AN OLD BLOGGER

              I started Hiawatha House in 2008. My daughter set up the basic account and I had to fill in and add the bells and whistles. My source of information  was Blogging for Dummies. This reference helped me set up the side bar. I fact the first few years I made many changes. 

             So  slowly over the years I didn't add anymore to the blog. You can see that I haven't changed the front page for many years. I don't know how. My son set up what I'm using. There  are other things that I haven't used and have forgotten how they are used.

          I had to think  the other day how to manage my blog.   

         So from time to time bloggers pull a post from a long time ago. It makes for some interesting posts.

        So I thought that I should look back and see if I could get some topics from a long time ago.

       So  My first problem was how do I go back. I didn't know how to go back and find old posts. One day I accidentally clicked on archives. That did it . I could easily go back and look at older posts. I found that for the first 50 or so posts I didn't get comments. John Robinette from John's Island was the first  commenter. John is still a follower. I shamed my daughter into making comments hoping that her comment would bring in comments.

     So the story for me is that  there are things I haven't used so I'm losing them.

LOVE THOSE COMMENTS

      In my last post I left you with a question that brought many great comments. Since the question was on blogging , many people were very interested. People who  blog think about things. 

     Writers think about what topics they will deal with. Bloggers have a purpose. I started out just wanting to do a little writing to keep some skills. I've ended up with a hobby that is very interesting. 

     I was blown away with the quality of comments.   Thanks. 

    So I hope the person I had a discussion with is reading comments. So commenters say that we should be correct and after that you can write the way you want. You own the blog so you have the choices. Most blogs I follow have their own style of writing.

    The poor photo bloggers were left out in my post . However, photos tell a great story. 

     So the last blast from Smarty Pants was , "Anything worth doing, is worth doing well." I can live with that. 

JUST CURIOUS

     Recently I had a conversation about writing and in particular blogging. The person I was talking to insisted that all spelling, punctuation, sentence structure should be precise and accurate. In fact, this was a two against one conversation. 

    Now I think we should know as much as possible about good writing. There is a place for  formal writing. 

    So I think blog writing should be about your audience. You want to converse with as many people as you can. You adopt a style that your readers find interesting. You try and find material that people will like to read. 

    A couple of years ago I had someone read every blog post I wrote. The person was from Chicago and read about twenty posts a day. I was very pleased that someone would go back and read all my posts. I am curious as to who this nice person is. 

    So I think bloggers have control over what and how they write.

    What about you? What's your view on how blogs should be written? Do you think about your writing or just write the way you speak?

    So let's see whatyou think and please help me out in the two against one conversation I had.