Bloggerel

Bloggery is like doggerel expression in a way. It's amateur out-loud rambling prose or thought that writer's scribble, not thinking if anyone reads it. Nor do they care much. But occasionally, you have a response that surprises you. What, you say? Where did this come from? And why? Aha, there's the rub. When you write publicly, you just might get an answer from someone who either likes what you write or hates it. And that's all okay. That individual has as much right to make criticism and so on, as you do. You needn't take it to heart and certainly need not stop what you write or how you write. Some responses should be answered, others ignored. At times, there are threatening ones, and they are to be dealt with in whatever secure manner is available. It is all part of letting "the dogs out", the "dogs" of your publication need, humble though it may be. The word "publication" is just that: you are going public with what you write. And if so, watch your back. Writers of fame have the advantage of making a living at it and that, in itself, is a confidence builder. No one who makes disparaging remarks about what you write or how you write is to be taken too seriously because you have an opinion and are legally entitled to express it. To a degree. Some people read a piece and convert it to mean them personally, and they react. As the saying goes "it's not all about you". It's a big world and unless specific reference is made in certain directions, it is not necessarily aimed at any certain target. That would be slanderous or libelous. There are unspoken rules of good taste that are obvious but when you find an example of something you want to write about positively or negatively, you can do so. It is how you do it that makes you not cross the lines of good taste.  Dickens wrote about the proverty of industrial England in his fiction when if he spoke about it otherwise, might hang from a public gibbet. Most nursery rhymes and fairy tales we teach our children, are not about bridges or  bears or bunnies.  If you do a little research, you will find that songs and poems of old, had messages hidden in the text. Their authors, often anonymous, were trying to improve their social environments. It was the only way that they could get their protests across. They couldn't simply trot down to the local newspaper and plunk in an article on how unfair some governing body was or who did what nasty thing to someone else. In the first place, the newspapers then, as of today, are paid for by ads and if you dare to insult one of the advertisers, they will quit and if too many do, down goes the paper. ( Aside: that's why most of the newspapers of this day are owned by very large and powerful companies. Look it up. ) But back on topic: writers will continue to use the pen as sword now, as in the days of Shakespeare. Writing is a voice, a tool used not just to entertain, but often to teach, and certainly, always to learn.