So, something weird has happened. My BFF (Hi Melissa!) now knows I have a book blog and is so ecstatic and thinking I’m famous, which makes me laugh. I’ve always kept my blogging a secret from everyone, except my husband, but he doesn’t read nor does he care that I have a blog! It’s sort of been an outlet for me to get the feelings out. And, since I am a better writer than a face-to-face conversationalist, it works really well for me! I could go on and on about a book on my blog, but if you put me face-to-face with a stranger and ask me to talk about the book – I feel like a tongue-tied idiot who can’t string a sentence together.

In any case, my BFF now knows I have a blog and she seemed a bit disappointed in me that I hadn’t told her (sorry, hon!). It honestly just never occurred to me to tell people! I don’t want people I know in real life to judge or criticize my based on what I am blogging about. I blog because I love to write and it’s a personal and creative endeavor for me. I don’t want people I know in real life to judge my writing ability or how well I do or don’t do something on my blog. I am EXTREMELY self-conscious about it! Does that make any sense? Now, I love my BFF and she is my strongest supporter in anything I do, so I may have to have her stop by and say hello and maybe post a book review or two, if she’s up for it!! <>

Point for Discussion: 
So, I’m curious, are you a secret blogger or does your entire network of real-life friends and family know about it? Does that affect what you blog about? Are you concerned with what you are writing if you know your real-life friends and family will be reading it?

To sum up, am I ashamed to be a blogger? No, not at all. I love blogging about books! I’m just very insecure and I don’t want my real-life friends and family to judge me in a negative way! And, I know – true friends don’t judge, so I need to make that my new mantra! LOL

Oh, and Melissa, if you are reading this, you better comment and say hello!! Love ya, hun!

And, whaddya know - this happens to fall into the guidelines for the 2010 Blog Improvement Project Week 2 Goal:  Pumping Up Post Titles.