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I’ve resisted this blog, and before that I resisted my website. It’s not that I am against technology. Rather, I shy from self-promotion. I think it’s in bad taste to toot your own horn. I like a soft piano, in a dim room. I’m not crazy about parades.
But I understand the need for presence, for promotion. Ironically, much of my work is in publicity and promotion. I promote companies and ideas. I shout from the rooftops, and write loud and clear to give voice to small business, big business, to the haves and have-nots. And yet, and yet, when it comes to promoting — or even revealing — my own efforts and achievements, I am uncomfortable offering more than a restrained hooray among a few friends.
The irony, again, is that each week I urge teens in the Young Writers Group to take pride in their work. “Own it,” I tell them. “Read it loud and proud!”
And so, I am taking my own medicine. Despite my initial resistance, I have come to this: A blog doesn’t have to be all about me. For now, it can be quiet place to share a few notes.
And so, let’s go. Not with the thunder of the self-absorbed, but in the same careful way a single line, when spoken softly, carries great weight.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 3:11PM
Reader Comments (3)
Yeah! I'm so excited! I can't wait to see what you do with your blog. I look forward to your incite!
;) Tracy
Very, very nice, Drew! Toot away!
alyssa
All right Drew! Looking good! I "hear you" on the self promotional stuff, but when you're freelance, someone's gotta do it, and that some one is you...OR David? Tell him to get his old Trombone out and whale a few notes for your benefit!! Now that would turn a few heads.
:^)