I thought it would be nice for my readership to read an interview I had from a friend about...well...YOU!
Ok it's mainly about "My Apple", but reader you're a part of my beautiful blogging-world, so read on and find pleasure in being a part of something that means so much to me.
1. Why did you start your blog? I wanted a chance to practice my writing outside of scholarship and to discover my voice - in context with the world around me. Plus, I LOVE to write and I often get these overwhelming urges to write down all the thoughts getting jumbled in my head and I thought this would be a great place to "scratch my writing itch". To a lesser degree, many of my English friends had blogs and I enjoyed reading there's and I wanted to join them! As you can tell I thought a long time about doing a blog before I actually did it. I guess it was because I was resisting the urge to be, what I viewed, as cliche.
2. Does your blog have a title? If so, what is it? It's entitled, "My Heart is an Apple"
3. How did your blog get that title? I thought it was a great metaphor-you eat and consume an apple, but in my blog-world my heart is the apple you are consuming. I knew from the get go that my blog would be more personal than most and I thought the title reflected that. Plus, it's the title of a song i love by arcade fire. So i liked that too!
4. How often do you post on your blog?
As often as a thought is in my head and won't escape. Usually 4 or 5 times a month. During school it might be less... I tried doing everyday and that was lame. If you start writing about the everyday than that's a journal (in my eyes) and pretty LAME to read (and write about for that matter). Keepn' it real means sporadic and legit entries.
5. What usually prompts you to post on your blog? I have a thought about life or myself that I want to share with everyone. Sometimes if something especially funny or fantastic happens to me I'll post about that too. Usually it's just observations. If I have one, I write.
6. How many followers do you have on your blog? I have been REALLY shy about talking my blog up or telling people my URL. Mainly because I'm embarrassed people might not think I'm a good writer. And because I write about pretty personal stuff. So I don't have as many as I could...it's only 11. Which even admitting seems pretty embarrassing. That's a SAD number, I realize.
7. Do you have any followers you don't know? No. But I do have followers that I know only vaguely and I have NO idea how they found me! Or I'll be chatting with a friend's mom and she'll say something like "oh ya I read that on your blog" or "I really liked your latest posting". It always shocks me because I had NO idea they even knew it was me or that I had a blog. I've tried to add a counter to my blog. But I have done so unsuccessfully. (Side note: could you HELP ME with that Anna?! I would LOVE YOU!)
8. If so, have you ever had any communication with a follower you didn't know? No
9. If you were to put your blog into a genre, what would it be? Creative non-fiction? haha I dunno. Drama?
10. What is the general topic of your blog posts (i.e. food, family, photography, etc.)? My favorite topic to write about - ME! Or better yet, a single, white, Mormon, college student scared out of her mind to embark on life. Is that general enough for you? :-)
11. Do you follow anyone else's blogs? Yes
12. If so, what would you say the main purpose of you following someone's blog would be? If they are creative, write well, and give unique insights to life then I read it. I have to be honest, I LOATHE the blogs that just gush about how cool they are, or how much they did over the weekend, or how AMAZING their husband is. BARF! What a waste of time!
13. Do you keep a journal along with your blog? Interestingly enough, my journal writing HAS decreased since I started the blog. Perhaps it's because being an English major I already write so much. Post-graduation I have no doubt that I will still publish blog posts and be a journal writer again.
15. If not, do you feel you use your blog as a kind of journal (i.e. instead of a journal)? Yes, I think it's fair to say a lot about my blog is a bit journalish. There is a lot, however, that you shouldn't really publicize (and if you read my blog, I'm afraid that I might stray between this line of propriety every now and again) but there is something reassuring in putting your heartfelt feelings and thoughts out there for someone else to see. To validate your existence and your voice. To hear them respond that they identify with you. Or to know someone appreciates you. So sometimes I write in my blog when I'm wanting a human connectedness to my musings.
16. Anything else you would like to comment about your blog...Yes, you should ALWAYS leave a comment! Because sometimes it's easy to stop writing posts if NO one ever puts comments. You think, "how sad. what's the point? no one reads this anyway", right? So you should leave comments on my posts!
