Moldova? Now that's odd.

Odd here.
Both Even and I have been looking at the blog dashboard to see if anyone has been reading this.

Yesterday - as a break from speedwriting more than a hundred product descriptions - I checked and saw that someone from Moldova had read us. I mean, someone from Moldova had at least clicked onto our Dirty Little Feet.

And to greet that most-welcome Moldovan guest I shall hereby put on my very best Robin Williams impersonation and say ...

"Goooood moooorrrning Moldova!!!"

Your readership is sincerely appreciated. Thank you. And thank you, Blogger.com, for bringing us this very special visitor.

Moldova, may I call you Mo? Since you're here, Mo, please take a seat and let's talk about something I'll take the liberty of assuming we're both interested in: Writing.

According to my observations, there's a phenomenon that many writers and would-be-writers share: a reluctance to write anything that will never be read. A resistance to writing non-starters. A refusal to invest more than 2 SI units of energy into any project that's doomed to fail.

Pushing a boulder the size of the Rogers Centre up the north face of Everest would be a smoother, more effortless process than the unbearable grind of writing a page of stuff nobody wants to read.

But there's a whole complicated chemical process involved in writing material that gets read. I like to think of it as "writing well".

Plain old writing helps a Moldovan seeking "Seasons in the Sun" lyrics give your blog an accidental click. Writing well makes that Moldovan come back the very next day. Writing well makes tears come to that Moldovan's eyes and elicits silly chuckles from their stubborn Moldovan lips. Writing well makes words and ideas dance across the Moldovan mind in a rhythm so alluring that even the busiest Moldovan cannot resist. If something is written well - that Moldovan will never stop reading. Not while there's still another word to be read.

Hmmm. It's been really nice talking to you, Mo. You've certainly helped bring up some important thoughts on writing. Important thoughts, indeed. It seems good writing is pretty important to you. You've got high standards and you're as entitled to them as anyone else.

But now you've got me thinking, too.

Listen, Mo. I'm not saying we don't want you here - that's not the case at all. But to be perfectly honest ... and with all due respect ... and as nice as it is to have a real audience ... I'm starting to wish you wouldn't put so much pressure on us. I just had to get that off my chest.

So, good bye for now, Moldova. Here is the link you were actually looking for:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYsrKDSKzWg