Comments on: When Your Truth Is Different Than Mine

By: Abdulrehman

Abdulrehman — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:39:52 +0000

Great post, I was just going through your blog (although you're blogging without one) when I found this one and yeah it's great. Well, I'll write a 1000 words for my articles but I HATE to proof read, lol! Abdulrehman´s last blog post..Has Live Search Lost It’s Market Share?

By: Daphne

Daphne — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:23:59 +0000

Hi Barbara, Great blog you have here. And this post got me thinking about the way I write my blog posts. I've seen other blogs where people give advice on health and finances when they are not qualified professionals and I do wonder if they will get in trouble someday. What bothers me more is when people quote things out of context. They use my exact words but leave out the second half of the sentence and therefore give a skewed representation of what I said. Does anyone else have this problem? Daphne´s last blog post..Planning For The Year Ahead (Part 2)

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:14:54 +0000

Hi Caroline – Thank you. I know what you mean about a “universal language”, and you’re right, we do not want to alienate our readers.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:26:42 +0000

Great post Barbara! I try to write in a universal language (if that makes sense). I don't really think about how (or if) someone will re-act to my blog. I just hope that they get some insight out of my posts... This post makes me realize the importance of audience and not alienating your readers. Caroline´s last blog post..Getting back to center

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:45:32 +0000

Hi Stacey Shipman – I agree. What works for us may not work for others. Incorporating words like “consider”, etc… helps to teach our readers to be informed “consumers”.

Hi Sheila – Oh how silly – that showing your human side could affect your medical license. I see it as you being a compassionate doctor who is showing others that doctors are people, too, with interests that vary.

Hi Byteful Traveller – It’s great to see you here. It’s been a long time. Thanks for the link to Steve Pavlina’s terms of use. I’ll check it out.

Even though we might not be able to be sued, I would certainly not want to write something and have someone misconstrue the information and make a life or death decision based on what I wrote.

Hi Stacet – Good point. The word selfish is often misconstrued as being negative, when in fact, like you said, sometimes we need to be “selfish” in order to self nurture and be better people.

Hi Ivory – Welcome to the BWAB community. Yes, we get good discussions going here. Hopefully you’ll have a chance to join in again soon.

Writing about home and garden is probably a fairly “safe” topic. I’m headed over to check out your blog.