Writers who write about themselves...

[fajrdrako]

From February 12, 2009: Do you read any author’s blogs? If so, are you looking for information on their next project? On the author personally? Something else?

Yes, I do read some authors' blogs. Several. I read them for the same reasons I read anyone's blog - because I'm interested in what they have to say, and want to hear their perspective on the world.

That being said, my reasons for doing this are as diverse as the writers themselves. Warren Ellis' blog is as entertaining as he is. Neil Gaiman has good information about fannish events that interest me. With others, like Greg Rucka, it's because I want news of their upcoming books or projects. With George R.R. Martin, it's so I can whimper because there's no sign or A Dance For Dragons yet.

I'm a lot more likely to read their blog if they're on LJ than anywhere else. For reasons of convenience and inclination. I don't read Lois McMaster Bujold's comments on MySpace, for example, because, much as I like hearing what she has to say, I dislike MySpace and don't like going there.

Comments

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I have a huge amount of writer's blogs - at least 200 or so. The only people who aren't writers are readers who followed me over from Underlucius days (and even some of them are writers too) I have big writers, HUGE writers, small writers...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Woo, that's a lot of writers. How do you manage to keep up with them all? Is it so you can discuss the craft of writing?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I don't comment on most of 'em. but it's great to see and to read what the state of play is and to get the gossip.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Probably interesting, too!

[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

Lois usually echos all her MySpace posts on the mailing list, anyway.

Also, you knew her MySpace page was syndicated on LJ (http://syndicated.livejournal.com/lmb_myspace/profile), right?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't know. Yay! Thank you for the link! Now I have it on a feed. The best of both worlds, and I don't have to go to MySpace. *hugs you for the info*

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

You don't get more than the first few lines of her postings with the feed, but at least it's reassuring to see that she's just posting the same thing she posted onlist [g].

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Heh. We get the best info on the list, I'm sure. But it's nice to feel that I'm in touch with the blog, too.

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

I've got a large number of authors friended on LJ (or I have their LJ feeds -- like Neil Gaiman's).

Why? Because they generally write about interesting things or in an interesting way.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I particularly like it when they have LJ feeds. Who do you have besides Gaiman?

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I have a number of writers on my FL -- most of whom I don't read the books of (sorry, that's really bad grammar, but I couldn't figure out how to say that properly on the fly). And another bunch of writers on my IE feed list, which I read much less frequently.

Mostly for the industry and writing information, due to my not-quite-completely-squashed hopes of becoming one of them.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I find writers interesting. And successful writers... admirable if only for their luck. And stamina.