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Choosing what to blog about it always a little tricky. You want to be relatively free to do your own thing…it is your blog after all, but you’d like it to be entertaining, informative, something others will want to come back again and again to read.

So…if you could design the perfect blog–your favorite, the one you check in with everyday to see what’s new…what would it have?

~~Long, descriptive posts or short blurbs?
~~Posts everyday or every other or once a week or ??
~~Information or fluff?
~~Serious or funny?
~~Professional or personal?
~~Conservative or wacky?

Here’s my take on it…

• I come to the web primarily for information.
• I visit blogs for communication and information.
• I don’t mind long posts if they stay on topic and offer something valuable (information, a different point of view, etc.).
• I’m fine with short posts if they have substance. If there’s no substance and it’s just a “can’t-chat-now” blog, then I don’t think it’s worth posting.
• I don’t mind personal talk unless it’s about washing the car or walking the dog — that I don’t want to know about.
• I like blogs that offer something others don’t, either a unique point of view or information I don’t get elsewhere.
• Sometimes I choose to read a blog because I like the person who writes it–they’re warm, personable, responsive, and we have things in common.
• And I like blogs that are updated every day or every other day. Sometimes everyday is a bit too much and I feel like I’m always falling behind. But after a coupld days of nothing new, my return visits to that blog slow.

How about you?

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Choosing what to blog about it always a little tricky. You want to be relatively free to do your own thing…it is your blog after all, but you’d like it to be entertaining, informative, something others will want to come back again and again to read.

So…if you could design the perfect blog–your favorite, the one you check in with everyday to see what’s new…what would it have?

~~Long, descriptive posts or short blurbs?
~~Posts everyday or every other or once a week or ??
~~Information or fluff?
~~Serious or funny?
~~Professional or personal?
~~Conservative or wacky?

Here’s my take on it…

• I come to the web primarily for information.
• I visit blogs for communication and information.
• I don’t mind long posts if they stay on topic and offer something valuable (information, a different point of view, etc.).
• I’m fine with short posts if they have substance. If there’s no substance and it’s just a “can’t-chat-now” blog, then I don’t think it’s worth posting.
• I don’t mind personal talk unless it’s about washing the car or walking the dog — that I don’t want to know about.
• I like blogs that offer something others don’t, either a unique point of view or information I don’t get elsewhere.
• Sometimes I choose to read a blog because I like the person who writes it–they’re warm, personable, responsive, and we have things in common.
• And I like blogs that are updated every day or every other day. Sometimes everyday is a bit too much and I feel like I’m always falling behind. But after a coupld days of nothing new, my return visits to that blog slow.

How about you?

>I haven’t had one in…I seriously don’t know when (and I’m truly not just saying that).

• The friend I spend most of my time with went away fro the weekend with her family.
• DD #2 has a by on her basketball schedule.
• DD #1 (aka the social butterfly) is off at a friend’s house for the night.
• I sent off two bracelets that had been on order.
• I paid the bills.
• DH is home — getting used to his new schedule, but that’s a whole different post — and he cleaned the house (well, the major stuff).

O.M.G. I’m not pressed for anything! What am I going to do with myself?

Write…right? That’s really the only right answer. And, yes. I should. So, why is it that when you actually have time and space and silence to write, you don’t want to?

I did write for three hours this morning. I’ve gone to the grocery store, surfed the internet, went to a movie, now I’m blogging. Um…I’m running out of ideas and it’s only 5pm. I should excercise or just relax. I could oranize or do laundry or finish my friend’s scarf. But I don’t wanna do any of that.

I’m much more productive when I’m busy. Giving me downtime is giving me a license to do nothing-just till and toil until the time is gone and I’m mad at myself for wasting it. (I think there’s some psychological problem in there somewhere.)

Anyway, in my surfing, I found a great blog by agent Susannah Taylor over at Magical Musings. Definitely worth reading.

Also, a week or so ago, there was a hilarious blog on Paperback Writer that I’ve been meaning to link to. Again — worth the read.

When you find yourself with these unexpected down-time blurps, what do you do with yourself? Better yet, what do you avoid doing?

>I haven’t had one in…I seriously don’t know when (and I’m truly not just saying that).

• The friend I spend most of my time with went away fro the weekend with her family.
• DD #2 has a by on her basketball schedule.
• DD #1 (aka the social butterfly) is off at a friend’s house for the night.
• I sent off two bracelets that had been on order.
• I paid the bills.
• DH is home — getting used to his new schedule, but that’s a whole different post — and he cleaned the house (well, the major stuff).

O.M.G. I’m not pressed for anything! What am I going to do with myself?

Write…right? That’s really the only right answer. And, yes. I should. So, why is it that when you actually have time and space and silence to write, you don’t want to?

I did write for three hours this morning. I’ve gone to the grocery store, surfed the internet, went to a movie, now I’m blogging. Um…I’m running out of ideas and it’s only 5pm. I should excercise or just relax. I could oranize or do laundry or finish my friend’s scarf. But I don’t wanna do any of that.

I’m much more productive when I’m busy. Giving me downtime is giving me a license to do nothing-just till and toil until the time is gone and I’m mad at myself for wasting it. (I think there’s some psychological problem in there somewhere.)

Anyway, in my surfing, I found a great blog by agent Susannah Taylor over at Magical Musings. Definitely worth reading.

Also, a week or so ago, there was a hilarious blog on Paperback Writer that I’ve been meaning to link to. Again — worth the read.

When you find yourself with these unexpected down-time blurps, what do you do with yourself? Better yet, what do you avoid doing?

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Your Aura is Blue

Your Personality: Your natural warmth and intuition nurtures those around you. You are accepting and always follow your heart. You in Love: Relationships are your top priority, and this includes love. You are most happy when you are serious with someone. Your Career: You need to help others in your job to feel satistifed. You would be a great nurse, psychologist, or counselor.

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Your Aura is Blue

Your Personality: Your natural warmth and intuition nurtures those around you. You are accepting and always follow your heart. You in Love: Relationships are your top priority, and this includes love. You are most happy when you are serious with someone. Your Career: You need to help others in your job to feel satistifed. You would be a great nurse, psychologist, or counselor.