There have been eighteen practice posts in this blog.
What have I learned from all that practice?
- that you learn to blog by blogging
- that you learn to post by posting (regularly if possible)
- that you learn technology through lots of trial and error (and a little bit of help from your friends)
- that you find readers by reading (and liking and following)
- that writing well can’t hurt (if you’re a writer)
- that shameless self-promotion also helps
- that it’s time to stop the practice and start the performance
So I may be gone for a few days, while I struggle with “Start A New Blog,” fiddle with widgets, and like that.
In the meanwhile, if you find yourself missing “Learning to Blog,” here’s something more for you to read. It’s not really blog-like, but you might like it anyway — a scrap of memoir that appeared a few years ago in Persimmontree, an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty. I’m told it sounds like me.
You can find it at www.Persimmontree.org/v2/spring-2010/a-story/
If you do like it, please let me know by leaving a comment below. It’s always helpful to learn how readers respond to one’s writing.
And never fear. Once I conquer the technical bits, I shall — like MacArthur — return.
See you soon.
