Blogdaughter Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice points out that her real-life sister Morrigan had a birthday recently (Happy Birthday, Mo), and, in the comments, Pam of Pamibe said what everyone is thinking:

Let me get this straight... her life is blog fodder 24/7 but she has NO BLOG? Why not?

I don't like to be negative, so I'll look at reasons why you, Morrigan, SHOULD have a blog:

1) You already have a cool pseudonym, so you just need to add an "'s" then pick a noun, and there's your blog name. I'm not up enough on Celtic mythology to know what that noun should be, but I'll bet that either you or Boudicca are.

2) If you read this post and decide to start blogging because of it, then I'll be your blogfather. Which means that your sister Bou will also be your blogsister. How cool would THAT be? Cooler than having her for your blogmother, THAT'S for sure.

3) Blogger is free - www.blogger.com - you can be posting stuff in 5 minutes. Decorating your site to make it pretty and/or functional takes a little longer, but you can do that as you go along. I've known people who had their "edit me" links on their sidebars for WEEKS. Believe me, your blogroll is the least important thing about your site.

4) "I don't have anything to blog about!"... You send e-mails, right? Pretty much anything you would e-mail to someone "because it's really cool" would make a good blog post. Then you'd be able to just post it and have people come read it instead of trying to find everyone's e-mail address.

5) "Who would want to read my boring crap?"... Definitely everyone who met you in Tennessee. Probably some of your family. Possibly a few of your friends. None of your co-workers. Strange but true. Your readership will NOT consist of who you think it will. But that doesn't matter, because the people who will visit your site will be cool people who really like you that you'd NEVER get to know otherwise. There's an audience for EVERY writer. I think it's time you let yours find you.

Drop me a line at harvolson-at-gmail.com.

We'll talk.

Posted by: Harvey at 04:27 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Not happenin'. She readily admits that she has TONS of blog fodder, but says she's not the writer. She thinks that's my department. We are thinking of doing something at my blog, where she tells me the story and I pen it. We've been tossing it around since Pam's comment. We've thought about writing a book together in the past, she's got some funny funny stuff, but we may just play on my blog.

Posted by: Bou at February 13, 2006 05:21 PM (iHxT3)

2 Looking for MORE children? Geeze... you might want to consider getting another dog or two. ;-)

Posted by: vw bug at February 13, 2006 05:50 PM (NyrfU)

3 "None of your co-workers." Unless one of your minions discovers it and tells everyone at work. Then you have co-workers swarming your site.

Posted by: Contagion at February 13, 2006 09:10 PM (e8b4J)

4 I'd read Mo's blog in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Jim - PRS at February 13, 2006 09:30 PM (njBz/)

5 Thanks for the Happy B-day, Harvey. As far as blogging goes, I am just not a writer. I wish I were, I really do because I have ridiculous things happen to me. I did meet some great people in Tennessee and hopefully I'll tag along again. I will continue my skulking about the blogosphere envious of all the talented writers.

Posted by: Morrigan at February 13, 2006 09:47 PM (1ba5x)

6 Bug - It's not so much that I want another blogkid. Hell, if she wanted nothing to do with the Bad Example Family, I'd STILL want her to start blogging. I just HATE seeing talent hidden away in other people's comments where it's not being appreciated.

Posted by: Harvey at February 13, 2006 09:55 PM (ubhj8)

7 *Tries to think of a blogger that *is* a writer*.... Hmmmm... nope... can't think of a one

Posted by: Shadoglare at February 13, 2006 10:17 PM (utpGN)

8 Hell, they let me blog, proving that one does not need to be a writer, or computer literate, either.

Posted by: Peter at February 13, 2006 10:26 PM (gFaZi)

9 She got a sister? will her sister's blog be better looking?

Posted by: GaMongrel at February 14, 2006 05:51 AM (tYXgL)

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