The thing about this writing business is that once you've made a start it is extraordinarily addictive; you literally get a chemical rush from the experience which is handy since I've foregone the toploading variety a couple of years ago. The two people who, to my knowledge so far, read this have been very complimentary about it. (Of course they both write blogs themselves so constructive criticism is probably the better part of valour - but they're ahead of me so it probably bodes well for the future, readership wise).
However, issues arise like the undead alongside me as I think about this process. For instance, how often should you write and what length of time between posts starts to become neglect? It's been two weeks since my last entry so am I risking having my blog taken into care? Also how do you decide how candid to be when it's likely that those of a familial persuasion will read it? If this were a 'Dear Diary' situation it would be possible to get all Hollywood on the arses of any who happened to open the pages of a hard copy version, however secretly pleased you might be. The same can hardly be said of this situation can it? It's ok if you include 'adult' content because these dear people give you a disclaimer/warning that can be used if needs be. Not in this case though.
Perhaps that's a gap in the process? There could be an equivalent that says something like: "You are about to access material that, after you read it, you may wish you hadn't for a variety of reasons. You may experience detail overload leading to a breadth of emotions which the writer has no intention of accepting any responsibility for whatsoever. If you want to swallow the red pill click here. If you want to swallow the blue pill and never know what might have been, click here." x-))
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