The Beginning of Something Better than Mediocre

So I've been searching for a place to publicly post my poetry, flash fiction, and other such randomness for a while.  I looked into submitting my work to online publications or zines, but they often charge money and in many cases I would completely lose control of what happened to my work.  None of that sounded appealing to me.  A friend of mine mentioned a blog, and I thought it couldn't hurt.  Best case, people love it.  Worst case, no one reads it.  Either way, it can't hurt too bad!  Let's do this!