Dear reader:
I've been blogging for six months now. Yes, the entries have been coming less frequently and I'm sure I lost most of the small following created after that plug by Bill "Knievel" Shields over at Masthead (are you nuts Bill - motorcycle racing!). Still, I'll probably keep at it because it's more fun to be a writer than a reptile and fun is at a premium in this mad world.
Frankly it's a bit lonely being an anonymous blogger and I could really use a pat on the back or a kick in the head or something resembling feedback. We reps feed off of feedback. How do those writers do it? Toiling away for a buck-a-word and the faint hope of a National Magazine Award. How do they know if anybody read their piece or what they thought of it. That must kill them. At least we make sales and get commissions - that's feedback.
So since you are still there, it would be great if you would take a moment and pat me on the back or kick me in the head by sending along a comment. It's easy. All you have to do is click below where it says "0 comments" or maybe "1 comment" or if this works really well "21,234 comments", and then type in a few words (let me know if you don't want your message published) and the word verification and click publish. You can call me a fool, an illiterate, a nasty bitch or a witty observer of this tiny corner of the world we inhabit. Just so long as you call me.
Your friend and mine,
Reptile
Frankly it's a bit lonely being an anonymous blogger and I could really use a pat on the back or a kick in the head or something resembling feedback. We reps feed off of feedback. How do those writers do it? Toiling away for a buck-a-word and the faint hope of a National Magazine Award. How do they know if anybody read their piece or what they thought of it. That must kill them. At least we make sales and get commissions - that's feedback.
So since you are still there, it would be great if you would take a moment and pat me on the back or kick me in the head by sending along a comment. It's easy. All you have to do is click below where it says "0 comments" or maybe "1 comment" or if this works really well "21,234 comments", and then type in a few words (let me know if you don't want your message published) and the word verification and click publish. You can call me a fool, an illiterate, a nasty bitch or a witty observer of this tiny corner of the world we inhabit. Just so long as you call me.
Your friend and mine,
Reptile
posted by Reptile at 9:08 PM
10 Comments:
I'm reading! I'm reading! Keep the posts coming...
Persevere, dear Reptile. I like you so much, you've been added to my bookmarks.
Hope you don't mind an editor lurking....
Lurk away! Some of my best friends are editors.
I've bookmarked you, too, and check often but your output is, well, pretty slim. You'd think you were the president of a publishing company or something.
Suggestion: more, more, more!
True, I don't post often enough but we reptiles must focus on selling ads not some vanity publishing project. Besides, if we could actually write, we probably would have chosen a less lucrative career.
Might I suggest that, rather than checking out the site often, you subcribe to my feed (and others you follow). You can start with bloglines.com. It's free. My feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/RepLife. Or, if you have a supported feed reader, click on the orange XML button on my blog and take it from there. If I figured it out, so can you!
Buck a word? Where do I apply? In the trade mag trenches (where I am) you're lucky to get 50, maybe 65 cents.
Keep plugging though! It's a good blog, even if it doesn't pay a damn.
I'm reading and so are my colleagues. There has been much speculation as to your identity. Why not start a reptile guessing game?
Nice idea - and what should we offer for a prize? Crocodile shoes with which to pound the pavement?
Actually I prefer hiding behind the scaly veneer of Reptile -(Wo)Man of Mystery. And isn't it more fun speculatiing (like is Tom Cruise gay?)? The truth is almost always a letdown. So once outed, I'd probably quit.
Besides, haven't you considered the possibility that Reptile is the work of more than one person?
Sooner or later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things you've said anymore.
That being said this blog is brillant.
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