by M. J. Joachim
I owe a
great big thank you to my friend, Lee, over at Tossing It Out today! Joined a
movie blog hop yesterday – started hopping…TIO was on the list. I follow that
blog regularly anyway. Hadn’t visited in a few days and the opportunity was
there, so I took it.
Lee is one
of those veteran bloggers who will teach you everything you’d ever want to know
about blogging – except when you sign up, you have no idea you’re about to
engage in a course on Internet writing. This is a good thing, trust me!
As a former
teacher, one who believes learning is an experience (as opposed to…well, that’s
some other blog posts for another time…I definitely have a few things to say
about learning and education; they come from so many different perspectives
too!)
So here I
was reading his post on blog commenting. He discussed bloggers, visitors, conversation etc. Then he
touched on a little thing called blog etiquette. Call me naïve, dense or a
gazillion other things…never had it clicked like this before!
I first met
Lee last year, as a newbie in his A –Z Challenge. That’s where I discovered the thrill of committing to making
regular blog posts, interacting with your followers and enjoying myself in the
blogosphere – as opposed to isolating myself with my writing & posting.
This year,
commenting and blog conversation seem to be next on the list. It’s a learning
curve, but hey, I’m getting there, one little baby step at a time.
Thank you
for visiting Writing Tips!
Until next
time, I wish you every good thing,
M. J.
Photo
credit: The Conversation, Arnold
Lakhovsky (1880 – 1937), PD – US
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Good morning!! I just joined Lee's Tossing it out blog, and I must say he is a most interesting man with much to share. I will enjoy visiting and most of all learning there very much. Thank you!! Sandy
ReplyDeleteYou won't be disappointed, I'm sure!
DeleteI will also be following your blog as well.....I do have much to learn! Thanks! Sandy
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Sandy, and thank you for following. I'm absolutely positive we'll have a wonderful time getting to know each other in the blogosphere:)
DeleteSee?? Lol.. I was right! :) Interaction is key and you do it very well. :D
ReplyDeleteI never doubted you for a moment, Mimi:) Interaction is a 2-way street - takes good people to interact with, to make it all worthwhile:)
DeleteThank you for such kind words. You just made my day a lot brighter.
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Hey, it's the least I can do, after all you've done for me! Thank you, kind sir:)
DeleteLee is awesome and definitely knows what he's talking about. :)
ReplyDeleteI know I've learned more than my share from Lee, which is one of the reasons for this post. Thanks for stopping by and visiting, Cherie:)
DeleteLee is awesome! But yes, it's better to be social in the blogosphere than not - that's how you get to know people online. Great post! :)
ReplyDeleteThere's just something about sitting at home on your computer. The concept of cyber socializing is a bit of an enigma, until you finally understand, that is.
DeleteSo nice to meet you, MJ. I'm a day early, but glad I stopped by. Happy IWSG!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you too, Joylene. I've got my post written and ready to draft. Here we go...Happy IWSG to you too!
Deleteps. forgot to add that a movie hop sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was watching a movie a little bit ago. I won't spoil it by telling you the title. I was listening to it, while working on my crochet blog post at the kitchen table. Still have to get that one posted today - ran into a few "tangles" and had to rework my design a bit. Should have it finished and ready for posting shortly. All that to tell you, I'm bound and determined to watch that movie and add it to my Top 10. It sounded so good, and then when she told me what it was about...
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