Blogging

Blogging has never been easy for me. My mind is inundated with a lot of ideas and I have difficulty putting them into words, poor word choice and grammar often getting in my way. I have a habit to re-read my posts and do countless editing, but still, more and more errors will rear their ugly heads. I've never grown tired of this process, and I enjoy the thrill of learning from my errors. Sometimes, I email some of my posts to my reporter cousin in London and have her edit them. I treasure every piece of her feedback and resolve to improve myself from time to time. When I am not blogging, I visit some popular blogs and examine their ideas and writing styles. I also try to see things from their point of view in order to broaden my horizon. 

Ironically, I find it easier to write when my life is unmoored by sorrow. I will attempt to write short stories and infuse them with my sentiments. However, I tend to wax poetic and the stories will become painfully lengthy, too wordy for my visitors to read. 

I don't have a good head for poetry, but I did attempt them several times in the past. I did an awkward job in making them rhyme. A friend once told me that if we tend to factor in rhyming in poetry writing, we will never be able to enjoy it.  What he said rings a bell. A writer friend by the name of Robert Raymer told me that before. What really count in poetry are your feelings. 

An Australian friend heard me use the connector 'more importantly' and corrected me. He told me that it is the short form of the phrase 'it is more important' and therefore it is not right to add the suffix 'ly' to it. I looked up the definition of this connector in some online dictionaries and found he was right. What a thing I've learnt today.

I guess I have to stop here. It's getting late and I have to turn in.