Katz's cousin Judy in California was nice enough to ask Joel, a relative and a writer, to take a look at It Was a Cold and Stormy Night and give me some of that feedback I've been asking for. He was kind enough to oblige.
Joel liked the easy flow of my writing and found me to be "readable." Hurray!
He acknowledged that he, too, knows "the pleasure of rewriting and playing around with words." To avoid getting stuck he suggested "setting a time limit on the daily rewrite and giving the blank page on the screen equal time." And he told Judy to tell me, "No dessert or new outfits unless she turns out two pages daily for a month." I hate to shop these days so no new outfits won't be a problem, but no dessert! Yikes!
Finally, Joel had a couple of suggestions for my blog, and I'd like to see what everyone else thinks. Should I:
-Eighty-six the white print on the black background because it's hard to read.
-Avoid blogging every day to take the pressure off my followers.(I haven't been every-day-faithful for awhile, so this may be a moot point.)
-Change things up a bit so the blog isn't always about "me, me, me." (I'm worried about this one. What do bloggers write about if they don't write about themselves? I'm going to need help, ideas, and direction to pull this off!)
Joel, thanks for inspecting my blog so carefully. As for the rest of you, tell me what you think of Joel's suggestions. With the right encouragement, I'm willing to give them a try, so keep that feedback coming.
3 comments:
Posting Anonymously to see if it works (Jamar):
Agree that White on black is a little harder on the eyes with the default font, the standard dark text on white background will also make your links show up a little better.
The white on black does not bother me. Usually my computer room is dimly lit so I actually like the light text against the dark background.
I agree, not luv the white print on black Change it.
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