There are so many blogging and writing conferences nowadays, that it is getting a little crazy. And what good are they? They take us away from our families and cost too much money. Wouldn’t it be nice if one of us would just whittle down all our concerns about writing into one succinct question — a single query that explains it all.
I have done that for you.
Here is it –the ONE essential question about personal writing that you must ask yourself, and once answered, will save you time, energy, stress, and gray hair, as well as bring you to incredibly success and fulfillment –
“How do I continue to be honest and open about my life, exposing my weaknesses, neuroses, fears, and failures, expressing my battered mind, broken heart, and timid soul with authentic words and emotions during the day, and still convince others that I am normal enough to have sex with at night?”
I’m so relieved that I don’t have to attend anymore conferences. Because if talking to people was a strength, I wouldn’t have a blog.
Alex@LateEnough posted I Love My Son- A Delightful Set Of Bad Quality Photographs
Wait, this writing thing was supposed to get people to sleep with you?
I am so being gypped on this one!
dude that is the one and only most essential question ever
Slow Panic posted Friday Anxiety
that is the crux of it, isn’t it?
flutter posted grace
Live your real life as yourself and blog under a nom de plume.
Rufus Shepherd posted Detour
spin, baby.
fortunately I only have to convince one person
and I don’t even have to convince them
they’re pretty much a sure thing
was that poem about me?
yeah, baby, that was all about you…
Rene Foran posted apollonia
You were smart to get your social life all arranged before you started blogging.
everyone has got some kind of emotional baggage, some just hide it better than others
Erika posted Love Letter
I’ve been doing it wrong.
Jade posted Ink
That’s pretty much the question I have posed to myself with all my relationships!:)
Sometimes you should have the sex first thing in the morning.
Neil, I’m going to spank you. When you’re extravagantly humble, I think you’re just fishing for reassurance. It’s false modesty.
Some of us, in our backgrounds, are taught that behaving with dignity and confidence is tantamount to arrogance. My Catholic childhood was full of it. Perhaps your Differently-Faithed background contributed to this.
On the other hand, American culture teaches that humility is for losers–a distinct national brand of philosophy. (And I use the word “brand” on purpose.) The Prosperity Gospel and Positive Thinking people are full of it.
So, you’re an aggressively humble man in a culture that scorns the humble. Yet you know that you’re smarter than most and hotter than some. A double bind, as R. D. Laing would say.
He would also say that constantly comparing yourself to the more successful (or, for that matter, gloating over the less successful) aggravates the your distress.
Accept yourself, and others will accept you, too.
THH
P.S. Oh, and just get laid already. It ain’t that hard.
The Honourable Husband posted Quainter
This is why there’s never been a need for a BlogHim conference.
I originally typed that as “BlohHim” which changes the statement entirely.
unmitigated me posted Finally took a picture
You’re right, of course. Fucking brilliant really.
Well that’s actually an easy one Neil. You just tell people it’s a character study for a novel you have in mind.
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Noted, tattooed to forearm.
Holmes posted Me At Indie Ink