Contemplations
Okay folks, listen up: I need advice/opinions here.
I want to start a WordPress blog/website. It's something I've been thinking about for a really, really long time, because I want something I can easily direct strangers to that doesn't feel exclusive or anything. And LJ, as much as I love it, does feel a little bit exclusive. It's made for community, and what I want to do isn't community-oriented, not in the way that LJ is. Also, I've had this journal since 2002. September of 2002, to be exact, which makes this particular journal seven years old. I've privatized a lot of gibberish, but frankly, I just want a clean slate, a fresh web identity, and a little bit of independence.
It's also a way to launch a professional website should I ever get published.
This doesn't mean I'm deleting this journal or leaving LJ. With WordPress, I can stream those posts over here, so people who are still following this journal don't have to follow me elsewhere. Also, this would still be the place I might discuss events of a more personal nature, because most of the people I've got friended, I know personally. They'll want to hear the news.
I know it's funny, the idea of creating a new blog when I barely keep this one up, but I think it's time to make that change. WordPress seems to have a lot more to offer, and I won't be embroiled in the drama of friending or not friending and that sort of thing.
The new blog will be a kind of central pub. I'd like to think it'll be MY identity on the web, and it has the potential to stream new readers to calico_reaction, which isn't going anywhere. This will become something smaller, more private, so I'll have it when I need it.
Granted, I haven't made a firm decision yet. For starters, I'm trying to think of what to call it. Well, what my user name would be will be separate from the name of the blog itself, which I'm tempted to use "Much Ado About Nothing," which is entirely appropriate and probably overused in the blogosphere. There's a part of me that wants to use my real name, but there's a variety of fears in using it. For starters, "Saunsaucie" is entirely too difficult to spell and now that's my middle name instead of my last name, it's becoming a more foreign and vague word to me. But on the other hand, I'm afraid of using "White" because what if the worst happens and it's not my name anymore?***
I thought about using "calico-reaction" simply because I've sort of established myself under that name anyway for book reviews, but I'm still debating. Definitely open to suggestions, which is one of the reasons I'm asking for your help.
All thoughts are welcome. Remember, if I do this, I'm not deleting either devilwrites or calico_reaction. And if you're an LJ user, you won't have to follow the new blog when you've got this one friended, because I can stream the posts from WordPress to here (stream probably isn't the right word, so forgive me). But I'd love your thoughts and suggestions. You can tell me why creating a new blog/website is a good idea. Or you can tell me why I shouldn't bother and stay here. :)
So, help a devil out?
*** = Not that I intend on the worst happening. Greg and I are quite looking forward to getting old and annoying the living snot out of each other. Ah, the joys of marriage! :)
I want to start a WordPress blog/website. It's something I've been thinking about for a really, really long time, because I want something I can easily direct strangers to that doesn't feel exclusive or anything. And LJ, as much as I love it, does feel a little bit exclusive. It's made for community, and what I want to do isn't community-oriented, not in the way that LJ is. Also, I've had this journal since 2002. September of 2002, to be exact, which makes this particular journal seven years old. I've privatized a lot of gibberish, but frankly, I just want a clean slate, a fresh web identity, and a little bit of independence.
It's also a way to launch a professional website should I ever get published.
This doesn't mean I'm deleting this journal or leaving LJ. With WordPress, I can stream those posts over here, so people who are still following this journal don't have to follow me elsewhere. Also, this would still be the place I might discuss events of a more personal nature, because most of the people I've got friended, I know personally. They'll want to hear the news.
I know it's funny, the idea of creating a new blog when I barely keep this one up, but I think it's time to make that change. WordPress seems to have a lot more to offer, and I won't be embroiled in the drama of friending or not friending and that sort of thing.
The new blog will be a kind of central pub. I'd like to think it'll be MY identity on the web, and it has the potential to stream new readers to calico_reaction, which isn't going anywhere. This will become something smaller, more private, so I'll have it when I need it.
Granted, I haven't made a firm decision yet. For starters, I'm trying to think of what to call it. Well, what my user name would be will be separate from the name of the blog itself, which I'm tempted to use "Much Ado About Nothing," which is entirely appropriate and probably overused in the blogosphere. There's a part of me that wants to use my real name, but there's a variety of fears in using it. For starters, "Saunsaucie" is entirely too difficult to spell and now that's my middle name instead of my last name, it's becoming a more foreign and vague word to me. But on the other hand, I'm afraid of using "White" because what if the worst happens and it's not my name anymore?***
I thought about using "calico-reaction" simply because I've sort of established myself under that name anyway for book reviews, but I'm still debating. Definitely open to suggestions, which is one of the reasons I'm asking for your help.
All thoughts are welcome. Remember, if I do this, I'm not deleting either devilwrites or calico_reaction. And if you're an LJ user, you won't have to follow the new blog when you've got this one friended, because I can stream the posts from WordPress to here (stream probably isn't the right word, so forgive me). But I'd love your thoughts and suggestions. You can tell me why creating a new blog/website is a good idea. Or you can tell me why I shouldn't bother and stay here. :)
So, help a devil out?
*** = Not that I intend on the worst happening. Greg and I are quite looking forward to getting old and annoying the living snot out of each other. Ah, the joys of marriage! :)