Saturday Saunter~ Blog Comments and Questions

I've gone into here on why I don't comment on most of the blogs I read. Number one is that I don't have a witty or supportive thing to say about the blog I've read. Number two is the unreadable captcha attached to many blogs which is why I don't require them here.

I get tons of hits on this blog, and feel that the topics are worthwhile for the most part so my question is...why don't more people leave a comment. and why doesn't the writer respond to the comments?

Now I understand if you get a hundred comments why you don't respond to each andevery comment, but if you are getting less than fifty. I think the most comments I've had of a blog was my interview with author Nick Wilford, standing to date at 16 unique comments.

I guess I'm just anal/result oriented when it comes to things I do. Even though I see the hits, I'm puzzled by the lack of viewable comments. That aside, the direct emails are through the roof at 250 per day, and I love answering your questions. Thank you for emailing. Yes, some of these are junk and don't answer them. About 75% are bonafide and I take considerable time to answer and read through them carefully.

If you open up your blog for comments, why don't you answer comments? Comments are a dialog. Whether it's good, bad, or ugly is no matter. For a long time I just read my comments and didn't answer them, but I realized how wrong I was after my stroke when it became difficult for me to even write a comment.

Granted, a few comments don't warrant an answer or reply, but someone takes the time to leave you a comment on what you've written of either support or other. Don't the commenter deserve at least a quick thank you?

The following questions are not for my readers who comment often, but feel free to comment if the need arises <grin>...

Does my blog not raise questions? 

Do the questions I ask not appeal/relate to you? 

Are you bored? Do you read half of it and click it off? 

Is it helpful to you? 

Is shorter really better? 

What would you, my blog readers, like to see more/less of?

Just pondering these questions today. If I don't know the answers, how can I fix it to make it better?

Monday Mailbox~Sources

It's Monday. Time to visit Tilda the Mailbox.

Thanks , I have recently been looking for information about this subject for ages and yours is the greatest I have discovered till now. Are you certain in regards to the source?

This was sent to me regarding platform building. But a lot of my blogs give information about writing the perfect book or how to advertise it. So I'm doing to answer this one question about sources in regards to my blog.

I use various sources of information as it pertains to my blog. Some of the sources I use are tried and true by me or other writers. Some are garnered by books I have read by authors I trust to give me the straight skinny on ideas. Some are things I learned in various classes I've taken or taught.

Before 2010, I had no idea what a platform was as to writing. I knew all about advertising and market share was from my business as a consultant and college. There is something to be said for entrepreneurship. It's either eat or be eaten in this world. There is always something higher on the food chain than you. Although for most humans, they become prey for microscopic organisms more than huge animals.

To consider myself well read is an understatement, you can't have as many sheepskins under your belt as I do and not be well read. No, I'm not bragging just stating facts.Education aside, I have diverse interests and skills, and haven't run across much that I didn't want to know more about. I have an inquisitive mind, and am always questioning. If I have questions stewing in the pack rat of a brain of mine, I have to find the answer. "Because" doesn't suffice.

To quote passage and verse where I received the answer, I can't do it...unless it's the Bible. The world has abundant resources available to a seeker of information. Type any question into a internet search engine and view thousands of results. For me, my mind is a sponge and absorbing as much as it can until it's over saturated and dripping. The only detriment to my stroke has been that I reach the over saturation point too soon these days.

So how do you search for answers?

Keep writing and loving the Lord.