Emily Kinney's Blog - Posts Tagged "new-books"
i don't like blogs
Yes, this is the truth, even if in today's society it is considered a vulgar one. I simply do not like blogs. I don't understand the appeal of blogs, the need for blogs, and the overall obsession with blogs. Yes, I recognize the fact that sometimes people have so much swirling around in their noggin that it is causing their vision to become blurry and for them to walk into wall, so therefore they need a depository of somesort. Usually mine is pacing around my room muttering to myself. Sharing such mutterings to . . . anyone has always been a perposterous notion, especially since most of them would only unnerve people, or downright freak them out. My mind is not a picnic; proceed with caution.
So, indeed, the question deserves asking, why, if I am so opposed to blogs and blogging and anything that starts with B and ends with G, am I typing one right now? Well, the skinny of the matter is that it has been recommended to me multiple times by multiple sources for multiple reasons, but, if we're being honest, mostly one. I have written a book, managed to get it published, and now what the world to enjoy it. It must be admitted that a book is only good if it is being perused and devoured and giving people the emotions intended by the author. So, therefore, we endure a hefty force known as Marketing. Are blogs part of marketing? Apparently. It seems that they are no longer solely for expressing one's deep, profound, twisting, churning emotions that can't be explained to either close friends or therapists, but must be typed out online; or for exploiting forms of entertainment and declaring opinions, whether educated or instinctual, about whatever or whoever. (Which, by the by, can either help a career or hurt feelings, so be cautious when blogging.)
No, it seems the that the notorious four letter b word that sounds so startlingly similar to "blob" but isn't, has become a key factor in word-spreading.
Though, to give due credit, it might also be a way to connect. I think that's what Goodreads wants me to do on here. To connect with people. Which, truthfully, I have no problem with. I love people; I love connecting with people. I do want people to get to know me as an author, though I would be satisfied just with people knowing that I exist as an author, period. I've been at this for so long that, now that it is finally, really happening, it can sometimes feel surreal. There's so much to me and to my writing that it's hard to put into something like a blog, which I've never kept before. Shoot, I only make diary entries every three to five years. Reality just isn't my forte, ya know what I'm saying?
So, to break it down for you, I'm not a hateful person. I'm acctually very loving and have a huge, tender, bright red heart, but I just DON'T LIKE BLOGS. But, I'm about to attempt to keep one. Because maybe someone will read it. And maybe that someone will be important to me one day, and maybe, and more hopefully, I might be important to them one day.
My name is Emily Kinney; I'm a 21 year author from Maine; my novel is called The Island of Lote, and it's on Goodreads and on facebook. And, as of now, I am a blogger. (sigh) Heaven help me.
So, indeed, the question deserves asking, why, if I am so opposed to blogs and blogging and anything that starts with B and ends with G, am I typing one right now? Well, the skinny of the matter is that it has been recommended to me multiple times by multiple sources for multiple reasons, but, if we're being honest, mostly one. I have written a book, managed to get it published, and now what the world to enjoy it. It must be admitted that a book is only good if it is being perused and devoured and giving people the emotions intended by the author. So, therefore, we endure a hefty force known as Marketing. Are blogs part of marketing? Apparently. It seems that they are no longer solely for expressing one's deep, profound, twisting, churning emotions that can't be explained to either close friends or therapists, but must be typed out online; or for exploiting forms of entertainment and declaring opinions, whether educated or instinctual, about whatever or whoever. (Which, by the by, can either help a career or hurt feelings, so be cautious when blogging.)
No, it seems the that the notorious four letter b word that sounds so startlingly similar to "blob" but isn't, has become a key factor in word-spreading.
Though, to give due credit, it might also be a way to connect. I think that's what Goodreads wants me to do on here. To connect with people. Which, truthfully, I have no problem with. I love people; I love connecting with people. I do want people to get to know me as an author, though I would be satisfied just with people knowing that I exist as an author, period. I've been at this for so long that, now that it is finally, really happening, it can sometimes feel surreal. There's so much to me and to my writing that it's hard to put into something like a blog, which I've never kept before. Shoot, I only make diary entries every three to five years. Reality just isn't my forte, ya know what I'm saying?
So, to break it down for you, I'm not a hateful person. I'm acctually very loving and have a huge, tender, bright red heart, but I just DON'T LIKE BLOGS. But, I'm about to attempt to keep one. Because maybe someone will read it. And maybe that someone will be important to me one day, and maybe, and more hopefully, I might be important to them one day.
My name is Emily Kinney; I'm a 21 year author from Maine; my novel is called The Island of Lote, and it's on Goodreads and on facebook. And, as of now, I am a blogger. (sigh) Heaven help me.
