Comments on: Do it for the blog http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog For writers, readers, and independent thinkers--book talk for readers and writers, life chats when we need them, writers' motivational articles, secret behind-the-scenes stories from the publishing trenches, and more. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lady T http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3922 Lady T Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:24:20 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3922 Before I started blogging,I would try to cope with annoying customers by saying to my co-workers"Just wait till they leave and THEN we'll talk about them!" Sometimes the only way to cope was to say to myself,"This will be a good story later on." And yes,I will see certain things as blog material,like tonight I'm going to watch the premiere of the new Lifetime series,BloodTies(their new paranormal mystery/romance show),mainly to write about it in my usual TV Thursday round-up. Just hope it's not too bad. Then again,it is a vampire show and the guy playing the vamp looks pretty good,so... Before I started blogging,I would try to cope with annoying customers by saying to my co-workers”Just wait till they leave and THEN we’ll talk about them!” Sometimes the only way to cope was to say to myself,”This will be a good story later on.”

And yes,I will see certain things as blog material,like tonight I’m going to watch the premiere of the new Lifetime series,BloodTies(their new paranormal mystery/romance show),mainly to write about it in my usual TV Thursday round-up. Just hope it’s not too bad. Then again,it is a vampire show and the guy playing the vamp looks pretty good,so…

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3918 robin Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:36:32 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3918 <em>"sometimes where a smiley face just ought not to be, as with marking a land mine on a map"</em> Miri, what a hoot! Eisha, glad to know you, too, experience the tyranny of the blog. It's fun to do, but there are times when we're thinking, "What on earth do I have to say today?" And then the dog eats a bar of soap and you're thinking, "Sweet! Thanks!" “sometimes where a smiley face just ought not to be, as with marking a land mine on a map”

Miri, what a hoot!

Eisha, glad to know you, too, experience the tyranny of the blog. It’s fun to do, but there are times when we’re thinking, “What on earth do I have to say today?”

And then the dog eats a bar of soap and you’re thinking, “Sweet! Thanks!”

]]> By: eisha http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3917 eisha Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:57:16 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3917 Yeah, I totally do that. Think about how I'm going to write about something as it's happening, I mean - not so much with the leaping in front of buses or into interdimensional portals. But I guess it could come to that if I really, really had nothing to write about. Yeah, I totally do that. Think about how I’m going to write about something as it’s happening, I mean - not so much with the leaping in front of buses or into interdimensional portals. But I guess it could come to that if I really, really had nothing to write about.

]]> By: Miri http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3916 Miri Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:24:36 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3916 Oh, I'm horrible about that. One of the worst. It's turned into almost a coping mechanism. "Well, that was horrible, but at least I'll have something to talk about later!" Anything to help me slap a smiley face on it (sometimes where a smiley face just ought not to be, as with marking a land mine on a map). It's not usually for the blog, though. I have my own reasons for leaving large portions of my life undisclosed on my blog. It's more to combat my lack of conversation topics with people currently in my offline life. Everyone likes to hear a story at someone else's expense. And if it helps me laugh at myself, so much the better. Oh, I’m horrible about that. One of the worst. It’s turned into almost a coping mechanism. “Well, that was horrible, but at least I’ll have something to talk about later!” Anything to help me slap a smiley face on it (sometimes where a smiley face just ought not to be, as with marking a land mine on a map).

It’s not usually for the blog, though. I have my own reasons for leaving large portions of my life undisclosed on my blog. It’s more to combat my lack of conversation topics with people currently in my offline life. Everyone likes to hear a story at someone else’s expense. And if it helps me laugh at myself, so much the better.

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3915 robin Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:21:25 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3915 Vc, thanks for asking, but I'm sorry I made it sound so serious. I was just being a big baby, afraid of every twist and turn of the trail because I was trying something new. And I don't like speed, and cross-country skis are not known for control, so I was just a little spooked every time we hit an incline bigger than a Lego ramp. Like I said, big baby. Glad to know so many of the rest of you are looking for blog fodder in your lives. Kimmy, Nancy,Vc. But since I read people's blogs because I like to peek into their lives, I guess it makes sense that you're writing them with the same thought in mind. Vc, thanks for asking, but I’m sorry I made it sound so serious. I was just being a big baby, afraid of every twist and turn of the trail because I was trying something new. And I don’t like speed, and cross-country skis are not known for control, so I was just a little spooked every time we hit an incline bigger than a Lego ramp. Like I said, big baby.

Glad to know so many of the rest of you are looking for blog fodder in your lives. Kimmy, Nancy,Vc. But since I read people’s blogs because I like to peek into their lives, I guess it makes sense that you’re writing them with the same thought in mind.

]]> By: Nancy http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3914 Nancy Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:05:18 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3914 Absolutely. There are seriously emotional things that I won't self-exploit for the blog. But all of life's minor tragedies are fair game and create good opportunities for laughter and bonding. Absolutely.

There are seriously emotional things that I won’t self-exploit for the blog. But all of life’s minor tragedies are fair game and create good opportunities for laughter and bonding.

]]> By: Vc http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3913 Vc Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:15:10 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3913 And, um, Robin? How ARE you? Or shouldn't one ask? Obviously okay enough to blog, but sheesh - didn't sound good there.... And, um, Robin? How ARE you? Or shouldn’t one ask? Obviously okay enough to blog, but sheesh - didn’t sound good there….

]]> By: Vc http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3912 Vc Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:14:07 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3912 No, Lizzie, for me demerol isn't funny at all.... for me, demerol results in a total disappearance of any voluntary muscle action, yet my mind knows exactly what's happening and unless the rest of the world can read my thoughts (unlikely).... Frightening. And why I carry a med-chip that states "extreme intolerance to Demerol; DO NOT ADMINISTER!" etc. And of course, it's warm and sunny here - which is NOT making me happy, because I HATE spring and summer.... But yes, experiences are always fodder, though for me it's more fodder for roleplaying games or the bits of fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, romance) I write that never go anywhere than a blog version thereof (except for the VERY private rant-fest blog I keep....) There was the time my horse slipped in the mud, I fell under him, he stepped in the middle of my chest.... and that sort of thing.... yes, funny now, but not at the immediate moment! No, Lizzie, for me demerol isn’t funny at all…. for me, demerol results in a total disappearance of any voluntary muscle action, yet my mind knows exactly what’s happening and unless the rest of the world can read my thoughts (unlikely)….

Frightening. And why I carry a med-chip that states “extreme intolerance to Demerol; DO NOT ADMINISTER!” etc.

And of course, it’s warm and sunny here - which is NOT making me happy, because I HATE spring and summer….

But yes, experiences are always fodder, though for me it’s more fodder for roleplaying games or the bits of fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, romance) I write that never go anywhere than a blog version thereof (except for the VERY private rant-fest blog I keep….)

There was the time my horse slipped in the mud, I fell under him, he stepped in the middle of my chest…. and that sort of thing…. yes, funny now, but not at the immediate moment!

]]> By: Kimmy http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3911 Kimmy Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:01:04 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3911 Guilty! I always find myself thinking "hmm..well, that's bloggable." Guilty! I always find myself thinking “hmm..well, that’s bloggable.”

]]> By: Patrick, The Space Lord. http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3910 Patrick, The Space Lord. Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:08:29 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/do-it-for-the-blog#comment-3910 Oh, I'm also trying to see how many times it takes, mentioning that it is warm and sunny in Florida each day, until Diana finally snaps. Oh, I’m also trying to see how many times it takes, mentioning that it is warm and sunny in Florida each day, until Diana finally snaps.

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