Identity Crisis. Angst. And Book Deals.

I'm in the self-branding and self-promotion session. Fascinating sociological meeting of the agendas. I can almost feel the anxiety of it all. Right this minute, people in the audience are getting hammered for asking how they can take their blog to the next level. Um, I think that's the point of the session.

Jen Lemen leans over to me and says "this whole thing is like trying to convince your parents you should get a bigger allowance."

Exactly.

I wish I could hear more from each person in "the audience". Surely the people behind the laptops each have interesting thoughts and insights they've accumulated through their own experiences. This blogging thing is a personal medium, after all.

Oh now a panelist just halfway yelled at this 70-year-old "new" blogger because she didn't like the way she asked her question on how she could get more readers. And sadly, I'm not kidding. This in no way is congruent with anything I've experienced so far at Blogher (which is overall a group of extremely smart and supportive individuals). I think this panel is just off. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people here would agree that if you're over 65 and here and blogging about it, then hell to the yeah, you rock. I'm going to try to find her after this and find out what her blog is. Because as far as I'm concerned, she's great and she should have more readers.

My favorite new blog I found in this session: Sneaker Blogger.