For the Love of Blog!

My wife has been encouraging me to write blogs – I have some education about blogs – I’ve been reading and leaving comments on various blogs. Writing is not my strongest point, but the more I blog, the better I think I get. I’ve been looking at different types of blogs, looking at various styles of writing, and looking at the frequency of blog entries.

I spend time ‘twittering’ – a place to leave various short comments. I figure this helps improve my writing skills.

Another idea I’ve thought about as I’ve begun blogging is meeting with others who regularly write blogs. Discussing different aspects of blog writing, I figure I could pick up some pointers to help my blog.

So recently I read about a meeting of bloggers this past Saturday. I show up at the coffee shop, looking for this group. Downstairs I see no such meeting taking place. There are people buying coffee – so I figure ‘I’ll go upstairs – that must be where they are’. And as I climb the stairs I hear laughter that sounds great, but also high pitched. I enter the room upstairs to find the blogging group – all women.

And I could have sworn it was just like the old time western movies – the scene where the cowboy walks into the saloon; the music stops playing and everyone’s head turns to see who the new guy is. It was then I realized that I’d completely misread the advertisement. But I had come this far – I was not going to turn and leave. It didn’t help that I was a half-hour late. I’d imagined a group of people, sitting and standing around talking about blogging so I didn’t think I’d be noticed.

Then I made some really stupid comment like ‘wow I’m the only guy here’. Brilliant remark. However, it was then the women bailed me out and welcomed me to their group. So, I sat down and remained quiet for the rest of their structured, well organized and informative meeting. It was the kind of meeting I’ve been looking for. And I’m smart enough to know I won’t make this mistake again.