The future of the blog
When I first started this blog, on the plane on the way over here believe it or not, I had all these grand ideas that it was going to be the best blog ever; if you were a Blogspot user too, you'd be intrigued by the Hello from Hong Kong entry in the Blogs of Note section, leading to a plethora of online awards, the Sunday Times calling wanting me to write them a weekly column on the trials and tribulations of my life in Hong Kong and eventually, (natch) a publisher calling wanting to compile the columns and/or blog entries into a book. Who said cracking this writing lark was difficult?
Funnily enough, it hasn't quite turned out like that. Yet. But I really should have cast my mind back over the last 15 years or so (still can't quite get my head around the fact that looking back 15 years doesn't mean I'm 5 years old) and realised I've always been a shockingly bad diary-keeper; I could never be bothered with writing something every day - especially when all that had happened was along the lines of, 'went to school, had lessons, had lasagne for lunch, I hate Mrs. Black, she's a mean old crow, came home, went to bed.'
In the same vein, you might have noticed that these blog entries have been irregular, to say the least, even though it was my initial intention (back on that plane) to post something at least every couple of days. Then I got waylaid, partly by actual 'things to do' (i.e. househunting) and partly by the worry that what I was writing wasn't at all interesting, meaning that I lost momentum and have only posted an entry when either something specific happened, or when some incident occurred that I thought was funny/interesting/odd, etc.
However, in the interests of trying to write something regularly (as my writing course advises the aspiring writer to do) and of honouring my grand ideas from the start, I have decided to try and write a blog every day, even if it is shorter than most of the previous posts (hurrah! I hear most of you cheer) and even if nothing much has happened in the 24 hours since the preceding entry. I will, of course, continue to write blogs from the 'interesting incidents/things I've seen' category. Imagine: that might mean two entries on one day sometimes - you can hardly contain yourselves, I know!
I apologise in advance for the tedium that may well attack you at some point during your reading of these new, more frequent ramblings; I promise I won't take offence if you feel the need to comment or email me telling me to "get out and do something interesting" just so I have something to write about. (Do feel free to tell me if you like it too, I won't let my head swell too much, honest.)
PS In an attempt to widen my vocabulary, I've subscribed to a Word of the Day email from dictionary.com, and lucky souls that you are, I'm sharing the love by adding the gadget that brings you the WotD too; that way, even if you feel your eyelids drooping while reading what I've written, you can always learn a new word with which to impress your friends!
PPS Apparently, I can also add a gadget to the blog that helps you 'Find out how to swear in any language.' Dear God. At the risk of sounding very old, is this what the world's coming to??
