I was at a conference a while back and a guy told a story about a writer who had taken a leap as a professional, and upped his price. This writer was surprised and excited to find that his new client didn’t balk at the quoted rate and posted a note to Twitter – something like “just landed a job for three times my usual price!” The presenter joked that hopefully this new client wasn’t following the writer’s Twitter feed.
I think about that a lot when I’m trying to decide what to write about for my blog posts. There are so many things I would love to share that I just can’t. Say I agreed to write an article for an online venue for free and the editor is holding out on giving me the byline. Or, say a fellow writer has given me a crap manuscript to read and I’m not sure how to give them the feedback. Or, say I’m working on a piece for hire and the client has five individuals giving conflicting feedback. (Two out of those three are true. One is total fabrication.)
The point is, I can’t really blog about some of the most interesting shit going on in my writing life because I honestly don’t know who might happen by for a peek. In fact, it’s the people I am currently working with who are most likely to stop by my blog, as I have an automatic signature on my email linking directly to it.
Honestly, I think I’m safer blogging about my husband these days since he’s way to busy to read my blog. But then again, my father-in-law gets posts delivered directly to his kindle, so gotta be careful there, too. (Hi Juan!)
How do other bloggers out there deal with this delicate balancing act? How to engage online in a frank and honest way without sharing details that really don’t need to be immortalized through the internet?
Would love to hear any thoughts y’all might have on this one.
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