The Wicked Ingénue

So, um . . . yeah. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, hasn’t it? Almost nine months, in fact. I didn’t realize it’d been that long until I counted the time on my fingers just now.

Tee-hee. Adults who finger-count are awesome.

Many of you reading this probably know me from Myspace. I was a frequent blogger over there for a few years, although never a “top blogger”. I didn’t like the games, drama, and politics that saturated the Myspace blogging scene, and to be honest, I didn’t think the popular bloggers’ writing was very good. Sure, there were a few diamonds in the rough, but you really had to dig. This is one of the reasons why I began to drift away. I know I’m not alone in said drifting – basically all of my favorite Myspacers left to blog on different sites and/or start their own site, which is a really smart move. It just took me a while to follow suit, mostly because I wasn’t sure I had the desire to keep blogging.

When you’ve been off the radar for a while, it’s difficult to come back and start at square one. It reminds me of when I was new to Myspace and I posted about fifteen blogs before I finally got some responses. It’s like, why am I doing this again? Seriously. But when you finally do establish a loyal audience, it makes all those early days of nothingness worth it.

On a side note, I’m not surprised that my early blogs got no response. They were awful. I mean, one of my first blogs was about buying cleaning supplies at the drugstore (and has since been deleted). Totally rad and stimulating . . . not!

Anyway, the thing I’ve missed most about blogging is the interaction with my readers, and that’s why I decided to get serious and launch my own site. I’ve been rather lethargic in getting the ball rolling with it, but you’ll be happy to know I haven’t been slacking in other areas. I’m going into my last year as an undergraduate, I’m applying for graduate school, I’m working on several writing projects, and, of course, I’ve been continuing to work on “The Vegas Diaries”. I’m going to expand on what’s going on with the memoir in a future blog, but if you need a refresher or if you’re a new reader, check out “The Vegas Diaries” link at the top of the page.

Running my own site is totally new to me, so I might make a few changes here and there. I haven’t just poked my head out of the birth canal, but I’m not walking yet, either, so feel free to make suggestions or let me know what you want to see more of. My goal is to post at least one blog per week (and I’ll try to make them shorter – I promise! Those of you who’re familiar with my blogs know that I can be rather loquacious), so make sure you subscribe by clicking on the lovely custom-made button up there on the right. And if you’d like to check me out on Facebook and Twitter, there’re buttons for that, too.

I think that’s about it for now. It feels great to be back, and it feels great to finally have a place to call home sweet virtual home. I totally need one of those little knitted pillows to put on my keyboard.

Acknowledgement: Kerry: I have to publicly thank you for helping me with this site. If you hadn’t put this together and encouraged me to start blogging again, I’d probably still be dragging my heels. Thanks for being so awesome.