I'M HEEERRRREEE!!!!!
So this blog has been a LONG time coming. I mean a
LOOONNGG time coming. I’ve been thinking about this for years—and people have been suggesting it for years—and it’s really been on my mind for the last few
months.
Recently, the biggest thing that was holding me back was finding a
good name and a focus. I know, the naming part seems like a lame reason, but I'm a big picture kind of girl. [That can be a hindrance—sometimes you just need to take the first step!] My mind got wrapped around things like theme and audience. I hadn't written one post or even decided if I wanted to commit to this seriously, and I was already thinking about branding. lol Then there's all the formatting stuff! Not my forte!
But finally, one night, I sat down and I Googled blog
names. I read a little advice, I Googled different types of blogs, I searched names I was thinking of, I wrote down words and combinations of words that described my interests and personality, I tried so hard
to think of something clever and pretty and cool and witty.
And I couldn’t.
So
I kept going. I made use of a thesaurus and a literary
technique—alliteration—and this is what I came up: Musings, Matters, Melodies. I don't know if it's clever or pretty or cool or witty. But I think it describes me perfectly.
But EVEN THEN...I didn’t start
the blog! Lol This post has been written in three
or four different sittings over many months! When I told people I was thinking about it or I was trying...I really was! Well...sort of! ☺
My biggest fear was having a name
that was too specific or too general. I’m still a little worried about the
latter, but the more I read it the more I like it, and the more I think it
really sums up what I’ll be doing here. [But
no guarantees that it won’t change.]
Anyway, since I've been pouring out my thoughts to my Facebook friends for years, they've been pushing this. Recently my friend started a hashtag — #whereisthebook. All my friends started responding to everything I wrote with that hash tag. (Ol' bandwagon jumpers.) And yesterday, another friend, sent me this...
Well...I don't know about the book. But here I am, offering my first post! And it’s my
birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
With all the symbolism that birthdays bring,
why not celebrate the beginning of this writing journey as well?! This is sort of a gift—to myself, and hopefully to the world. I hope that this space will foster great dialogue and education, like the
atmosphere on my Facebook page. So I want to say, EVERYBODY is welcome here…BUT…
You can’t bring just anything. Leave your hate, bigotry,
ignorance, foolishness, intolerance, arrogance, and general stupidity in some
other space. I’m not here for that. BRING your LOVE, perspective, insight, questions,
comments, and humor!
This post is long enough, and most of the people that
will read it in the near future probably already know me—so I’ll introduce
myself in depth in another post! I hope you guys will stay with me on this
journey. I hope you will share my thoughts, and share your thoughts. I won’t
always make it heavy, but I won’t shy away from serious issues either! We can
change the world.
