The Name of My Blog:
In Search of the Perfect Triangle
The Complete URL of My Blog:
http://metajugglamum.wordpress.com/category/single-parenthood/
What My Single Parent Blog is About:
I am an ex-pat single mother of a 3-year-old boy, trying to raise him as best I can in Germany, whilst running our home and managing my own business. These three fundamental elements make up the entirety of my life at the moment and the challenge is to find the ideal balance between them to enable us to survive financially, to grow and develop in the way we both need to for ourselves and our individual futures, and to have enough quality time left for each other.
This is the ever-shifting triangle I am attempting to stabilize. Metajugglamum is therefore my alias … and my story (or at least, random snap-shot chunks of it).
How I Choose My Topics:
I don't choose my topics. They choose me and, for the most part, the posts write themselves. I just do the editing afterwards. It sounds odd, but it really is the case. I can't write on demand.
I think it's all or nothing. If I write, I write everything that I am thinking in that moment. The words come from the core of me. Generally the editing takes longer than the article itself as, yes, I do try to maintain my anonymity - also for the sake of my son.
I am honest. My family knows I write, but they don't know under what name, nor where I post my blog. I'd like to keep it that way. The only way I can stay true to myself is if I say what I feel and I don't want to hurt people (which I think I could by being so honest).
Advice
- My advice to new bloggers is to write under a pseudonym if you are going to dig deep with your posts. It is also critical to do so if you are sharing photos of your children.
- Never, ever publish real names of your kids.
- Stay true to yourself. If you want to play at being someone else, this could be fun for a while, but the chances are, at some point, you will be caught out. This could have an adverse effect on your reputation and, as result, a very negative impact on your own self-esteem as a writer.
- Write from the heart. Say what you want to say, not what you think others want to hear
