Mon 09/08/2008 9:10 PM

give me some honest feedback

I'm having a hard time focusing lately, in all things, not the least of which is this blog. I can't decide what to write about next. On Friday I thought it would be fun to make some snarky commentary on some of the searches that have landed people here as of late, but I didn't finish writing it before we went out to eat, and then stayed out so late it wasn't Friday anymore. When I revisited the post today, I realized that it really wasn't all that entertaining, so I canned it. But it's not as if I had a better idea.

According to Feedburner I have about thirty-one subscribers to my feed in addition to the seventeen e-mail subscribers. When I looked at those two numbers together I was actually pretty surprised. That's almost fifty people out there presumably reading what I have to say on a regular basis. So to all of those subscribers, I'm curious. What made you subscribe? Is it interest in one or more of the topics I tend to cover? Or do you just like reading about my life? (Seriously, I don't bore you to death?) I know my topics of interest are all over the map... does it bother you to see more posts on topics that don't interest you than the ones that do? If you're one of those who subscribed to enter the recent contest, well, you stuck around when you could have easily unsubscribed when the contest was over. What made you stay? If I was going to narrow the scope of the site and focus more on one or two topics, what do you think those should be? There are a couple of topics which I haven't written much about over the years; do you think I should eliminate them?

I'm really interested to know what I can do to keep you as a reader, as well as what might bring more readers in. What do you all think?

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6 comments/trackbacks

comment: from Len

Having a challenging time leaving this comment. I read to keep up with your life, and because you post a variety of fun stuff.

Mon 09/08/2008 9:19 PM

comment: from Jennifer Cole

I'm with Len. I read to keep up on your life just because you are you. A geeky, gimpy girl with some semblance of a life.:)

Mon 09/08/2008 9:24 PM

comment: from Daniel

I read it because you're my friend and I love you very much and after all these many years I hope it's obvious that I would do anything in the world to support you and the usually cool things that you do.

Mon 09/08/2008 10:23 PM

comment: from Dana

I read it because you are my sister and living all the way across the country. No wait. I don't think living across the country is a reason....but I rarely get to see you or talk to you and this makes me feel like I hear your voice frequently and have a little bit of an idea what is going on with you. For me...I like to hear more about things you go do, things you are feeling, and about how little Vixen is doing! But the other stuff helps me to know you better too so it's all good.

Tue 09/09/2008 3:28 AM

comment: from Randy

I read your blog because you live across the bay from me, here in the Ocean State. You're West Bay; I'm East Bay. Also because we're both transplanted from places far, far away from here.

Tue 09/09/2008 5:18 AM