Comments on: 10 Steps to Becoming a More Interesting Blogger

By: plus_size_prom_dresses

plus_size_prom_dresses — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:16:31 +0000

I'll back again for sure, thanks for great article

By: maria01

maria01 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:48:15 +0000

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Susan

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By: maria01

maria01 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:48:15 +0000

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By: Ork

Ork — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:42:48 +0000

Interesting hints that I’m daring to use them on a different scenario. I have a daughter doing internship on a multinational company with a very difficult challenge to, besides demonstrating excellent technical skills, captivate her colleagues and be remembered on future possible job opportunities. So I’m exercising and changing the verb “write” for “talk” and adjusting the tone to understand the hints as a guide to become an interesting person. I think it can work.

Thanks for the opportunity and allowing me to find this very timely post.

Ork

By: Monica O'Brien

Monica O'Brien — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:08:58 +0000

Khyron, maybe a better phrasing would have been “don’t be fake.” Like don’t pretend everything always goes well for you to your blogging audience. It’s an invitation to talk about the difficult experiences you may have, as those can sometimes make the best posts.

Thanks for the comment!

By: Khyron

Khyron — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:52:52 +0000

Ha!

Pretending to be happy? I am happy.

Now, its a loooong story to get to why I’m happy. 2007 was not, generally, a happy year, but in the process of learning about myself more than I had in a decade, I learned how to be happy. And happy feels pretty damn good. If your happy is boring, maybe you’re just a boring person. (Speaking generally to anyone who would think happy = boring, not specifically you, although it applies.)

As for my life, ill schitt happens. You deal. You blog. You know, writing off 35K didn’t make me happy. Nor does the failure of my real estate partnership, largely at the hands of people who are supposed to be friends and general failure to execute by all of the partners (myself included). But you accept the schitt, you make/adjust plans, you act, and you move on. And you don’t have a to be a depressing bastard about it either.

Happy does not automatically mean boring. Boring means boring. Happy means appreciating and enjoying the life you have, even if its just a step on the path to loving life even more.

Peace, sweetheart!

By: Monica O'Brien

Monica O'Brien — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:43:38 +0000

Thank you to everyone for the comments, and to everyone who dugg this article. Best luck to everyone in their blogging!

By: Brad Brown

Brad Brown — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:19:10 +0000

Also remember to not let those around you criticize your writing to the point where you don’t publish certain articles. The number of critics out there is overwhelming – don’t let them stop you. Usually, when someone says “Are you sure you want to write that?,” I know it’s a good article.