Attractive Nuisance
An attractive nuisance is, by definition, something that may be so attractive to innocent passer-bys (generally, children) that the owner of the property is required by law to take steps to prevent the innocent from injuring themselves. So…swimming pools, large road equipment, pits dug into the ground…things a curious child might think look fun to try that are inherently dangerous.
I think it's an especially good name for something like a blog or, like here, the part of my site that may cause you to waste time. Not that my posts are a waste of your time – never! But there are links in the column to the right, to some frivolous sites, some that may feel like a time warp—you go there to check it out and forty-five minutes later you don’t know why you're still trying to line up rubber duckies, or why you’re on your 8th wordle cloud, this one of a long dead manuscript.
I waste a lot of time – usually procrastinating. I've accepted that about myself, and I only try to curb those tendencies but so much. (Some things are better accepted and compensated for, than fought).
I'm not likely to blog on a regular schedule, but I do intend to post links or thoughts or rambles or rants when the mood strikes. I'll also post observations and hints on the craft of writing and on the process of finding an agent or getting published. So, in an attempt to at least warn those innocents who stray this way, I've named this part of the site attractive nuisance – consider yourself warned.
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