A Fair Question

My friend Nancy (she of the traveling blogs fame) asked me a question the other day. Two questions, in fact.

What do you like best about blogging and what keeps you going when it gets tough? I think I know the answer but I will wait to see what you write.

Fair enough. Nancy is way ahead of me because I'm not sure I know the answer, or at least all of its nuances.

Way back in the beginning of my blog, I wrote a post that examined my reasons for blogging at that time. This was at a moment when I was just starting to acquire regular readers. I was absolutely thrilled that people were actually enjoying my stories. A number of the good folks who commented remain friends to this day.

Since then, my thinking has evolved a bit, but all the points I made are still valid. To summarize, here's what I wanted:

1. A place to share the spanking stories I had written


2. A forum to discuss spanking experiences with like-minded people


3. A chance to give something back to the community in the form of spanking tutorials


4. An opportunity to demonstrate how spankings need not always be serious, and can, in fact, be hilariously funny


5. The ability to portray consensual spanking and those who practice it in a positive light


6. A celebration of the wonderful human relationships that develop through blogging

That list is really pretty close to the mark. Today, I'll add a few more:

1. A vehicle for encouraging, supporting, and promoting spanko bloggers


2. A resource for the spanko blogging community


3. A voice for safety, consideration, and tolerance


4. A constructive outlet for all of my goofy ideas

The second part of the question is a bit more difficult. Why do I keep coming back to this keyboard as if drawn by a siren's song? Even when I'm tired, busy, or not feeling my best, I'll post something if I can.

I guess it goes back to my training as a journalist. When a writer is on deadline, the article must be delivered and it must be clean. And it will be. I don't feel stress or pressure to publish here on the blog, but writing is what I do. When I don't write something new every day, I feel as though I've missed an opportunity.

As I've documented before, Randy and I have gone round and round on this topic. He simply doesn't get it. He believes I ought to be able to take a week off and not look back. The reality is that I can take a week off, but I always look back. Perhaps I act like a mother hen sometimes, but this egg is one worth hatching.

I suppose this is a wordy way of saying that what keeps me going is me. It's simply my nature. There will undoubtedly come a day when I decide that it's time for me to turn my attention and my energies elsewhere. On that day, I'm sure I will attack my new project with no less gusto than I apply to MBS. That's just the way I do things.