Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Fun of Blogging with Family



Most of my family have blogs. My mum writes on several blogs. My three younger sisters all have their own blogs. Even my older sister Felicity, who lives a long way away, has a blog. But, in all the time we’ve been blogging, we’ve only ever written on our own, personal blogs, except for the occasional guest post on each other’s blogs. Until now.

This year we’ve started a new blog, Mother, Daughters, Sisters, where all us Elvis girls will be blogging together about our lives and the things that interest us. The blog has been going for about a week so far, and already it’s been amazing fun. This past week has been all about introducing ourselves, and it’s interesting to see how each person has introduced themselves in a different way, from Sophie who interviewed herself, to Felicity who wrote a heartfelt post on why she is different and it doesn’t matter.

Yesterday it was my turn to introduce myself on the blog. Somehow I find introductions very difficult to write. How does one manage to write an introduction that tells people about you and at the same time make you sound like an interesting person? Well, I don’t know if I managed to write an interesting post, but my attempt involves Jane Austen’s heroines including a previously unknown one...

There are lots of great things about blogging with my family. There are lots of people to share the posting with. It doesn’t matter if no one reads the blog (though of course we would love it if people did), because we’re sharing our posts with each other. It’s a way to keep connected with Felicity, who lives on the other side of the country. And most importantly, we’re all sharing a passion for writing in a personal way that connects us, no matter how far away we are.


Have you ever shared a blog with friends or family? Would you ever consider being part of a shared blog? What do you think is the best part about blogging with other people?

14 comments:

  1. That's great you are doing a blog together! I'll pop over and read your introduction. None of my family blogs, just me.

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    1. I've always wanted to do a blog with someone, so I'm super excited that we've started this one. Thanks for going to read my introduction. I never know how the Ninja Captain has time to read and comment on everything.

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  2. It's awesome fun running a blog with a bunch of other people...particularly family. ;) Hehe...as you know Mime and I kind of like that. Okay LOVE. I read your intro post and it was really cool! You definitely are an interesting person. ;) I have an older sister who blogs, but other then that, Mime and I are the only bloggers in our family.

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    1. Aw, thanks Cait. You and Mime run an awesome blog. If ours is even half as good as yours, I think I'll be very pleased.

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  3. Hello! I am glad to hear from you again!
    I really liked your introduction post, it was very interesting.

    Unfortunatly I don't really know anyone who blogs (apart from the fact that I don't even blog on a semi regular basis...) but I think sharing a blog with someone would be a lot of tun!

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    1. So far it's been lots of fun. I'd love to do a blog with friends as well some day, maybe on a writing blog. I think the more blogging friends the better. I don't post very regularly either, but I'm trying to change that. I'm sure you'll post more regularly on your blog when you feel like it.

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    2. I probably should decide on a language to blog in first ^^ that would probably help... ^^ But I will try,

      It was a lot of fun to read your blog too!

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    3. I'm in awe of the fact that you have to choose which language to write in. I'd love to be able to write in two languages well enough to be able to blog in either one.

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    4. Well it is a lot of practice and schooling involved in that and also the fact that the nicest people I know don't speak german....
      so if I want to talk to all of you I had to get better at english...

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  4. I don't have a blog! I would like to blog though. None of my family owns a blog either. I would love to share a blog with someone.

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    1. Hi Kim. Nice to meet you. You never know, maybe some of your family would like to blog too if you got a blog. You could start a blogging trend in your house. You could all blog together maybe.

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    2. Thanks! I would really like to make a blog. Any ideas on what I could call it?

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    3. It is made. I am still working on it, but it is getting there! Here is the link: http://kimjanemunoz.blogspot.com.au/ Hope you like it.

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    4. You have a beautiful blog Kim. I look forward to seeing plenty more of your posts.

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