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| Season One |
| Do you think it helps or hinders a writer from having a big ego? How often do you read your blog content from an outsider’s perspective? I view my blog as an allotment garden. How do you view yours? What’s the first book you ever remember reading way back when? Were you ever read to as a child, and by whom? Where do you like to read? At home on the couch? Whilst travelling? In bed? Where? What are the most significant barriers to your creativity? Do you think blogging is essential, and if you do, why? There are many benefits to blogging; however, what are the three top downsides of blogging, in your opinion? |
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My big ego certainly hasn’t helped me as a writer. I view my Blog as a guilty pleasure. My Mom read to me the most as a child. I like to read anywhere, including in long lines at the post office. Blogging is certainly not essential. It can be a time drain and can alienate you from readers.
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You see Geoff, you can answer these questions in a nice simple fashion in one comment – excellently done 🙂
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Hi Rory. Another good batch of questions. Here are my answers
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Hey Rory. I’m still working on my 9 interview questions. It’s been crazy here since we have been working on a big unplanned project along with getting ready for spring planning, caring for chicks and preparing for bees to come. The big project will be wrapped up soon so I hope to get them back to you before too long. I hope you have a great day!
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Hey Ruth,
glad to read you are busy, l know the feeling well 🙂
Worry not about the questions. I had a clear up purge of many of the smaller series in the blog six weeks ago and dropped the interview series.
So no panic 🙂
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Ok Thanks for letting me know. Have a great day!!!
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I am going to assume that “it” means “a blog.” Indefinite articles are indefinite, lacking specificity. “It” is the most indefinite of indefinite articles, but I deduce that is the subject of this set of questions and have proceded accordingly. Up in the morning 🙂
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Love the detail in this photo. So pretty xx
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Do you think it helps or hinders a writer from having a big ego?
I think one should have a healthy ego, because otherwise one would NOT be able to put out your writing out in the world.
How often do you read your blog content from an outsider’s perspective?
Every time I post I try to give it a dispassionate read. Sometimes I do miss a few typos
I view my blog as an allotment garden. How do you view yours?
My best hobby ever.
What’s the first book you ever remember reading way back when?
It’s been too long to remember which one it was. Perhaps something from Enid Blyton.
Were you ever read to as a child, and by whom?
I think my father and my uncle both read to us all.
Where do you like to read? At home on the couch? Whilst travelling? In bed? Where?
Mostly when relaxing. It could be anywhere. I cannot concentrate while traveling so that’s the least likely place I’d read.
What are the most significant barriers to your creativity?
Time
Family commitments
My mood
Do you think blogging is essential, and if you do, why?
I like to blog as it keeps me occupied in a positive manner. It may not be essential but I feel it’s important for me.
There are many benefits to blogging; however, what are the three top downsides of blogging, in your opinion?
Sitting all the time while blogging
Worrying which prompts to do and which ones to let go
Looking for missing posts from the reader by visiting the blogs one follows.
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Hey Sadje thoughtful answers all. Yes one of the biggest downtimes to blogging is time. In recent months when time is becoming even faster critical in my world, trying to find the time to sit and write content, respond and read is very time consuming.
It can take me on occasion a couple of days to catch up and more if there has been a sunny spell.
Enid Blyton also my favourites, l recently had a conversation with a teacher who sadly informed me that her school refuses to allow children to read any of EB’s stuff because it is not only not politically correct but also not grammatically correct either.
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My kids loved her books too. Though my grandson never read her as he was in America at the time he developed his love of reading. He didn’t even finish Harry Potter books as he had seen the movies.
I really don’t get this phenomenon of banning books. Where will it end?
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I don’t know where it will end. Perhaps when the world starts to accept that life doesn’t come wrapped up in bubblewrap.
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I Hope before too much damage is done.
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Who knows Sadje, life is always a case of reinventing what has already been invented. Banning books will soon stop and be replaced by some other banal social sensitivity 🙂
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Perhaps we will suddenly become wise and stop being so very stupid
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Uhuh 🙂
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Do you think it helps or hinders a writer from having a big ego? Hmm I dunno 🤷♀️ if you know you good at something – I don’t mind … I like your worm confidence and ego – you good at that… not all ego is bad – depends on ego and depends how someone sees or judges 😉
How often do you read your blog content from an outsider’s perspective? Not from outsiders prospective – never … but for my own view to maybe once in awhile see the changes or remember the moments and where am now. 😉 my blog is only benefit to others to relate on occasion so they are not alone… life struggles – ups and downs – problem solving lol ✌️”life” … it is also for ME to heal with ❤️
I view my blog as an allotment garden. How do you view yours? I think I just explained that in prior answer ? Lol 🤷♀️
What’s the first book you ever remember reading way back when?
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – 1st grade ✌️❤️
Were you ever read to as a child, and by whom? Yes always, my mom usually – but also my grandmother and grandfather ❤️👏
Where do you like to read? At home on the couch? Whilst travelling? In bed? Where? Wherever whenever lol – whatever time allows where ever I am lol
What are the most significant barriers to your creativity?
Time lol
Do you think blogging is essential, and if you do, why? Positive base, good to write what you have passion with, and also healing ❤️🩹 … and can give glimpses into others or lives or places – whatever tickles you
There are many benefits to blogging; however, what are the three top downsides of blogging, in your opinion?
Downsides? 🤔 … well, “time” for sure!! Making time!! Cause no one wanna do that one week in March for me and covid! Lol ✌️
I don’t know 2 more yet – maybe they keep messing with the program? 🤷♀️ changing to JetPack and updates – that’s annoying
And hmm I will think on the 3rd 🤔
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Hey Trisha, good answers, l agree confidence is good and not all is bad. Over confidence can be a double edged sword at times.
Yes, Time is a downside. Certainly working against me this week as l work with it. I have to prioritise and work comes first and blog second.
Keep smiling 🙂
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Yes, ego and confidence can walk a thin line.
Yes!! Time is crazy lately!! And work and life do come first… because that is survival and well being.
Blogging is more of a love or want lol ❤️
Finding time and not being completely exhausted is hard for me
Keep smiling also 😊❤️👏
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Well today l am off, as in not working, but waiting for a huge soil delivery. First break l have had for the last ten days or so, but it always rained overnight hard which started at 5pm yesterday afternoon, so that put the mockers on a few things.
Very achy at present given some of the work l am doing, hey ho, rather be tired through hard work than tired through boredom 🙂
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Still with the rain huh?
I don’t know how close you are to London – is known for rain? Yes?
Oceanic climate?
Awww sorry you achy – I am achy too but mostly from exhaustion
I dunno – you say boredom – and I hear relaxation 😄✌️
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It doesn’t always rain in London, north of the border locations like Glasgow, that seems to always be wet. Mind you Dover down south near us has a very grey cloud always overhanging and that is wet for a lot of the time. But that is a port, so very close to the seas.
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Ahh – I thought I remembered some of it being rainy from school studies lol
I am inland … more toward Sierra Nevadas … I have mountain/desert/country weather 😄 ☀️ my sea is maybe 2&1/2 hrs away… if I want it I can go to it lol
San Fran will have a lot of ocean weather – that whole coast line but is nice a lot too – not too hot in summer
San Fran doesn’t really need AC 😮😮
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London used to be more rainy than it is and in reflection to your comment, yes when you were at school learning that, then those studies would have been about right.
London back in the sixties to eighties was wet, damp and even at times seriously foggy.
BUT, in the forty years you and l as adults now have experienced serious climate changes, and once when your studies were correct, they are probably not.
But, Dover and Glasgow hahahaha have hardly changed climate or not 🙂
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Ahhh interesting 🧐
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