“I don’t know how you blog,” a friend of mine said not long ago. “I worry so much about what other people think. I don’t know how you do it. I mean, you actually have to deal with ‘trolls.’” I had to be honest and say that my reach is really too small to attract…
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To Reply or Not To Reply? A Blogger’s Dilemma
I intended to share pictures from our Grand Rapids trip today, but I realized when I started working with photos that a whole slew of them are on Christian’s phone, which is currently with its owner on a business trip. So I will take this opportunity to ask a question of you, my readers, this…
Read MoreSo Much To Say, Not Enough Time
I’ve been trying to do too much in this time with the fourth baby nursing–carry too many responsibilities, juggle too many balls. Something’s got to give. I love posting every day, but let’s be honest–it’s a lot of extra writing, and lately I’ve been scrambling to get it done at all. So I am switching…
Read MoreIndulging in a Bit of Good, Old-Fashioned Stream of Consciousness
Lately I’m suffering from extreme lack of creativity in blogging. Of course, it doesn’t help that it’s turning into one of Those Times. You know. The ones when all petty irritations converge on a point, namely your nerves, and suddenly all the drama of the Furies comes gushing out of your mouth upon the heads…
Read MoreA Lack of Focus
Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life was a movie this guy would be buried in the credits as something like “Second Tall Man.” —from “The Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay” There are times when I really do have “so much to say”—beautiful stretches of…
Read MoreA Conversation Only an NFP couple could have
“Christian, guess what? I found the old thermometer.” “Oh, yeah? Where was it?” “In my pajama drawer. So what do you think, do we keep using the new one? ’Cause this one registered the temperatures so much lower.” He eases into bed. “You know,” he says, “I never really liked that thermometer anyway. This new…
Read More7 Quick Takes, vol. 78
1. I have just finished reading “Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther” this week. It started out somewhat questionable, to be honest. The first few “entries” weren’t written very well. I thought I was headed down the poorly-written Christian literature route, but I gave it a few more pages since the opening entries were…
Read MoreBreaking the Addiction, Day 7
When various blog-friends began talking about an internet fast for Lent, my first reaction was, Whoa! That is a *great* Lenten penance! In every word they wrote, I recognized myself, but I felt sure that I couldn’t do it myself. After all, the reason I began blogging was to develop a “platform” (if you’re not…
Read MoreKate’s Rules of Blogging for New Writers
1. It’s OK to spend the time blogging, even if you aren’t sure how many people are reading. Blogging replaces my personal journal. It teaches focus, titling, brevity and hooks. How can you argue with something that helps you record your life and thoughts at the same time that you practice writing? 2. But beware…
Read MoreNegative Feedback
I guess I should take it as a positive, that someone decided to leave a negative comment. After all, that means that I evoked a response, that someone visited and read who thinks differently from me–and feels strongly enough about it that they were willing to call me on it. I shouldn’t let it bother…
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Kathleen M. Basi 