Mothering › Forums › Natural Family Living › Mothers' Writing Group › Writing for the Web › this blog makes 40K a month
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

this blog makes 40K a month - Page 2

post #21 of 37
4/21/09 at 9:48pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by momma-molly View Post
I think I saw the same Oprah as you, dearmama - I'd never heard of her before either.

I think it's a pretty interesting blog, but I'm not super impressed. I'm sort of a blog snob, which is ironic, because my blog is still so raw and new, but anyway...

Good for her, I guess.

I'm jealous.
me too

What do you mean by blog snob?
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 37
4/22/09 at 3:09am
Quote:
Originally Posted by fek&fuzz View Post
Her whole posts show is in Google Reader. I just subscribe to the whole thing, so all posts show up in one feed subscription. I love her.
I didn't realize that. I'll have to update my Reader, maybe it is some setting I have on or something.
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 37
4/22/09 at 12:20pm
she's obviously on the pro-vax paylist - check out her 'momversation' video...she didn't do that on her own
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 37
4/22/09 at 12:52pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by dearmama22 View Post

What do you mean by blog snob?
Just that I'm really picky about the blogs I read. It has to be really interesting and offer something fresh to catch my attention.
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 37
4/22/09 at 4:34pm
personally I find her blog boring - we have bloggers here on MDC that are way better! seriously
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 37
4/22/09 at 4:58pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MommyHawk View Post
personally I find her blog boring - we have bloggers here on MDC that are way better! seriously
That's what I think!!
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 37
4/22/09 at 8:15pm
I agree with the general consensus here. Didn't know about her until Oprah, had to check her out, didn't really "get" it but was still intrigued that she was making $$$ by blogging. Then I started watching those nauseating "momversations" and got so sick of the intentional-doe-eye-into-the-camera thing (however, big props for the circ vid ) that I too have to shout from the rooftops that the blogs I've found from MDC are way more interesting. A special shout-out to www.twwly.com. :
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 37
4/23/09 at 1:54am
Yeah, I don't get it either. I've seen her before on a talk show and I just watched her talk about it, then checked her blog out and was so unimpressed.

I blog mostly for myself and to help others look for something (mostly fun stuff for kids activities/science projects and dealing with selective mutism/anxiety issues in my daughter). I don't advertise, I don't ever plan to and generally speaking blogs that advertise I turn away from. I also don't care for mainstream thinking either. I don't talk about controversial topics because I get too emotionally involved. It would make me a wreck.


I like blogs more like this that help make me a better parent

PhD in Parenting

lots of great AP/pro-bf stuff and a great Carnival of Play she hosted and I was able to participate in (and I won a book on PLAY).
Reply
Reply
post #29 of 37
4/24/09 at 11:25pm
I had never heard of her before today. not sure I understand the appeal...

but I like clicking on all of YOUR blog links! Now that's fresh!
Reply
Reply
post #30 of 37
4/25/09 at 12:40am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by boatbaby View Post
I had never heard of her before today. not sure I understand the appeal...

but I like clicking on all of YOUR blog links! Now that's fresh!
I became a follower of your blog.
Reply
Reply
post #31 of 37
6/14/09 at 12:43am
I had never heard of it before this thread. But it's just TOO big for me. 400+ comments per post? I like a blog small enough that I can actually read and respond to what others have said if I want. Plus, reading the posts on the front of her page. I think I'd find myself just angry and annoyed if I read her regularly. I like to read blogs by people I wish were my real life friends. I wouldn't want to be friends with her.
Reply
Reply
post #32 of 37
6/14/09 at 11:00am
I think her writing is good, but I don't like what she has to say. I think her edginess is forced and I'm not a prude but her open, blunt talk about certain subjects seems put on rather than revealing. It's like she's saying, "See how cool I am when I speak openly about certain things? See how gritty I am?"

No, that's not what I see, but I guess others do.

I've not read her for a long time, but I gather that she had severe PPD after the birth of her daughter and wrote extensively about that in very raw, unfiltered terms. I think that got a lot of people's attention.

I think she's sarcastic and crude. If she were sarcastic and political, or sarcastic and AP, or sarcastic and unschooly, I'd be all for it! :
Reply
Reply
post #33 of 37
6/17/09 at 8:24pm
I just found her blog yesterday, and decided to search for mentions on MDC. Personally, I love it. I have read something like 200 pages of her blog since yesterday (yeah, I need to quit before I get fired for READING her blog... that would certainly one-up her getting fired for writing it, right?!)

But, I also generally have no problem with crude. And I generally fall somewhere between mainstream and crunchy on the scale of the two, so I'm not offended by her mainstreamness.

And I think she's just freakin' hilarious.

I also love Pioneer Woman. I was just having a conversation with a friend today about who I want to befriend more... it was a tough choice
Reply
Reply
post #34 of 37
6/17/09 at 8:46pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rhiOrion View Post
I just found her blog yesterday, and decided to search for mentions on MDC. Personally, I love it. I have read something like 200 pages of her blog since yesterday (yeah, I need to quit before I get fired for READING her blog... that would certainly one-up her getting fired for writing it, right?!)

But, I also generally have no problem with crude. And I generally fall somewhere between mainstream and crunchy on the scale of the two, so I'm not offended by her mainstreamness.

And I think she's just freakin' hilarious.

I also love Pioneer Woman. I was just having a conversation with a friend today about who I want to befriend more... it was a tough choice
200 pages?! Goodness, girl!

She just had a baby, so I'll probably be reading more now..
Reply
Reply
post #35 of 37
6/17/09 at 8:58pm
I read her once when she described making her baby CIO in detail...

never went back, never will...
Reply
Reply
post #36 of 37
6/17/09 at 9:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by paxye View Post
I read her once when she described making her baby CIO in detail...

never went back, never will...


Poor babies, society tells their mamas that CIO is a good thing.
Reply
Reply
post #37 of 37
6/18/09 at 6:34pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by paxye View Post
I read her once when she described making her baby CIO in detail...

never went back, never will...
seriously? Oh no, I'm so glad I haven't read that post.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Writing for the Web
Mothering › Forums › Natural Family Living › Mothers' Writing Group › Writing for the Web › this blog makes 40K a month