I love blog comments. I love dropping by the blogs of other writers whose work I enjoy and letting them know what I think about the things that they have written. I love it when people take the time to let me know what they think of my own blog posts here on Real Words (and on the other blogs I write for, too, of course). And I really love getting the chance to respond to blog comments that people have left for me because that’s where a real dialogue gets going.
It is through these back-and-forth comment conversations that pieces of work can grow and change. Ideas that were simple posts can turn into full-fledged articles. Some may even turn into books one day. It is this kind of interaction that web writing - and Web 2.0 as a whole - is all about.
As a quick note to my readers, I do try to respond to all comments on this blog as often as possible. The comments are left on this blog by editing the comment on my end. I’ll add an “@ author - NOTE HERE - Kathryn” line to show who it was meant for, what I want to say and that I was the one that added it. If you want to be notified that I’ve left this note on your comments, simply drop me and email to let me know and I’ll make sure to update you when my responses have been added.
Thanks for dropping by; I love the fact that you’re here!
Question of the Day: What are the best approaches you’ve seen to the process of writing and responding to comments on blogs?
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