Comments on: Edit

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:46:29 +0000

I totally get how you feel. Right now, after 3.5 years, I still have some sense of anonymity because my family doesn’t read. But I know it will happen. It will all blow up and my worlds will collide and it scares me, but it doesn’t stop me from doing it.

I’ve always looked to people like you who tell it like it is and stand up for what you believe and I am in awe. It’s kind of nice to see that you have the same qualms the “rest of us” have.

By: marymac

marymac — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:44:53 +0000

One word: novel! Maybe this is why the literary goddesses invented ‘fictionalization.’ (Do I hear a Devil Wears Prada?) As a fellow blogger, I feel your pain.
We’ll all buy a copy of your new fiction! Hang in there.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:33:30 +0000

Yes! I am the same way, which is why I left blogging for several months after 6 years. My worlds collided and I just couldn’t handle it anymore. I’m back now and I think I’ve finally struck that balance between being real and keeping some things to myself.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:36:28 +0000

I so hear you. I am not my blog, and I don’t bare all on it. And we all need to figure out that balance for ourselves.

But I will admit that now I’m very curious. I’ll be here reading if and when you’re ready to share.

By: toyfoto

toyfoto — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:32:40 +0000

Word.

Blogs aren’t really diaries at all. Their are fishbowls where we throw our keys.

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:10:46 +0000

This is such a a great post, and I so know what mean. Very well put.

By: lynngg

lynngg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:09:44 +0000

There are some things that are fun to share and should be shared. There are some things that would be fun to share but should not be shared. Things others would love to know, but should not be shared. Things the world should know but we do not know how to share them. Things that we could share but no one would care. We all harbor these and the trick, as I see it, is to know which is which. Having not mastered that trick, I do not blog.

Did I miss the eyebrows thing?

By: Halala Mama

Halala Mama — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:46:02 +0000

“some things you just don’t get to know.”

I think that is the most important lesson any blogger learns. Some thing sare not for public consumption; they are just meant to be private at least for a while.

By: Mr Lady

Mr Lady — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:32:50 +0000

Mr Lady is almost nothing at all like Shannon. Her life is this pinpoint of light shining out from Shannon’s. I so know what you’re saying.

Whenever you’re ready, dude. We’re here.