The theme of this blogfest is to talk about why you started blogging in the first place.
I actually have two reasons, but the first was to start out as a design blog/journal for my work on Eldritch Witchery and The Witch. I was going to talk about what I was doing, the playtests and the writing process.
I did do all of that, though not to the level I thought I was going to do. Instead reason number 2 took over.
I used to be very active in online message boards. I spent a lot of time on Planet AD&D, Eden's Boards and various boards for other systems. I was also involved a lot in RPG.net and the Kitten Board forever. Boards are fun, but rules over what you can post vary. D&D boards don't want to hear about my Unisystem stuff, and visa versa. Some boards have very strict mods while others don't.
With blogging I got to post what I wanted, the way I wanted to post it.
If I wanted to spend a week on vampire movies or anime or stats for various witches in various game systems, I can.
Getting to know other bloggers was just a really nice and totally unexpected benefit.
I hope that doing this has improved my own writing and opened up a new avenue of social networking for me.
Note: White Dwarf Wednesday will appear later today.
20 comments:
That's one of the things I love about blogging - the freedom of it!
It's always nice to write about what you want. I used to play White Wolf games and I spent a lot of time there. :)
I started blogging after attending a book festival and hearing a talk on it. That was almost seven years ago.
Getting to know other bloggers is one of the awesome parts of blogging!
I agree. Getting to know other bloggers has been a wonderful unexpected benefit.
I agree about the freedom of blogging, it's fantastic. And I also agree that meeting so many great people has been a benefit I never expected! Nice to meet you through this fest. :)
Blogging does have great freedom. That's one reason why I love it so much!
Thanks for participating in my blogfest!
I used to post on a lot of message boards too, then just got tired of how so many boards had cliques and dogpiling. I started my current blog after my old Angelfire site was deleted by some crazy woman and her sycophantic friends.
@all and thanks for providing a GREAT object lesson in why blogging is great. Se everyone here, posting and talking. Thanks everyone!
@Carrie-Ann, OMG I forgot how cliquey boards can get. I never seemed to be in the "cool" cliques and often was in the "trouble maker" ones.
In fact there may be some Buffy the Vampire Slayer boards I am still banned from. Though there are not many of those left.
one of my novels is about witches...gotta love witches. i also used to post on boards, but stopped because of the drama that inevitably ensues (what is that?!)! enjoyed your post!
I'm glad I haven't gotten to the "boards" yet. Blogging seems to take up enough time,and you're right, you can say anything you want. Thanks for visiting my blog...I'm very pleased to meet you.
@Jessica, what is your URL? I can't load your profile.
And now with your blog it's the best of both worlds.
I was never online until I began blogging and didn't know there were D&D boards. That was probably a good thing.
I resisted having a blog for the longest time because I felt like I didnt' have enough to say. But it turns out that I love blogging.
The blogging/writing community is awesome and I've met so many wonderful people.
Just stopping by from the blogfest to say hello! :)
blogging is freedom and you get to meet others who are like you!
glad you started!
I love the variety in the blogging world too - each of us gets to pick and choose what we talk about. Even within set types of activities like blogfests, we get to choose what to write about. :)
That's a great reason to start a blog, it certainly is nice to be able to write about what you want to!
Hiya, popping in from LG's blogfest (thanks for your kind words on my post, by the way). The freedom of blogging vs message boarding is how I'm beginning to view indie publishing, which has become a goal for me for 2013. A scary goal, sure, but knowing I can do whatever I want when publishing independently of a publishing "company" feels more and more exciting. :-)
I prefer blogs to message boards, too, for most things. Nice meeting you. :)
The only boards I've been on had to do with parenting, and we sort of talked about everything on there, BUT it's limited what anyone else can share with you, what anyone else may have in common. I also enjoy the freedom of blogging. I'm hoping to make Fridays a day to talk about whatever the heck I want to.
Shannon at The Warrior Muse
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