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So. I'm supposed to be trying to find my blogging voice. It's there, somewhere, I know...I've just never been able to find it. I come off as patronizing, maternal, snooty, prudish, or haphazard with NO idea of what I'm doing. That's stupid.

I think it's that I try too hard. And that I'm still developing as a writer, adult, and professional. I haven't actually "arrived" yet. I'm NOT an expert in my field, just learning the ropes and getting my own impressions of how it works - and should work.

Generally speaking, I have a short attention span. I love reading, but you better keep my attention because I'm not the type to stick around waiting for it to get better (except for movies...maybe).

I think the same applies to my blog and blogging in general. I hardly ever - in fact, I know I don't ever - read an entire blog post. I'm a skimmer. And maybe that's why it's hard to write my own or get anything consistent going. I get bored.

And, thus, I am BORING TO READ.

My fiction's not boring (usually). Most beta readers think I've got a fast-paced, heart-pounding kinda action and narrative going. I can't seem to translate that onto the nonfiction page. If I ever CAN find a topic I want to write on, I'm lordly and ho-hummy and sophisticated-overloading on everybody, like I'm some kind of grammar goddess or am never wrong.

I'm wrong plenty of times. I'm also a student, still, even though everything in me is screaming that I'm NOT anymore. But I am. Still.

And it's annoying.

So. The experiment. Write without thinking about it and see what happens. Discovering my blog/writing voice for a general public is the goal here. No particular topics and duties, just writing, habitually till something clicks. We'll see where this goes.

And if you're unfortunate enough to find this via Blogger's blogroll, I apologize. Just ignore me. Or sympathize, or make fun of. It's all the same to me.

Ciao.