How supportive are your family (or friends) of your blog?
I am like the Rodney Dangerfield of bloggers, as I don’t get any respect. No that is wrong, as there are some bloggers that regularly read my posts, but that was fun to write. I think that my writing is far superior to most bloggers and I see people write crap and they get about 50 Likes on their posts, where I struggle to get 10. Anyway, to answer the question, since I don’t have any friends and I don’t really talk with my family, I don’t get any support, but I am not expecting any.
Do they do anything to help with your blogging efforts?
My writing is a solo effort, just like my sex life.
Do they read your work and offer a critique, if so, how do you react to it?
Nobody is interested in genius and telling myself that keeps me writing every day.
Written for Blogging Insights #58 by Dr. Tanya where this week she is concerned with the support that we get from family and friends on our blogs.
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Jim I think you are selling yourself on no friends. I realize social media friends get defined different but I like to consider you a friend on this platform. Your range of daily writing topics is impressive. I feel blessed and I think others do also to have found Song Lyric Sunday thru a social media friendship with you.
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I was not counting virtual friends and I do consider you to be one, but I have no plan to ever meet you or any other of my virtual friends.
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That’s a big disappointment Jim. I was planning on a get together so you could convince me to become a Deadhead!
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I think that you have already become a Deadhead Peter.
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So my parents would kill me if they knew I was publishing erotica!
But I have two friends who are also blogging so, they definitely give me support.
It’s been kinda fun to share with each other.
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It is good to have friends, but as I got old, all of mine were displaced.
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“My writing is a solo effort, just like my sex life.” Oh snap! 😂
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Was I sharing too much there?
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No. I though it was hilarious.
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If I waited for family to comment it would be the longest wait.
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We are in the same boat.
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At least we have each other 🙂 a boat or ship of writers I like that.
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That sounds cool.
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Sorry but my blogging life is even more dismal than yours. Can’t help ya.
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I am not complaining, I was just answering questions.
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My family is very patient with me because I’m on here a lot.
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Do they ever read your posts?
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My wife sometimes reads…I don’t do facebook much at all…but I will post them on there sometimes…she will read them from there.
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My husband and nephew are aware that I have set up a blog and I mention them frequently.
Melody told me when she encouraged me to start to never worry the number of likes or compare my work to others.
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I never write about my family and it sounds like you got some good advice from Mel.
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I’ve found it’s best to always open your own post(s)
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Good idea.
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I’ve been blogging for years and every time I tell someone about my blog they seemed surprised that I’d have one. I had a pretty big following for one of my blogs but restarting seems to be very humbling so far.
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I am retired and I don’t really do much else besides blogging.
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