tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post3996063987129166038..comments2024-03-19T08:35:01.699+00:00Comments on Love my life: Psst. Want to start a blog?Meanqueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-53231891691523624062015-07-02T08:01:39.410+01:002015-07-02T08:01:39.410+01:00Oh! Oh! Oh! Ilona, I have only just found this won...Oh! Oh! Oh! Ilona, I have only just found this wonderful, kind, encouraging and supportive reply to my email you last summer!!! What a blooming shame that I missed it, I was still working then and didnt check for new posts every day. You must have thought me so rude for not responding! Well, thank you MQ, apologies that I'm a year late! <br />I have started my blog, very tentative, but I'm enjoying the process. As anonymous says above, you make it look effortless! <br />A belated Thank you, Ilona, once again. Sue XXXSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790641253418677833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-33981149100588741302014-09-01T18:43:15.143+01:002014-09-01T18:43:15.143+01:00Your blog is nice, I don't like lectures eithe...Your blog is nice, I don't like lectures either. Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-29457868756757528092014-08-25T08:48:35.407+01:002014-08-25T08:48:35.407+01:00Ooh, yes, do it! I find it a great hobby and also ...Ooh, yes, do it! I find it a great hobby and also use it as a kind of on-line diary. It is interesting to look back and see what I was up to, where I have got to and what I have achieved. I use Wordpress as it was the first one I came across. I find it OK, but I know others haven't. I am quite computer savvy though.<br />Good luck<br />JaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-17403209126216757572014-08-24T16:53:47.705+01:002014-08-24T16:53:47.705+01:00Good advice.
I always find the best sort of Blogs...Good advice.<br /><br />I always find the best sort of Blogs and the easiest to read (and to write) are when you feeling you are just reading chat, rather than a list of things or a lecture if you know what I mean. I find I write as I talk and sometimes have to go back and make it make sense in the written word on my Blog, but hopefully it means that it is easily readable.<br /><br />So from one Sue to another .... Go for it. :-)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-24312116576930613382014-08-23T22:38:34.339+01:002014-08-23T22:38:34.339+01:00Nasty comments - That's what comment moderatio...Nasty comments - That's what comment moderation is for and sadly limiting comments to people who have an on-line presents.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-137873825317125752014-08-23T20:08:43.441+01:002014-08-23T20:08:43.441+01:00Good Luck to Sue in her blogging venture. Hope you...Good Luck to Sue in her blogging venture. Hope you do well with the bags Ilona. I used to sew peg bags for the Cats Protection putting an applique cat outline on the front they sold like hot cakes. Have a good weekend.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356297438122299510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-52326396754570892182014-08-23T19:36:28.865+01:002014-08-23T19:36:28.865+01:00Great advice MQ. I have started about 3 blogs in ...Great advice MQ. I have started about 3 blogs in the past and didn't really keep up with them. They are harder than they look (to do a good one). You make it look effortless but keeping a wide demographric interested and keeping up with it regularly takes skill and commitment...and not to mention the pesky trolls! But I'm glad that you and a few others I follow take the time because I love reading them. I get inspired, I get good advice, I get entertained, and I the more I read the more I feel I know the bloggers and find myself genuinely rooting for them. I think it is brave telling the world about your lives, inevitably you are opening yourselves up for some criticism, I guess you have to have a thick skin to a certain extent. But don't let me put anyone off - give it a go and see what happens. Good luck with the Epworth show. Debbie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-14460808616218179382014-08-23T19:19:45.959+01:002014-08-23T19:19:45.959+01:00Ilona's advice is great. I started my first on...Ilona's advice is great. I started my first one as much as to record the arrival of our new kitten as to see if I could manage to set up a blog. I use blogger too as it is easy to start and publish your first post. I don't do much in the way of fanciness but it works for me. <br /><br />As a blog is a public entity I write with others in mind and have made some wonderful friends but always remember this is your online diary and write what you want to record and remember. Occasionally, I'll read back some of my own posts and have a lovely little delve down my own memory lane as much for what I've written as for the back stories of my life that only I know are between the lines.<br /><br />Give it a whirl, its easier than you think and it is great fun. RedSetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273883309628093072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-59523137177621357792014-08-23T18:53:54.749+01:002014-08-23T18:53:54.749+01:00I always enjoy your blog - I think you are funny b...I always enjoy your blog - I think you are funny but what I like best are the snippets about the cats. I've thought about a blog but could not deal with the nasty comments. I keep a daily record of what I do though and it's been invaluable as an aide memoire (someone got murdered near me and I had to account for my whereabouts). I like Ilona's as it is a bit of everything but then I do also like specialized ones too. I'd say go for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-71881570741184306152014-08-23T18:52:13.967+01:002014-08-23T18:52:13.967+01:00I agree with Ilona about Blogger, it really is qui...I agree with Ilona about Blogger, it really is quite easy to use. And the excitement when you get your first comment and realise that someone (apart from your best friend and your mother) has read your blog is brilliant!Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-70578115773928752302014-08-23T16:06:53.956+01:002014-08-23T16:06:53.956+01:00All this is great advice! I've had my blogs o...All this is great advice! I've had my blogs on Blogger for years and years! and I created another one, also on Blogger, for my embroidery guild. They're very impressed, have no idea how easy it is. But it is work, and you need to remember you're writing for an audience, if you are, that is! pix are lovely, don't need to be professional quality, just interesting, well composed and to the point.<br /><br />That said, I join Ilona in encouraging you to get going! and if people comment on your blog, realize how special that is, and respond to them, too. And let us know your link when you're in action, so we can come in and encourage you!Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-42967692777059960232014-08-23T14:29:09.351+01:002014-08-23T14:29:09.351+01:00Sue, it may sound intimidating at first,but you wi...Sue, it may sound intimidating at first,but you will soon get the hang of it!<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-14013670878936244002014-08-23T13:58:15.026+01:002014-08-23T13:58:15.026+01:00Great advice on getting started. I've also fo...Great advice on getting started. I've also found that when I see something on another blogger site that I'd like to incorporate, each person is anxious to help out. Also, blogger has so many opportunities to get answers to questions. But one still needs to have a bit of computer savvy.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.com