“Blogging is different from both journal-writing and writing for print. It's more fun than either of those. The freedom to write whatever I want and the unmediated connection with readers are the payoff.” WantWritingDifferentFunReaderConnectionsPrintJournalBloggingPayoffJournal Writing Author:Kate Christensen
“Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult.” WritingBookHardEasyDifficultHard WorkAmountBlogsWriting A BookBlogging Author:Kate Christensen
“Although the point of blogging is that it doesn't pay, I often steal from my blog for paid publication. I've based several magazine essays on blog posts, as well as an entire book.” WellsBookPayPaidStealingMagazinesPostsEssaysBlogsPublicationBlogging Author:Kate Christensen
“Sometimes I think of blogging as finger exercises for a violinist; sometimes I think of it as mulching a garden. It is incredibly useful and helpful to my "real" writing.” ThinkingWritingRealSometimesExerciseGardenFingersHelpfulBloggingViolinist Author:Kate Christensen