I put it out there on all the major social media--Facebook, Twitter, sometimes others.
But how often do I really expect friends (I mean people I know face-to-face) to read it?
Yesterday at work, a friend said, "Are you Southern City Mysteries?" He had seen the blog before, but hadn't put it together that it was actually mine and not just something I link to Facebook every once and a while.
Have you ever had a secret discovered? If it was writing, how did the emotions mesh? Were you excited for people to know or more embarassed that the secret was out?
FYI--today in history: Machu Piccu "discovered" by an American archeologist in Peru in 1911.
Michele - Oh that is interesting to have someone in your face-to-face life read your blog. A few people I know in my face-to-face life read my blog, but in the main, that doesn't happen. When I first started writing, I didn't tell anyone at work until my first novel'd been published. So in that sense, it was a secret, but since then, I've told a lot of people; You have to get the word out, or that's what I think...
ReplyDeleteWhen I started Blogging, I tried to get people at work to read, and only a few did. A couple of those started their own Blogs, and now we discuss it at work. It's very club-ish :)
ReplyDeleteSome co-workers discovered my blog because they were curious about something on my FB page. They thought the idea was great but don't follow because they don't write. I wonder sometimes if they lurk.
ReplyDeleteGiggles and Guns
I get very self conscious when I find out that family members read mine.
ReplyDeleteI'd be embarrassed! I don't want the two worlds colliding! I have two Facebook accounts. No one in 'real life' knows about my 'writing life.'
ReplyDeleteKiersten White actually posted on this same topic this morning. You might find it interesting:
http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com/2010/07/public-persona-of-private-life.html
something similar happened to me back when I was at college. During the exam one of my professor told me WELL YOU MIGHT MAKE A PARALLEL BETWEEN THIS BOOK AND MODERN SHOWBIZZ SINCE I KNOW YOU'RE AN EXPERT IN HOLLYWOOD. I was shocked because he always seemed as a very cold and reserved teacher who doesn't pay much attention to students, so I didn't know that he read our student magazine and that he knew I was the film editor in it :)
ReplyDeleteYou mean he didn't notice your photo?
ReplyDeleteI've never had that experience, but I imagine it would be a bit surreal at first...and then highly gratifying (especially if the person like what they read).
ReplyDeleteThat would be odd - no one I know in the 'real' world reads my blog. Only my immediate family knows I write at this point. I imagine it would throw me off for a bit - I'm pretty shy in that real world :)
ReplyDeleteI had one really bad experience where a co-worker was secretly reading my blog, and once threw something I said (or didn't say) at my face when we were having a professional discussion. How he found the blog, I really don't know. This was in the first few months, when I was averaging one comment in ten days.
ReplyDeleteBut even now, I wonder if anyone else from my real life knows about this.
Sometimes I'll add a tagline to the email of an acquaintance with my blog on it (easy way to tell someone I'm a writer). Then, later, when I'm checking my blog stats, I'll see the number of people following me from the Charlotte area--and, yes, it does make me surprised. But I figure most people that I know will read my blog just once in a blue moon...or maybe just one time out of curiosity, since the blog is really for writers.
ReplyDeleteMargot- A part of me wishes I had waited...Now everyone asks and I feel like they expect a lot out of me!
ReplyDeleteWill- That sounds pretty cool. I think most face-to-face people think I'm a dork!
Mary- I have a friend who lurks, but she doesn't do it creepily. But I know what you mean!
Jamie- I totally get that. Family is too close!
Corra- Two accounts--I should have done that! And thanks for the link.
Dez- That's hilarious! Just when you think you know someone...
Alex- I know, right?
DL- That's always the question, isn't it? And one you can't ask.
Jemi- It is much easier to be outgoing on here--you have that right!
Rayna- That's just unprofessional on his part. Strange feeling, isn't it? I mean, the Internet is a public place!
Elizabeth- I have the link as a tag on my emails, but I'm thinking of taking it off. Just too weird.