Well, here's to all the good times.

You may find me at Blogger for now, hope to see you down stream.

KerriTao

I am so sad that Blogstream is shutting down. I can't seem to decide where to move to. I am curious where everyone else is going, I'll miss you if it's somewhere different!

I downloaded my files, but can't seem to find anyplace that will import it. Anyone have some great wisdom on importing or is it all by copy and paste, ugh?

I've met some really cool people on here, and am so thankful for that. Many of the rest of you have posted beautiful tributes that I could never match. So I'll just quote my second favorite donkey and say, "Thanks for noticing me."

Here is an issue I've been struggling with recently.

I have always wanted to be an expert in something, yet no matter how much I know about a subject, I never feel like one. I preface any advice I give with, "I am by no means an expert" which leads me to wonder, who is an expert? Are there really people out there who know absolutely everything there is to know about a subject? Or do they just bumble through things the way I do when I'm not sure about something and hope it turns out alright?

This brings me to writing. I have no formal education (aside from required high school/undergrad courses) in writing, but I have managed to bumble my way through writing a book. I continued my bumbling into self-publishing it and seeing it for sale on Amazon.com. An accomplishment I'm proud of, but I don't consider myself an expert in writing or self-publishing by any means. (hehe, you see what I did there?) But now, I have a book out there, and I've written another one that I'm currently editing.

But here comes the issue. People are starting to give me that look, you know the one, the "wow, you know something I don't" look. Even worse, I'm getting people asking advice about writing! Asking me! No formal education, bumbled my way through it, me! Even stranger, I find myself having advice to give them, and they lap it up and then go back to that admiring look.

So being a Taoist, I'm not supposed to be into labels, but for some reason this one is bothering me. At what point do you call yourself an expert? Or better yet, when does writer become an author by profession? When can I start introducing myself as YZ, author? Is there a real criteria, or do I decide? Does writing a book about something mean that your an expert in it? That would mean I'm an expert in magic and my friend is an expert in goddesses . That'd be alright, lol.

I'm starting to wonder if this rambling is making any sense. Maybe my next post will be about how I'm over 30 years old and still don't feel like an adult. That may be at the heart of my problem, lol.

Well, I know I shared some of my concerns with you earlier, but Captain and I decided to do it. We bought a new home. I will try to post a link here, we'll see how it goes.


And yes, the pool table stays!!

Forgive me Blogstream, for I have strayed!!

I am in the process of developing a website for my author identity, KD Wilson. I really wanted to have a writing blog on the site. Unfortunately, the stream was not compatible, so I had to go with a different blog host. I fully intend to keep my personal blog here, but if anyone would like to see my alter ego, they may find her here:
http://authorkdwilson.wordpress.com/

May the stream have mercy on me!!