I’m looking for input on an idea. It all started like this…
I decided to play with a pseudonym, but I didn’t want to have to keep signing in and out of this WordPress account to keep my name a secret, so I went to … hold on to your seats … Blogger. Don’t everyone gasp at once. I’ve been there for a whole four days and not a single peep out of any one of the maybe three people who have looked at my blog. Needless to say, it’s frustrating. SO much harder to follow people over there – I swear I can hear crickets. You may be wondering just why I would want a pseudonym. Easy. Yes, that’s right, I want something easy to write – short, sweet, random, funny snippets that don’t take away from the theme and goal of this blog, which is to talk about my life in a reasonable manner and to further my career as a novelist. I can’t see shooting out the occasional random crap as a stop to reaching that goal. The other, more important reason for my Blogger blog came up in relation to my shoulder. I’ve been told to bend over and let my arm hang, swinging every once in a while to keep the joint lubricated. Just like I need to lubricate my creative joint by writing… But writing things like decent fiction and grammatically correct articles takes up so much time!! So here’s my crazy little idea.
What if I created another WordPress blog, just for this purpose. I could keep the pseudonym, only everyone will know it’s me, because when I write and comment my gravatar will be there. Would you follow me? Some of it will be semi-fictional, some will be more like a tweet only longer… all of it will be just random amusing crap that may well culminate in huge discussions. Most of all, it will be for me.
So, input? Have you ever considered doing something like this? Your opinions will likely have a lot to do with whether or not I go through with it, so please be honest. Here, I’ll make it easy for you.
The poll is no longer active. Thanks for voting!
February 25, 2015 at 7:03 pm
I was just moaning this morning about how my blog has a very specific focus, relationships/marriage, but also a kind of tone that’s a combo of serious, funny, mildly self disclosing, all based on practical advice. No musings.
I write occasional film reviews for a food and film site, mostly about relationship movies, but they don’t really fit within the frame of my blog. The idea of having some place to not worry about your brand and cut loose a bit has a strong appeal.
Good luck over in your new neighborhood. (Enjoyed the vitamin C story!)
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February 23, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Of course you should open up another WordPress blog! I have a few writer friends who run two blogs under different names. More work for you, but you already have the following. 🙂
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February 23, 2015 at 10:00 pm
Thanks, Debby! 🙂 I’ll be posting about my new blog soon. 😀
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February 23, 2015 at 3:42 pm
Looks like it’s a done deal!
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February 23, 2015 at 9:58 pm
It is! Info coming soon. 😀
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February 23, 2015 at 12:50 pm
I think Blogger is hard to comment on. I’ve tried to comment on a Blog I follow on Blogger and I find it quite frustrating to get my comments to go through. I’ve just started on Tumbler and its easy to use but not so easy to reply to comments. Or maybe I haven’t figured out how to reply yet! 😉 So far, I have found I can reply to “fan mail’ from my Follower provided I follow them back but I can’t seem to reply if I don’t follow back that Follower. I can only add a comment if I reblog my own post! Maybe I haven’t gotten the hang of it yet, but it seems rather complicated. WordPress has a much easier and friendlier interface to use, though I have to admit, I am about to abandon my wordpress blog for facebook ( 3 different pages),tumbler and google, but not because I don’t like it but I just have too many sites to maintain.
My two cents worth would be another wordpress blog. And while I may not read everything, I will follow.
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February 23, 2015 at 9:57 pm
You’re not wrong about Tumblr. I contacted them and apparently the only way you can comment on a post is if there’s a question mark at the end… but the original poster can’t comment back in reply. The only way to communicate is to reblog. It’s very frustrating, especially when trying to have a conversation! I’m following you there by the way. 😉
While I’m sad that you won’t be posting on WP any more, I’m very glad I met you here!!
Anyway, I’ve set up a new WP site. A post with all the info is coming soon. Thanks for your input, Susie! 😀
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February 23, 2015 at 11:45 am
You know you could have used a different account in WordPress but just used a different web browser to log on, that way you could have that site and your normal site logged in at the same time.
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February 23, 2015 at 9:51 pm
Yep, and that’s just what I ended up doing. More later. 🙂 Thanks for the tip!
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February 23, 2015 at 9:12 am
I didn’t vote in the poll as I wasn’t quite a match for any of the answers. I would definitely follow an additional blog from you. What I can’t guarantee is that I would read it all the time. This blog is one of a subset that I follow by email, so I see it on a regular basis. Blogs that I follow just through my reader are not so likely to get read. I’m sure your additional blog would be great fun; I, unlike most people, am just not that attuned to humor. I hope that you will go for it!
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February 23, 2015 at 9:50 pm
I’m honoured to be one of the blogs you read via email. 🙂 Thanks so much for your honest opinion, Joanne. 🙂
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February 23, 2015 at 6:08 am
I know what you mean because I started at Blogger. That’s the reason of being at WP now.
My two cents opinion: Why can’t you do the same here at this blog? Just maybe adding here the new feature? My take is: a writer (and a blog) evolves, and may want to remove what doesn’t work anymore, and (like you) even better, may want to start doing new things in parallel.
I’m sure this poll will show that you won’t have a problem to be followed by all that already love what you do. The poll shows that.
As you are not going to do it anonymously anymore, wouldn’t you want to make the experience to follow (and click) you, easier, by offering a one-stop shop, whilst also making it easier for you to manage all in one place and strengthen your brand (name)?
I think that only if you go anonymously, then you need a new blog.
Just my thoughts.
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February 23, 2015 at 9:34 pm
I think the stuff I want to write on the other blog will do nothing but weaken my brand by diversifying it too much. It would be kind of parallel to Stephen King writing children’s books without using a pseudonym… Okay, maybe not that dramatic. But you get the point.
Anyway, I’ll be posting more about it later. Hopefully I’ll explain a little better then what my goal is. Thanks very much for your thoughtful comment, Lucile! 🙂
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February 25, 2015 at 4:25 pm
I got the point. You should just go ahead. Your followers will support you.
And you’re welcome. Happy to contribute. We have to help each other here, haven’t we?
Cheers.
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February 23, 2015 at 3:38 am
I already write random crap! It is really cathartic for me and I love to try and bring a smile to people’s faces- I would advise you to dive in and have a go. I will definitely follow you. 🙂
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February 23, 2015 at 9:28 pm
Thanks very much, Edwina! We can exchange random crap! hahaha. 😀
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February 22, 2015 at 11:18 pm
I moved from Blogger , but still have an account there. So yeah, I might follow 🙂
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February 23, 2015 at 8:45 pm
I doubt I’ll keep the Blogger account going. Waaay too frustrating. I’ll be posting about my new WP account later. I couldn’t wait. 😛
Thanks, KG. 🙂
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February 22, 2015 at 10:40 pm
I am the Wishy Washy blogger. I have started and deleted at least 15 blogs because I didn’t like the names. The ones I kept are BOOKS I’VE ENJOYED (And some I haven’t) which is my book reader blog. Then there’s RAINE”S RECIPES, which I kept and my new one is the one I have a problem with, I wanted a blog where I could express my curious and quirky side and not cringe too much with what I post. I used A Musing Word for a while. Then I recently switched to Raine’s Cache, which I feel good about. I may even choose a new name in the future since I didn’t want to use my real name either.
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February 22, 2015 at 10:42 pm
I wanted the word Creative in it too actually.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Wow, you’ve really done some experimenting with the whole blog thing. I’m impressed that you’ve kept with it. 🙂 How many blogs did or do you now have going at once?
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February 25, 2015 at 7:24 am
I only have 4, two recipe blogs and the book blog and my personal blog. I would just delete my personal blog a lot and make another. Feeling odd about expressing my thoughts sometimes.
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February 22, 2015 at 9:34 pm
I’ll follow, its nice to have different forums to get the imagination kicking again. Hopefully you will put up the link here..
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February 23, 2015 at 8:39 pm
Thanks very much! Look for the link in a post later tonight. 🙂
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February 22, 2015 at 9:27 pm
I am not liking Blogger either. I had one follower and then poof! No more. Tumblr is also not easy. I will follow you wherever you go. 😉
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February 23, 2015 at 8:38 pm
Thanks, Veronica. 🙂 It seems WordPress is really in a class of its own, doesn’t it?
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February 22, 2015 at 7:17 pm
I came here from Blogger, I now use my Blogger as a mirror site for WP, I’ve been on Blogger for ..oohh geez at least 4 years and have just 13 followers there, I get a fair bit of anonymous comments though,I’ll follow you wherever you write, you can post a link to your blogger in gravatar ( I do this) or if you want to remain in hiding…. fire off a link in an email and I’ll follow ( ButchCountry67@gmail.com ) and yes I use ButchVountry over there too lol
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February 22, 2015 at 7:18 pm
er country not vountry…. my bad lol
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February 23, 2015 at 8:37 pm
Thanks, Butch. 🙂 I’ll contact you later, though unless I start getting some followers over there all of a sudden, I’ll just probably end up moving the content of the Blogger blog over here. I’ve set up a new WP account though, which I’ll post about later tonight.
Thanks again for your interest!
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February 22, 2015 at 7:03 pm
Hey Linda, I will follow you to a new blog under your new pseudonym. Hey make it a fancy one lady.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:33 pm
I certainly will! Thanks very much! 😀
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February 22, 2015 at 7:01 pm
Whatever you decide. I have seen other people on WP do it. I am not overly excited to say Whoopi. I don’t see anything wrong with it.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:32 pm
That’s it, hand in your pom-poms. 😉 hehe. Thanks for your comment, Deborah. 🙂
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February 24, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Oh no. You can’t have my pom-poms. 😀
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February 22, 2015 at 6:27 pm
Just voted …I’ll follow you to a fun, new blog. I’m on blogger for my fiction story, and have been for a long time…I have 2 followers…(if they are even still there…but several readers) no one ever comments. My wordpress blog is much better for interaction. I have tumblr too, but really can’t figure it out. Let us know when and where you set up a new blog!
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February 23, 2015 at 8:31 pm
Thanks so much! I’ll be posting about my new blog later tonight – I couldn’t wait a week to start. 😛
Tumblr is even worse for interacting than Blogger – and there are definitely crickets over there.
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February 22, 2015 at 5:51 pm
We all need a variety of creative outlets for this brainstuffs up in the ol’ noggin, otherwise dangerous and volatile build-up occurs! My blog is currently a reflection of my mania and “fractured personalities” so I don’t really follow a theme – unless that theme is centered on randomness, mania, psychoses, and humorous madcap insanity. I wonder if that helps or hurts achievement of my goals here?
Anyways…I am already so very eager to see what you do with this literary fugue state. 🙂
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February 23, 2015 at 8:29 pm
Thanks very much, Ryan. 🙂
I do think you have a theme going over on your blog – the theme that is your life, as mine is here. Cheers! 🙂
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February 22, 2015 at 5:48 pm
I found it a pain logging in and out all the time so I don’t do it but if tumblir is the go and easier then try that avenue.
Have a good day Linda
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February 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm
I found a way to do it without having to log in back and forth, so it’s all good. 🙂 Hope you’re having a swell day too, Michael. 🙂
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February 23, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Every day is a good day Linda.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:27 pm
😀
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February 22, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Scottishmomus is opening up a Freedom’s Place for people to post blogs that they would not ordinarily post on their own.It’s a sort of vacation layover. Contact her for details.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:24 pm
What a great idea! Thanks for the info, Patricia. 🙂 I do plan to post a lot, so I wouldn’t want to take over someone else’s site, but I’ll keep that in mind if I ever need a place to let loose, so to speak. 🙂
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February 22, 2015 at 3:39 pm
I moved here from blogger. It will take you forever to build a following there. I follow another blogger here who blogs under two names. If it’s good, I’m in. And, if it’s you, I’m guessing it will be good.
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February 23, 2015 at 8:22 pm
Aww, thanks, Dan! 😀
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February 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm
Sign me up!
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February 22, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Thanks, Pamela! 😀
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February 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm
What you are looking for is Tumblr actually. Tumblr is the place used exactly for what you want.
A good way to handle multiple personas though is have two different browsers, say Chrome for one and Firefox for the other. Then you just have to open a new browser rather than logout and login under the same browser.
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February 22, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Ahh, that’s how you do it! Thanks, Bradley! 😀
I’m on Tumblr already with a blog in my own name but I find it very frustrating in that I can’t do the whole comment thing without going through Discus or whatever it’s called. The entire signing in thing is a pain in the butt for everyone.
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February 22, 2015 at 3:36 pm
You’re welcome!
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February 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm
Sounds like a good idea 🙂
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February 22, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Yay! 😀 Thanks, Wes!
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February 22, 2015 at 3:24 pm
Linda, I actually do this… I created a blog with a different screen name so that I could post things that I didn’t want on my regular blog. Because they’re a little further out of my comfort zone and that I don’t know if I want them to become something I write.
I guess also because I’m a little awkward about writing them. So I don’t mind that mine isn’t known to anyone at this point. I’d follow you. 😉
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February 22, 2015 at 3:27 pm
Thanks very much. 🙂 Do you have to sign in and out of WordPress every time you change blogs or is there a way to keep them separate without having your screen name show up when you post?
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February 22, 2015 at 3:33 pm
I created a new name and everything. I have two internet browsers. I use each one with a different screen name. That’s fairly easy. I just need to make sure I check I’m under the right screen name before I post 😛 (I tend to stay logged in under MyLovingWife on safari so chances of a mistake are low)
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February 22, 2015 at 3:35 pm
Yeah, I can see where that might be pretty disastrous. Having two browsers would help me with my two Twitter accounts too – thanks so much for the tip! 😀
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February 22, 2015 at 3:37 pm
you’re welcome 😉 . Most importantly, whether people follow or not, you should do this for yourself and enjoy it. 😉
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February 22, 2015 at 3:22 pm
I will follow you wherever. But Linda, I don’t like Blogger. lol
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February 22, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Ugh, it’s awful. Too complicated for its own good.
Thanks Joey. 😀
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