Most anal organized bloggers have day-of-the-week themes for their blogs. I follow many and think, I wonder if they’d ghost write for me sell me a clue?
Sigh.
No.
“It’s supposed to be fun!” they say.
And, it is – – when it’s an in-the-moment impulsive response to external stimuli.
[A fancy-schmancy way of saying “when something funny or redunkulous comes on my radar screen.”]
“Oh,” says writing buddy, Sherry Isaac, from Canada (The Land of The U Hogs). “Nothing to write about, eh?”
[Sherry rarely uses “eh”, which is very annoying. I’m trying to master the language before I cross the border in TWENTY-SIX SLEEPS!.]
“No. I’ve got lots of ideas written in one of my notebooks. Somewhere. It wasn’t a posting day when the idea hit me. Now, it’s a posting day and the idea has the flu.”
I have kicks-my-butt, Brinda Berry, guesting every other Wednesday on my blog glob. It’s only a B-L-O-G on the sane days, The Day of the Regular Post.
She would normally be here today. “So, why isn’t she?” you don’t ask, so I ask for you.
[You’re welcome]
Thanks Fungorilla.com!
Because, she’s the one who noticed hers was the last post on this site.
Her Cairn Terriers probably have more balance than I have.
YIKES!
That’s when I thought…
I need A ROCKING good fib reason for my irregular, erratic, woefully dysfunctional glob schedule.
So there I sat, kicking around creative fibs reasons, when the truth bonked me on the noggin.
I prefer the week-of-the-day approach. It’s a personal preference: a potayto/potahto, good reason/lame excuse, topic-of-the-day/day-of-the-topic thing.
This is a week. Today is a day. Any day is a glob waiting to happen. I looked in the mirror this morning and commanded: You are a glob today
*I think I meant that in a good way.*
The topic did not come to me immediately. It happened when I was in a deeply medicated meditative state. Yoga. Surely one of those impossibly body-bending positions would drop pearls of wisdom from wherever they’re stored.
There I was, in the whatchamacallit position, pondering whether or not I should get a pedicure (yes), when I realized interviews with members of my Yoga class offered a plethora of opportunities.
Thanks Bixbi.blogspot.com
MEET RED
He’s taking Yoga as a means of finding the hangy-downs that seem to have gone missing.
I don’t know what happened. They were there until that cold winter day when they took me for a ‘little ride‘.
I think they’re just stuck
Reaction to the cold and all.
Studly dudes, you know what I mean, right?
Thanks Fropki.com
ORANGE WIENER
DUDE, get a grip!
On reality.
Take of lick!
They aren’t there, and they ain’t coming back.
I had a little wiener, with mini-melon balls, but I could hump my stuffed Teddy Bear with the best of ‘em.
She said, “you go under that fence one more time and you’re getting clipped.” I thought she meant a hair buzz. That would have grown back. This? Not happening.
Funny Free Pics.Blogspot.com
VIOLET
Yeah, well your DUDEliness is the reason I had to sit around the house like this once a month.
I heard all about it on the street – – unwanted pregnancy, homeless pups.
Papa Dog meanders home after being all in my business, slurps up his breakfast, belches, and takes a snooze.
I had elective surgery. So, even if you still had your stuff, you wouldn’t stuff it near me.
Thanks somethinamazing.blogspot.com
BORN TO BE BOLD
I’m glad you’re DUDE-LESS WONDERS.
The joy of letting it all hang out on a cool floor on a hot summer day….
Amazing!
You have no idea how good my Vajayjay* feels right now.
*Shout out to Jenny Hansen for our clean word of the day. She most recently used it in a HILARIOUS post. You MUST read it! Click here! for the first in this series. And here for the second.*
Thanks FunnyFunda.com
GREEN ENVY
I speak with the voice of experience.
I think you’re all knuckle-heads for making such a big deal out of this whole balls business.
I used to feel it, too. Then, Yoga showed me the way to true serenity.
If I want some Moe and Joe going on, I make it myself.
.,
And, that’s when the truth knocked he on the noggin. I should and can post when an idea happens and the mood is right.
So, how about you? I know some find glee in the regular blog schedules — it shows in the quality of your writing. When I click on your link, I know what type of read awaits me because you’re always game on (!). For this, I hate envy you.
Is my concern over irregular posts – – willy-nilly, twice a week, once-a-week, when it suits me a bad choice? Is it a case of that quote from Eleanor Roosevelt (quoted by Psychological Sizzle and Wildflower, Sherry Isaac, in her recent post titled Who’s Holding the Pen?)
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Or, could it be a character flaw rearing it’s ugly head. One I’ve had since childhood. “Don’t tell me what I have to do or can not do.
Why? Because, I’ll do exactly the opposite.”
Leave a comment! And, for all that is good and kind within you, please don’t tell me you don’t give a flying flip when I post. It’s the only directive I can follow without getting hives.
IMPORTANT B-L-O-G UPDATE: (aka “I can add what I want when I want just because…)
My glob touches on the light side of a topic that Megan MM Mitcham recently posted titled The Obstacle Course Called Life. It is a rocking, emotive, and HEA article about gratitude for what we have and reaching out – – even when we’re fearful – – to make a difference in the life of another living creature.
ROFL!! A great way to get to the point Gloria – had me in stitches.
As you know, I do post on a schedule with theme days. The structure really works for me and I do believe that posting on a regular basis (even if it was ad hoc) is crucial to getting, keeping and growing readership. So I think as long as you post a couple times a week, any time during the week, you’d be fine.
But it also depends on your goals. Maybe blogging for you is just a creative outlet and growing a brand or readership isn’t as important to you? Maybe it goes deeper than that and you have a very real, tangible result you want to attain via blogging?
I think the real answer to your question lies in your goals and definition of success. Once you know what you want to get out of it, you’ll have a better sense of what you need to do to get there…and then you’ll have to decide if that can work for you or not…
Either way, you know we got your back girl!
You are SO one of those insanely funny bloggers, Natalie.
I always get a smile when I see your (SANEly regular) posts in my inbox.
Why? Because I know you’re going to have something over-the-top to say. It’s Urban Wednesday at your site today, right? You and Hubby aka BLOG HECKLER likely did something in public. Something that will have me wishing there was a 36 point capability in comments for KA-SHNORT!
Interesting question on what I want to get out of my blog. It’s more what I want to put into it. My voice. I want to cut loose with humoUr. Let people know me who haven’t yet met me. I’ve met some of my best writing buddies in the on-line community.
My Work-in-Progress is full of humoUr hits. But, there, I’m constrained by the plot, staying in voice. It’s also been a HUGE focus for me over the last several months. MUST GET IT FINISHED!
Here? Not so much. Now I’m going to be-bop over to your Urban HumoUr post for today and check out the latest. Follow me, readers! You’ll love Natalie.
And Gloria Richard hits her stride! Embrace the unpredictable! It is so you! Glad you have found your validation, with a little zen sprinkled on top.
Lost count of how many laugh-oout-loud ka-shnorttles I let loose reading this. Hysterical, yet wise. But then, I expected nothing less, my friend.
26 sleeps, eh? (See, I said it.) Then you will meet Lily and Tucker. You remember Tucker? He likes to tap out chat messages when I step away from the keyboard.
Tucker meows a few octaves higher than most male cats. Just saying…
Counting the sleeps until I get there, Sherry.
I know I’ll post from Canada — I’m sending some of the U’s back down here. You have been warned.
And, you know of one blog-waiting-to-happen en route. But, shhhhh keep it quiet.
Perhaps I’ll turn the keyboard over to the Tuckster for his very own paragraph. That will give all a flavoUr (Hah! Stole one already!) for what I sometimes see in our chat window.
hey Gloria, whatever works for you works for me. Thanks for blessing us with your humor! (My dog is hiding her photo album as we speak). I don’t always get inspired on the day, and sometimes I’m frantically sitting here sucking my coffee down and hitting my head saying “Wake up! You have to write something, it’s Monday!”.
I’ve found that the best way to handle this dilemma is to not write down blog ideas when they hit, actually write the whole friggin’ blog and leave it unscheduled in the lineup as a draft. That way, on the days I can’t think of anything, I have blogs waiting in the pantry, complete and ready.
Wish it always happened like that!
Bless you, my friend, for giving me permission to do whatever I want to do whenever I want to do it.
It’s the only way I’ll be able to handle this globular sensation.
And, I know you’re right. The best way to handle the idea-as-it-hits dilemma is to write copy for the post that goes with it when it happens.
I spend more time worrying about when I’m going to write an article to fit a snort-attack than it would take to write the dang thing!
Gracie! It’s inner editor, Gracie, again! With my WIP, the world sees it when it’s ready to go.
With my glob, it’s “out there” — in every sense of the word.
LOL! Erratic globs unite. That’s all I can say to that! Keep globbing on any ‘ol week of the day. Works well for my pantser all-over-the-place heart.
We need a hashtag, August. #globsters
I’m saving your post on healthy packaged foods. You have the best tips. Love it, love it, love it.
Great tip, Jessica! I always write down ideas, but sometimes when it comes to writing them the mood has passed.
Gloria, “they” say, “Get on a schedule. Keep readers interested and coming back.” For me, once a week works. I don’t pick a day. I let it happen when it feels right. No one wants to read forced glob words. I like your style. Wild. Unpredictable. Hilarious!
And, I love your posts. You obviously hit the computer when the right idea hits you.
Your latest is a must read. I’m adding a ping-back to it in the body of my text.
Your heart-warming and action-invoking post deserves more traffic than it received.
And, ta-daaaa. This post happens to touch on the very subject you addressed.
Look for the ping back tonight or tomorrow.
Aawwee! Thank you, Gloria!! I sincerely appreciate the blog love and promo. This one was certainly from the heart.
You called me..ummm…..organized and not that other word, right? I cannot tell you how many times I stare at my screen saying, “Topic, topic, topic.” Yeah, the sreen never works back. It’s not like that magic 8-ball thingie. Maybe I should get one of those. That might be the most fun EVER.
The tech theme here gives me some guidance. On my own blog, I’m a subject-of-the-moment kind of gal. These are sometimes blank moments.
You are always the humorous highlight of my day when you post. I think it IS your theme. What are you talking about?
OMG! I have a theme! I have a theme!
Good blogging guidelines suggesting “interesting and informative” for rules-rules-let-there-be-rules.
I’m informative-challenged. But, hey. Humor makes a decent replacement, right?
Right?
(Oversized Male Genitalia, you have a theme?! You just can’t say OMG around me anymore cuz that’s where my brain goes…)
Yeah, like that isn’t where your brain tends to stroll anyway.
Just saying…
I love your glob, Gloria, and am always excited to read those thoughts of yours as they appear on the screen. I don’t give a rat’s patootie when people post as long as it’s entertaining (which yours are) or informative (ditto on this). My only scheduled day is Saturdays when you-know-who sends me his letters. If I didn’t like him so much, I’d say he was kinda pushy about it. Other than that, it’s when the topic moves me enough to glob about it.
Ooooh. Benedict. I get non-spayed viscerals with each letter he writes and the pictures you share, Tami.
You areHe is the bomb on the voiceyou sharehe shares on those pages.If I don’t always comment, it’s because I’m busy googling* him.
*Googling sounds a lot naughtier than it is, don’t you think?
Oh, how I’ve missed you, Gloria! Your voice, your humor, your spot on truth of-the-matter revelations . . . all of it!
Okay, let me just be upfront and tell you: you are not the only one. I too am one of those bloggers who cannot be relied upon to post regularly; it simply isn’t going to happen, and actually, I have made my peace with it. I’ll start to twitch a little when it’s going on 4 or 5 days, but if I am over-extended — especially with WIP business — then it will just have to wait. Priorities: I’ve commissioned them for a reason, and sticking to them pays out generously in the end. “Book” by Gloria Richards will thank you later for all those non-posts.
;-)
However . . . it must said that, whenever you post, I am always happy to come on by and read you. You are a delightful wit who says what many of us are thinking and feeling, and then goes about making us laugh with your comedic charm.
Happy Wednesday, dear lady!
~ Cara
Aw shucks,*blushing* Cara, you are always so kind in your comments.
For those who don’t yet follow her, or haven’t yet found her awesome new website. Cara recently launched a website for her completed YA manuscript, Awakening Foster Kelly.
And, (woot!) she shares excerpts.
Click here to take a peek at the voice of Cara. She’s a master at the craft.
I love the yoga dogs!! And good for you for embracing your glob.
I’m gonna tell you the secret to making the theme day thing work: KEEP LOTS OF DRAFT POSTS.
Seriously, when you’re in a mood or have 20 minutes, write down what’s in your mind and save it. It will jog you when it’s time to put up a glob. I keep 6-10 drafts running at all times.
Let me know if it helps. It also keeps the stuff in one place, rather than spread across computers and notebooks. Just sayin…
p.s. Thanks for the shout out on the BCBOV and the OMG. :-)
And, she checks in! One of the other globular sensations who is always game on (!).
With the novellas I write as comments, I think one theme should be Common Tater. I started a draft on that one yesterday.
Inquiring minds always want to know more when they hit your blog.
Keyboards across the nation (and beyond) have your posts on their hit list. They’ve been spewed upon once too often. Just saying…
Thanks for commenting. And, yes, you altered the meaning of OMG for me forever.
LOL…love the yoga dogs. I only have one day that’s theme-like but then I’m running a series. I do what Jenny does and create drafts when the fire is hot, but I still have my seat-of-pants posts too. Embrace the glob :)
Okay. That’s two votes for “start drafts when the fire is hot”. Makes sense, especially since I plan to blame anyone by myself if one of those random posts accidentally publish.
The chance I could do that? I’ll simply say Slim and Nil stand at the back of the line.
Thanks for the visit, Raelyn. I’ll be over to stalk when things settle.
One million thanks, Gloria!!
Your glob is one of the funniest out there!
As for mastering “eh” before you go to Canada, here’s the advice I gave to my husband (who’s an American who immigrated her after we got married). He kept putting “eh” in the wrong places and we were finding it way too funny for me to let it continue at his expense. I gave him a couple simple rules to follow until he could master the nuances to it.
Eh is mainly used almost as punctuation to indicate we’re sort of asking a question and want some kind of response.
“Nice weather today.” = Statement. No need to reply.
“Nice weather today, eh?” = You expect some sort of response even if it’s only a grunt.
We’ll also use it to emphasize an affirmative. So if someone says to me…
“Gloria’s blog is hilarious.”
I’d respond…
“I know. eh.”
Whatever you do, don’t use “eh” the way the Canadian spoofs do unless you’re intentionally trying to be funny :)
Phew! Marcy to the rescue. I don’t want to start an international incident.
As for trying to be funny when using it, people think I’m
a tadgoofy even when I’m serious. They mean that in a nice way. Right?NOTE TO SELF: Google Canadian Spoof usage of ‘eh.’
You are a “kick”, a joyous uplifting kick! thanks for your words. Reading you is a wonderful way to start my morning coffee drinking-blog viewing-waking up time. I am so going to enjoy following you.
Aw, shucks, Penny. [Insert blushing Emoticon guy here.] Thank you!
I must, must, must toodle on over to your B-L-O-G. Look for a novella disguised in comments soon!
ROFLMAO I loved this. Great way to get to the point. LOL. I love your glob. :)
I just went to a conference with a gal that was Canadian and she did say “eh” all the time. I thought it was fun.
If you are not flying by the seat of your pants, you’re not you! Funny post girlfriend!
Your posts, I await eagerly. Post away, girl! Whenever you’re due to spew comedic material just like this one! :)