'm a Blogger n00b. I label each post meticulously, but where is the list of labels in the right column? And where is the "Older posts" link at the bottom of the home page? And why doesn't the logo link back to the home page from all other pages? I actually code web sites for a living so these are things I'm sure I can figure out how to add in, but I have yet to take the time. (But shouldn't they have been included in the template?)
Anyway, I have readers, and I even get some comments now and then, so I still probably won't be making that formal announcement just yet.
I hope you'll keep visiting...think of it as our secret little corner of the web. An exclusive club. (But I'll understand, really, I will, if you want to spread it around anyway.)
XOXOXO, Jen S.
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