Comments on: Red Shoe Blogger: A Manifesta

By: Squidly

Squidly — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:19:26 +0000

Kelly:

A friend who is a bigger cheerleader for me than I can be for myself sent me this link. I will print this out and tape it on my door, my mirror, my refrigerator, my t-shirt. I only have about six people I know about who read my blog because it is a wrenching situation almost every time I put myself out there. So, I don’t promote. I don’t use my name (too complicated, too personal given my day job). But, my friends don’t comment on the blog either, they just tell me how much they were moved. So, no real “traffic”. And then I wonder, “what’s the point.”. But, deep down I KNOW there is a point. So I continue on.

But, it’s time, to notch it up and come out of the dark. Just this week I started to link two of my blogs to one another. One is words. One is pictures. So this piece is exactly what I needed. I THINK I have the important stuff down. I’m passionate about what I’m writing and shooting. I feel it is well crafted. Now, to conquer the the rest of the “who is reading and how am I making money off of it” part. And maybe, just maybe it will free me in more ways than one.

Thanks, YOU ROCK.

PS. My red shoes would most likely be sparkly rubber shoes you just slip into as I write about my garden as metaphor for my life, my journey, my love affairs.

By: why I write, part 2: yellow brick roading it | Cleavage by Kelly Diels.

why I write, part 2: yellow brick roading it | Cleavage by Kelly Diels. — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:04:38 +0000

[...] Being lost – or, as Dave Doolin called it, ‘homeless’ – is temporary and essential. Ask any wanderer. Ask a cartographer or an explorer. Ask a man who won’t stop at the gas station to ask for directions because he’s building a map in his head. Ask myths. Ask Ulysses. Ask Dorothy, who followed the yellow brick road and still exclaimed “There’s no place like home!… [...]

By: preethi

preethi — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:25:44 +0000

this really made me stop in my tracks!!!! great post!!!

By: Joanne Tombrakos

Joanne Tombrakos — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:07:45 +0000

Yesterday someone asked me, once again, if I was making money on my blog. I explained that I didn’t start my blog to make money. I started it as I was leaving Corporate America for the wilds of authorentrepreneurship. I wanted to write about how my life was changing and what I saw as I started to build a reader base for when my novels are published. If I make money on my blog that is icing on the cake.
I do admit that I found myself subscribing to a number of blogs that offered suggestions to increase SEO, write blogs that get read, blah, blah, blah. They are boring me. Yours is not!
I love what you wrote! In fact I think you should design a red shoe blogger widget. I know I would add one to my blog!

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:12:54 +0000

@Ralph, “raving”? “preaching”?

Hrm…

By: kellydiels

kellydiels — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:42:15 +0000

@Ralph, thank you so much for telling me this. I'm delighted to hear a little second-hand, sideways praise (I will take it ANY way I can get it!). The technical + the art = success. In my opinion. Once you get the envelope right (the tech side), then you can pen the love letter...and send. And, hopefully, have it received. Yes, they were ruby slippers. But I don't wear slippers, I wear skyscrapers. thanks for stopping by, Ralph.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:55:53 +0000

Kelly,
Had a meetup with Dave Doolin and all he did was rave about writing better and how well you do it. That was a lovely piece and it truly grabbed me more than Dave’s preaching. I have been in denial about the difference good writing (or better writing) can make. I have been overwhelmed with the technical site and as you suggest have been lead down a less productive path. I don’t think you can ignore the technical side altogether but the balance is important. And, by the way, weren’t they ruby slippers?

By: Jane Bradbury

Jane Bradbury — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:21:41 +0000

@Kelly Diels, I’m sallying, I promise!

You’re right, you can’t teach unique, but I do have an idea of how to try, or at least, give someone a push if they’re stuck.

I’d best get to work on it!

By: Andi

Andi — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:46:43 +0000

Loved this piece. Been following your blog for awhile, since my pal Ms. Writing Roads speaks about you non-stop, but I believe this is the first time I commented. I love money to but I love the passion and fulfillment that I get from blogging and whether I make any money or not it fulfills me in a way that I could have not imagined two years ago. I follow the pros and glean advice from them and I love what you said about looking behind the curtain…I think you have to take what you need, what you can and make it work the best we can, replication does not guarantee success. Bravo for your manifesto – love it.

By: Kelly Diels

Kelly Diels — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:55:04 +0000

@Ruby Rynne, and you're RUBY. Ruby shoes, baby.