Something to Say

So the question comes up with my writing friends, is it important for an author to have a blog?

This article  on The Internet Writing Journal, The Author's Dilema: To Blog or Not to Blog discusses various kinds of blogs from daily journal type, to issue oriented blogs, and group blogs.  There are no promises that a blog will add to your credibility or grant you fairy-godmother type success.  But sometimes it happens.

So I ask myself, why blog?  Here is my list of reasons:

1. Blogging is a self-imposed deadline that makes me write regularly.
2. I can expound on ideas and themes from my books.
3. I get to talk about my characters, and these are real people to me that I really like.
4. Any writing is better than no writing. Keeps me from getting too lazy.
5. I can try out something that I am playing with for my current plot.
6. It's kind of theaputic, like the diary from my childhood.
7. Maybe it will help me build a following.
8. I sometimes discuss books that I have read that had a big impact on me. 
9. Blogging is trendy, so it's gives me a certain je ne sais quoi.
10. I have something to say.