What is your blog about? How long have you been blogging? Why did you begin blogging? Is it the same reason that you continue to blog today? How has your blog changed over the time you’ve had it? In six words, sum up your blog.

My site (blog) is about me and my hobbies, interests, thoughts, ideas, rants, all of it. I began blogging, I'd rather call it publishing on the web/ Internet, in 1998, more or less. I don't have any posts older than 2000 now. I didn't think to keep them and I've changed PC's several times since then. Earlier PC's weren't huge on data storage. Also, I didn't have my own PC until later.

My sites are always changing. Too often to get a steady audience. I second guess myself a lot. It's not a good habit.

Six words? - Unapologetically Canadian. Bewitching Vagabond. Dragon Friendly.

Who is your target audience? How often, if at all, do you think about quitting or taking an extended break?

I have been burnt out. I was posting daily to my blog about writing online. I still have those posts, I'm migrating them to this site now. I know I should have a target audience. I don't. I'm not selling anything, this isn't a business. Its far from making a profit and I don't like marketing.

Do your friends and family read your blog? How does this knowledge affect your writing? Do you feel like you can totally be yourself on your blog? Where do you draw the line when it comes to disclosing too much about your life on your blog?

My family do not read my sites. As far as I know. I wouldn't mind if they did. I am almost completely myself when I write online, here or social media. I find people are far more likely to jump down your throat for minor things, or ridiculous misunderstandings which they create themselves. I've been hounded on social media for a comment I made. My comment was pulled all out of proportion. I've seen aggression online and experienced it too.

I used to be more careful about disclosing information online. Ironically, it is a bigger issue now and I'm less cautious. Originally, back in 1996, I wouldn't even give my real name. Or location. Now, we get so many services demanding our identity and information, just to login to a website, like Google, verification must have your phone number, email address, name, and whatever else they store on their servers about you. Later they get hacked and apologize, but they don't stop culling information.

Do you prefer writing on paper or a keyboard? Why? Care to hand write a short letter to us, scan it, and then post it to your blog?

I think I like keyboard now. Not long ago I would have said handwriting, on paper. But now I can type about as fast as I'm thinking and on the keyboard my penmanship is always good.

Is cursive writing a lost art? Should good penmanship be taught? Tell us about your handwriting – good / bad?

I hope cursive doesn't disappear. Funny to think of it as art now. It was just part of the regular English/ language arts we learned in school. Now, a lot of young people can't write it, or read it. It is a disadvantage for them. Even if it only turns up now and then, they should be able to read it. It really isn't that different from printed letters.

Penmanship should be taught. Even printed letters need penmanship.

My handwriting was a lot better before the Internet and computers. Now my hand gets tired quicker than it did when I wrote longhand frequently.

The site has all the questions from Write from Karen's Monday Morning Meme. I'm reposting those I think are most interesting, for me at least.

• Are you an urban dweller, a suburbanite, or a country person? Are you happy where you live? Without giving too many details, tell us about the place where you live. What makes it different than other places? What do you like the most? The least?
• Would you rather be overdressed or underdressed for a party? Why? Tell us about the last time you were overdressed and/or underdressed; what happened? Did anyone notice you were over/under dressed?
• What five things would you put in a time capsule?
• If you could give a single piece of advice to the film industry in Hollywood, what would you say? If you were a powerful film producer, what sorts of films would you produce? Why?
• If you could be guaranteed an honest answer to three questions, what questions would you ask, and who would you ask them of?
• Have you ever worn your slippers, or pajamas, in public? If so, when and why? If not, would you ever consider leaving your house looking less than your best? What do you think of people who do so? (Be honest, we all judge on some level).
• What three sounds do you love? Okay, now tell us WHY you love these sounds.
• Which are scarier to you: ghosts or aliens? Why? Do you believe in either/both? Why or why not?
• What is your earliest memory of a library? Who took you? Do you have any funny/odd memories of the library?
• If you could interview anyone, who would you interview, and what would the first question be?
• What is the oddest thing you ever bought for yourself?
• What modern day convenience would you be willing to give up forever? Why would you give up that particular convenience and how would you give it up?
• When you are having a bad day, what do you do as a little ‘pick me up’?
• How far do you live from the place where you grew up as a kid? Tell us about the place you grew up – would you choose to go back there and raise your own family (if you have one)? Why or why not?
• If you had to name a smell that always makes you nostalgic, what would it be? What sorts of memories does the smell evoke?
• If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward would remember nothing of the experience, would you do so? If not, why not?
• Do you believe in ghosts or evil spirits? Explain, please. Would you be willing to spend a night alone in a remote house that is supposedly haunted? Have you ever seen, or thought you’ve seen, a ghost or evil spirit? If so, what did you do? If not, how do you think you’d react?
• Do you think that the world will be a better or a worse place 100 years from now? Explain your answer, please.
• Would you accept $1,000,000 to leave the country and never set foot in it again? Explain, please. Is money or love more important to you? How much money would it take for you to step away from your current life?
• You are given the power to kill people simply by thinking of their deaths and twice repeating the word “goodbye.” People would die a natural death and no one would suspect you. Are there any situations in which you would use this power?
• What is your opinion on the death penalty? Let’s say the person is a serial killer and has admitted his/her guilt, and it is your job to sentence that person. Could you give that person the death penalty? Why or why not?
• Would you be willing to become extremely ugly physically if it meant you would live for 1,000 years at any physical age you chose? Explain your answer.
• What do you have to have with you when you travel? Why?
• The getaway car is waiting outside – where is it taking you?
• What do you think is the sexiest profession for a guy?
• What’s more important, where you live or what you do for a living? Why?

Blog Talkers was founded by Write from Karen 2006 - 2008.

I answered several of them while it was still active.

Blog Talkers Talk #84 Push the button. Go on, you know you want to…

If you could have a magic red button on your desk or in your home, that did one thing when you pressed it, what would you want that one thing to be? (Be specific – tell us what you want and WHY you want it). …more