tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post8223557601856701219..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: 2,470Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-1777023909141978802016-01-08T19:15:35.177-06:002016-01-08T19:15:35.177-06:008th year?! Wow. Yes, making and keeping friends is...8th year?! Wow. Yes, making and keeping friends is one of the best things about consistently doing a blog. How neat that you got help from an engineer! Cheers to you, too, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11410795386536820292016-01-08T12:45:28.312-06:002016-01-08T12:45:28.312-06:00Also if you ask for help as I've just done of ...Also if you ask for help as I've just done of an engineer - I get an answer! Now my bridge staples are clarified as to their necessity! Bridge from medieval days!! Cheers HHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-68880970537527207912016-01-08T12:24:59.603-06:002016-01-08T12:24:59.603-06:00Hi Roland - interesting to read everyone's com...Hi Roland - interesting to read everyone's comments and views ... my 8th year is up on Wednesday - so post is a-coming.<br /><br />I started as I wanted to know more about the internet ... I blog what I want - I didn't want to be restricted, though I try and post relative to readers' interests.<br /><br />The advantages ... friends - who are amazing; learning so much about all sorts of things - illness, the net, how to write, how to publish etc etc ... <br /><br />The amazing run of the A-Z has established many of us - stretching our blogging muscles further than we might have thought possible.<br /><br />It's a fun world - and I'll link back to this come Wednesday - I expect I'll remember!!! Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25753734771177443772016-01-08T10:57:47.784-06:002016-01-08T10:57:47.784-06:00Losing your son was a terrible blow. Of course, it...Losing your son was a terrible blow. Of course, it de-railed you for a time. We heal, but we always remember.<br /><br />FB is more a cyber-scrap book. And I am a private person. I do not want to share with the impersonal world, only with friends who look me up on my block of the cyber city.<br /><br />I've seen so many changes in blogging, but the core stays the same I think: like minds reaching out to each other.<br /><br />I'm not Dr. Evil -- Dr. Stubborn! Have an unusually great New Year!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-1696956203251361622016-01-08T10:53:58.329-06:002016-01-08T10:53:58.329-06:00At least you are keeping Time in shape from making...At least you are keeping Time in shape from making it run away from you. Life does have a way of insisting you take time for what it wants!<br /><br />You have had more than your share of problems from that bike accident, turn abouts in your dreams of places to live, and now re-doing your loft -- and then there is Hamlet, feisty pup that he is. I have the young kitten, Midnight, who keeps trying to unravel my sanity!<br /><br />May we both have many happy surprises ahead in this New Year.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-83688330798912958172016-01-08T09:13:14.000-06:002016-01-08T09:13:14.000-06:00I started back in 2009, but dwindled off in 2012 a...I started back in 2009, but dwindled off in 2012 after we lost our boy. I've had a hard time regaining my steam, but I do miss blogging. It's so much more in-depth and personal that FB, which is where I spend my one or two socialized minutes every few days. I just haven't felt social or involved for a long time, but I do miss it. I've made some wonderful friends on here, and while I mostly lurk these days, I do miss blogging my own topics and being part of the online society.<br /><br />I only have 237 posts. Not so many as Ro-Ro!<br /><br />Anyway, blogging has changed, as all social media does. It's a lava lamp of technology -- give it a blink, and it's exactly the same, only different. I still love the versatility and intelligence of blogging, and mentioned to my wife the other day that I may go back to it. FB is so... well, it's like reading a magazine, a really, really bad magazine. And I'm a novelist, not a magazinist, and I prefer lengthier, more well-thought posts than a simple diatribe about Obama's gun speech, or Trump's hair. Those are fun, sure, and I enjoy some of it, but it's overwhelming.<br /><br />Anyway. You're a rock, along with Diane and some others, who keep me grounded in blogging, and may at some point with your hefty weighted words drag me back into the deep dark dirty waters of bloggerdom...<br /><br />Because you're sort of evil that way, my friend. Eeeeeevil (insert pinky into lower lip).<br /><br /> - EricEric W. Tranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-87108016092903069772016-01-08T00:05:47.421-06:002016-01-08T00:05:47.421-06:00Hi, Roland,
Congrats to Damyanti and YOU, TOO! I ...Hi, Roland,<br /><br />Congrats to Damyanti and YOU, TOO! I seriously don't know how you write so much and post so much, especially with your work schedule. It's impressive for sure.<br /><br />Happy New Year, my friend. I hope you enjoyed the holidays!<br /><br />Mine were, well, INSANE. Posted about it for the IWSG... My first post this year and in over a month. UGh.<br /><br />LOVE your blogging questions. I started a bit after you, five years now. Sadly, only a few of my close blogger friends are still blogging. Life surely gets in the way. I remember when I first started, I posted every day. Kept it up for over a year. Then I slowed and now I post erratically once or twice a month if I can.<br /><br />Time seems to be running from me at greater speeds and now matter what kind of shape I am in, I can't keep up. LOL.<br /><br />I wish you all the best this year with many, many HAPPY surprises....Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-80227479130844280892016-01-07T21:21:07.429-06:002016-01-07T21:21:07.429-06:00Yes, Damyanti is the Super-Blogger all right!! An...Yes, Damyanti is the Super-Blogger all right!! And no, there is no better reason to do than to have fun! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-65197797827709639602016-01-07T21:20:12.489-06:002016-01-07T21:20:12.489-06:00I'm glad you did, too, Teresa! :-)I'm glad you did, too, Teresa! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89150305790700011902016-01-07T21:19:42.261-06:002016-01-07T21:19:42.261-06:00Like you, I like the camaraderie, and to quit now ...Like you, I like the camaraderie, and to quit now would put to naught all the hard work I've done! Ouch!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79685143053855902572016-01-07T21:18:18.833-06:002016-01-07T21:18:18.833-06:00I post every day so that is why I acquired so many...I post every day so that is why I acquired so many posts. 11 years? That is quite an achievement. My Stetson's off to you.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-10456485879847718002016-01-07T18:38:23.825-06:002016-01-07T18:38:23.825-06:00Wow, that's a blogger for sure. I guess I do i...Wow, that's a blogger for sure. I guess I do it because it's fun...is there any better reason? :)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793077012143289985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-963909848367505142016-01-07T17:18:51.394-06:002016-01-07T17:18:51.394-06:00I started in 2009 because my daughter and sister s...I started in 2009 because my daughter and sister said that I would enjoy talking with other writers. I said no for 2 years then I did and glad I did. T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-23310256978099888692016-01-07T16:06:34.672-06:002016-01-07T16:06:34.672-06:00I started in 2011 for the usual reason (to build a...I started in 2011 for the usual reason (to build a writer's platform, but with no books out yet) but hadn't expected to make so many great friends. I think things are changing and people are going down other routes but blogging has a unique camaraderie. I'll keep going as long as it's feasible.Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-52918853868371942932016-01-07T14:26:10.350-06:002016-01-07T14:26:10.350-06:00I started blogging almost 11 years ago. It has cha...I started blogging almost 11 years ago. It has changed so much, it's incredible. I've taken breaks but always come back. I think I'm closing in on 2000 posts now.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-53125692756763633252016-01-07T10:13:05.442-06:002016-01-07T10:13:05.442-06:0030,000 is quite an amazing number!
I started a ye...30,000 is quite an amazing number!<br /><br />I started a year after you, and so few of us veterans still remain. We're the stubborn ones I guess! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-27816193356119270592016-01-07T10:11:48.545-06:002016-01-07T10:11:48.545-06:00You and I are about the same in most everything. G...You and I are about the same in most everything. Good to meet a kindred spirit. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-44032347030809774892016-01-07T06:58:08.632-06:002016-01-07T06:58:08.632-06:0030,000 blows my mind.
I started in 2009 and only a...30,000 blows my mind.<br />I started in 2009 and only a handful of blogs that were around at that time are still here. Les, Elizabeth, Diane, Yvonne - they are about the only ones who still blog.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13178300381856009402016-01-07T04:20:08.672-06:002016-01-07T04:20:08.672-06:00My blog was to create that writer's platform y...My blog was to create that writer's platform you hear about. I did not realize that I had plenty of time. Write the stories first. <br />The blog has taught me what people like to read, to write better. I cringe at some old posts. Surprisingly, I have developed opinions and friends.<br />Whether, I write anything is irrelevant now. I work on my stories in my spare time.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-47981746976102311852016-01-06T23:14:12.452-06:002016-01-06T23:14:12.452-06:00I hate that you've suspended your blog, but yo...I hate that you've suspended your blog, but you must follow your own path. And you are right: writing your novels is the most important. Yet, I think that keeping a cyber-presence with a blog helps when our novels come out. May 2016 treat you great!!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-71588488062572812212016-01-06T22:41:52.811-06:002016-01-06T22:41:52.811-06:00Since I've suspended my blog, I'm can'...Since I've suspended my blog, I'm can't call myself an expert on blogging. I admire people who can keep going at it (like you, Roland), but I'm kinda burnt out on it and now just enjoy visiting blogs of my cyber friends. Meanwhile, I'm getting more novel writing done, which is what matters, right?Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.com