tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2609662152609839882..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Why do you blog? by Tracy AlexanderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57129481587297918982017-04-25T13:24:55.995+01:002017-04-25T13:24:55.995+01:00Signing up for email posts is useful as a way of f...Signing up for email posts is useful as a way of following without having to go in and open up the web. (Have just included your Raven blog, SueB.)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-18991156180517525212017-04-25T08:32:34.006+01:002017-04-25T08:32:34.006+01:00Thanks for the comments. I have detected an impetu...Thanks for the comments. I have detected an impetus, weak but strengthening, to sort out my woeful web presence . . . Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776280611962443922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47644034807255983182017-04-24T18:44:21.923+01:002017-04-24T18:44:21.923+01:00Great post - though Clummy is pretty scary.Great post - though Clummy is pretty scary.Rowena Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548957772863528477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87202363704219101972017-04-24T16:11:48.415+01:002017-04-24T16:11:48.415+01:00Following you right back, now, Sue!Following you right back, now, Sue!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43603108467350163722017-04-24T14:16:04.490+01:002017-04-24T14:16:04.490+01:00Sue P, I follow A Fool On A Hill and comment, usua...Sue P, I follow A Fool On A Hill and comment, usually. If you follow the link at the end of my comment above, you will find my latest blog post - I'm doing the A to Z Challenge!<br /><br />And yes, Penny, you do need to post regularly if you want people to keep reading. It's a sort of self discipline. I don't post daily, because I do have a day job and other responsibilities, but I manage to blog at least two or three times a week, even if it's only about "On this Day In History..." :-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-85359695274720394232017-04-24T13:11:44.952+01:002017-04-24T13:11:44.952+01:00I did enjoy hearing about the unexpected ways your...I did enjoy hearing about the unexpected ways your blogs brought back the moments & memories from your past. Tracy, and glad you like being here on Awfully Big Blog Adventure right now too.<br /><br />As a general blog reader, I find I respond to the voice of the writer as well as the content of their posts, which is part of the pleasure of a group blog. Who will it be? What will they say? <br />And why am I reading it, too? Sometimes constantly-strong, single-theme voices become tiring (even when about some relevant topic) whereas a mix of musings on books & things of interest & photos of the natural world - like Fool on A Hill - make a blog a pleasing place for a reader to visit during their day. <br /><br />Sue B, thanks, though, for that reminder about the need for regular posts and also for the ways you've managed to expand your subject matter and audience.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-35037353086704538692017-04-24T08:24:45.614+01:002017-04-24T08:24:45.614+01:00Perhaps you'd give us a link to your blog, Sue...Perhaps you'd give us a link to your blog, Sue? For me, my blog is mostly about what I'm reading. It was going to be a mixture of children's books and adult books, but after an initial flurry, I don't get sent many books to review, so it's morphed into being mainly a way of reflecting on what I'm reading. I really like it; it makes me pause and think, it makes me give books the attention they deserve - I'm a very quick reader, so I do have a tendency to gallop through a book and then go straight onto the next.<br /><br />I do sometimes post about other things too - it's my space, so I can do what I like! I like to make it look nice - I change the picture most months, to reflect the season, because it's called A Fool On A Hill, and I originally had the idea because I often think about books and writing and things when I'm walking the dog on the hill, and the blog was to be a continuation of that.<br /><br />I don't have many English readers - though the number jumps if I do a review of a recent release - but I have a very healthy number of American readers. They seem to particularly like reviews of recent history books. It would be nice to have more comments, and more signed-up followers, and I do sometimes wonder why I'm doing it - so I'm very grateful for your post, because it's made me think about that - and I think the answer is that, like you, I do it mostly for myself - but with a sort of wistful hope that there are people out there who find it interesting too.<br /><br />My website is a place for people to find out more about what I do - I don't use it to blog.<br />Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53333310917457583462017-04-24T01:18:26.751+01:002017-04-24T01:18:26.751+01:00I started my blog because I needed somewhere to pa...I started my blog because I needed somewhere to park my reviews of books I was receiving from publishers. I did have a site for which I was reviewing, a very good one, but it sometimes took weeks to post my reviews, so I set up my own site, while still reviewing for the other one. And then it expanded. I do interviews. I have guest posts. I sometimes have guest reviewers, mostly my students. I've even had my students interview their favourite authors on my blog. I write long, waffle posts about my reading and writing life. I have thought I need somewhere for kids to be able to look me up and ask questions, but my Wordpress attempt really didn't work. There are only so many things you can write about on a writer blog if you're not lucky enough to be able to make a living from it. So everything goes on to The Great Raven and hopefully any children who can spell my name will find my blog, which has my email address on it. <br /><br />You do have to post regularly. YA author Kate Constable does, and it's not just about her latest book. She reviews other books and talks about childhood favourites, etc. this is something you might consider some time. Your fans will appreciate it.<br /><a href="https://suebursztynski.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/t-is-forharriet-tubman-civil-war.html" rel="nofollow">T Is For Harriet Tubman</a><br /><br />Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com