Blogging Fatigue

July 13th, 2006

The other day, I was checking my email from my website and I received the following email from Cathy. “How come your blog died?” That’s all it said. Simple. Eloquent. Totally true.

I immediately felt exposed. Did this Cathy person know that at the moment I got the email, I was busy alphabetizing my different versions of computer solitaire? Did she know that everytime I go to write a blog I end up cataloging how many different colors of Post-It Notes I have?

In any event, I don’t have an excuse for my disappearance from the blog scene. Call it Blogging Fatigue. Which, I suppose, puts my blogging stamina at a record low, since I wasn’t the most regular blogger in the first place.

Anyway, I wanted to thank Cathy for giving me a push in the right direction — and for sending along her own blog, which puts mine to shame in all categories. She managed to make magpies funny, which I think is a pretty huge deal.

Here it is.

http://www.cathykooy.typepad.com/

Look to hear more from me in upcoming weeks. Ruby Tuesdayis coming out in paperback in a couple months and I’m working on a manuscript. It’s very different, I’ll say that much. That’s all the bait I’m going to give. The main character’s name is Fern. Now, I’m really going to stop. I hope everyone’s having an excellent, sweat-free summer.