Self-conscious interlude.
One of the New York Times’ new local blogs linked to my last post and I feel excited and totally strange about this. Perhaps it will make me post more often and remember that what I say is in the public sphere. And I’ve been wanting to get in contact with the editor of that blog to see about contributing, so it makes me happy that he found me before I even reached out, making for a convenient conversation starter. But the most anxiety-inducing aspect is waiting with baited breath for a response—if any—to what I have expressed, and fighting the urge to edit or remove what I’ve said.
So many people blog and are open about doing so in their offline worlds but I’ve been reticent to add my blog URLs to my signature or even reveal my name. With my professional website I’ve put my work out there along with my name and don’t have nearly this much trepidation about it. But in this space, I’m revealing more, I don’t want future employers to find it, and I want to be able to close up shop without a word whenever I like. My ambivalence about blogging has become totally intertwined with my confused reactions to some of the situations I describe here.
So. Let’s start that conversation I’d hoped for, even if it’s at times uncomfortable and prickly. I am wrapping this up now. It is wrapped up.
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