why blog

Today someone asked me why I have a blog, which is something people ask me quite a bit, actually. The first reason is that it helps me land freelance work. Probably 1/4 of my magazine work comes from connections I make or interest I get from an editor based on something I've written about here.

I also hear from folks via the blog who have read my book or other stuff I've had published. I like hearing from readers, even if all they want to do is project a little schadenfreude my way, and tell me how I suck as a parent because I ended up divorced. I'm getting less of that lately, but still some...