In my view regret is a wasted emotion. We live in the now not in the past or the future, but in the here and now with our past contributing to who we are and how we see the world. So should I know everything about you? Well to that I say, if you are comfortable with who you are and want to share your life with your readers, then I am interested. It’s not my place to judge and will I stop reading your novels because I do not like your past…it’s highly unlikely. Your biography, which would allow us a peek into what I am sure is a pretty amazing life, would be a gift beyond measure. When I leave this existence and move on to my next one I want to look back and know that I sucked all the marrow out of life. I want to know I lived life to the fullest, I did my best to help others, and when I made mistakes I endeavored to learn from them. No apologies, no explanations.
Guest blogging I think benefits both parties. When a guest blogs for you they typically bring over some of their peeps while also being exposed to some of your readers and vice versa for you as a guest blogger.
I do understand that added stress factor in guest blogging, I want my guest post to rock for my buddy blogger, so I get a little critical/crazy about it being a good post.