Be that as it may, it is true that sometimes I don’t feel like blogging, especially when I don’t have a new book to write about. But I don’t want to go too long between posts. On the other hand, no one wants to read filler, so I try to avoid posts about nothing.
Tiffini Elektra X, who blogs at Down the Rabbit Hole, notes this same problem, and also points out that she is tired of reading blog posts that begin with apologies about how long it’s been since the blogger posted. (Me too.) She has created the “Blogging Without Obligation” button which links to her list of reasons why less is more. Not usually a fan of buttons, I have adopted this one, if mostly to remind myself that it’s okay (in fact, it’s better) to not post when I have nothing new to say.
Thus I will leave you with my favorite quote from The Elements of Style, by E. B. White: “Omit needless words!”
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Nice post. Check out my entry on Inheritance of Love http://deepakadk.blogspot.com/2007/01/desais-inheritance-of-loss.html
I agree, I have lost count of the number of blog posts I've read that begin with an apology. I probably used to do it myself until I realised how irritating it is when other people do it. Blogging is for the blogger to enjoy, the blog does not control the blogger!
Thanks for writing this and thanks to Tiffini Elektra X for her thoughts as well. This is supposed to be fun and fulfilling, not a job with huge obligations. I will take this philosophy to heart and write what is in my heart or what I have read, after I've read it.
Well said -- and very true.
A very good philosophy indeed!
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