Comments on: Changing direction, slightly

By: Evan Hadkins

Evan Hadkins — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:09:11 +0000

Thanks Teri. Im working on it. Im happy with the direction, and I think Im learning how to make it real (no apostrophes because this site is misbehaving not because I dont care about grammar)

Evan

By: Mother Earthbeats

Mother Earthbeats — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:26:13 +0000

I feel your friends have offered you some very good advice. Most people like to connect great and helpful information with a real person, not like reading a text book. When you put your heart into your work, people respond in a positive way, and are more likely to return to your site. Especially if you are providing useful tips relating to your subject. I love finding blogs that show a caring person behind the content.

Enjoy!

Teri
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By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:42:18 +0000

Thanks. I’m glad you like my focus on content. I don’t want to drop it. I do hope I’ll be able to make it more lively by putting more of myself in. Getting the tone right and not being self-indulgent (which I’d hate to be) is tricky – I’m still learning to write I think.

Please let me know if you think I slip into self-indulgence, that’s one way of me finding out.

Thanks for your comment.

By: DrSteve

DrSteve — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:43:35 +0000

Hello Evan. I’ve found your site via a comment you made on skelliewag. I’ve had a quick look around and very much like what I see. I certainly hope you won’t drop the strong content (e.g. your article on evidence based practice has been helpful to me – I’ve been asked to brief some psychotherapists on the topic). Having said that, relating that material to yourself (anecdotes from your life…) could make it very lively. It’s quite a skill writitng non-indulgent personal matter – but I think that it can be done if each post has a larger point it’s making. What I’ve seen of your writing makes me optimistic you can get the tone right. Go for it!