Not another blog?!

Yes, as if I didn’t have enough to say on The Royalist now I have my own personal blog. I can almost hear your shrieks of horror.

Before I start my new ramblings, let me admit that I've always thought that producing a personal blog is a bit egoistic (make that a lot egoistic). I mean, why would the heck would anybody want to read the thoughts of somebody they don’t even know?! That is unless the blogger is Brad Pitt or Prince William (eek......sorry, two paragraphs in and I’ve already mentioned a royal although, hey, at least I didn't dare mention Kate Middleton yet (oh blast, just did!).

So considering this fact, you may ask why I've joined the millions who decide to post their thoughts into cyberspace?

To be honest, not wishing to sound too soppy about this, I thought it might be kind of nice to have somewhere to keep more in touch with everyone who kindly e-mails me and asks me non-royal questions (although let me say now: I ain’t going to be posting any pictures of myself on here as the world is a scary enough place as it is!).

Plus, I'm finding that there are times when I'd like to incorporate a bit of opinion about a non-royal subject into something I write on The Royalist but it wouldn't be appropriate in the middle of a news story.

Oh by the way, don’t think this separate blog is going to be taking up far too much of my time to the point that I’ll be slacking on The Royalist (as if I dare!). The reality is that writing down thoughts such as I’m doing now is a much easier process....after all, I don’t need to research what I’m writing here, so writing a couple of hundred words for this site takes far less time than writing a piece relating to a news story which has to be researched for quotes, dates etc.

Anyhow, my theory is that this is a place to talk about all kinds of things, although don't worry, within a week - on a night when I'm especially drained from working on The Royalist - my essays will have turned into the kind of comment you could fit on a stamp (although knowing how I go on, it'd have to be a seriously big stamp!).

So, if you fancy getting an idea of what goes into producing The Royalist - the blood, toil, tears and sweat (plus a few temper tantrums and panic attacks!) - or are just interested in hearing a little about life in England then check back here.

And as with 'the other place' (that's The Royalist) please feel more than welcome to post comments.

Who's open to a bribe to be nice to me to counteract any more vitriol that will no doubt come my way?

Joanne