Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

Enter the addition of Boon as an author for Atlas Blogged (welcome aboard Boon!). In a side email discussion with Wulf and Rammage (the other authors on this site for those non-faithfuls) the four of us were discussing the mysteries of the blog. Rammage discussed writer’s block based on this tidbit about writing up an entry for Atlas Blogged:

“And this was going to be a great article, too. I am utterly fascinated how easy it is for me to sit down and pound out a thousand-word letter to the [email] List - to all of youins - but when I go to write an article for AB, I suddenly freeze up.”

Boon humorously suggested:

“Happens all the time man. Best thing to do is to go through it in your mind and not try to write it down. Let it work on you for some time until you have no choice but to write it to get it out of your system.
And if that doesn’t work, try penicillin."

But Wulf nailed it when he said:

“It's because you feel like you have to have a point. Writing for an audience.”

AHA! That’s it! The big secret is solved!

People just want to be heard! I liken blogging to people calling into a radio show. Except with a blog you don’t have to sit on hold for hours waiting for your one minute on the show with the host talking over you and not really letting you get your point across anyway. Here, you have an uninterrupted medium where you can say whatever you want, without the obnoxious host talking over you. You get to be heard, and it doesn’t stop there. The people who comment are doing it too. That is their way of “calling in” to the blogger's show and letting you know how they feel, without interruption.

So Newman…thanks for the call. Rammage, Wulf, and now Boon…thanks for letting me host my own show. I promise not to write over anyone’s comments or keep them on hold for hours on end. I just hope I can provide some quality entertainment when people tune in.