Feb 19 2009
Living Up To The Hype
I’ve written about fighting to get the words to come out, and I’ve written about getting the words to slow down long enough for you to put them to paper. I love writing. It’s more than just something I do, it’s what I am. I’ve also written about my adventures in writing for other bloggers. But what happens when one of the people you’ve written for proclaims you to the world as “one of the best” in the business? How do you live up to the hype?
One of my best buddies is a great guy named Garry Conn. If you ever have any questions about the business of blogging, he’s your go-to guy. Someone asked him about hiring a writer to do their writing for them, and that’s when my buddy not only wrote an amazing review about my services, he went so far as to do a video blog about it. I was both humbled, and horrified. What if I can’t live up to all that he made me out to be.
Writing for the Internet is a tricky business. It all comes down to writing in a way that sounds normal, but will still catch the attention of the search engines. It’s not easy, but it can be done. I know because I’ve been doing it for almost 2 years now. But, my dilemma is that I don’t see myself as being all that good at it. In my mind, I’m just a goober country hick from Nebraska that fell into a pile of crap and came out looking like a writer.
Think about all the things you do as a writer. If someone was to come along and tell the world about all your fabulous qualities, how would you handle it? What would you do if your reputation was on the line? All comments on this are more than welcome.
If I’m praised for my work, I’m deeply appreciative but I know I work hard to produce top quality work. But if I’m praised for my blog, then I get worried. I started writing my blog for fun. I enjoy writing and I wanted to share what I know about obtaining permissions with authors, especially college profs. When my blog was picked up as a link by a couple of professional organizations, it nonplussed me. Hey, I was writing my blog for fun! On the other hand, the ego stroke is nice…but now I have to earn it.
LOL-Yeah the ego stroke was way cool. And the service your blog provides is totally awesome, something I don’t think I could ever provide.
I hope I can earn my ego stroke, or I might just have a stroke.
With praise comes pressure. Then again, if no one expects anything from you, perhaps they won’t recognize brilliance when they see it.
Then again, perhaps they’ll be blown away by your brilliance.
I prefer the latter…
Oh, now you know how to make a person feel better. Must be the mom in you. LOL
Thanks hon. I am happy to announce that I’ve had 6 new clients ask me about my services thanks to that post. Now if you will excuse me, I must go baffle them with my, um, brilliance.
Thanks Nannette,
I was raised to believe that no matter how good a person is, there’s always someone better-and that there is always someone worse. My dad always told me that as long as tried to do my best, no one could expect more.