Saturday morning's idle question

[rolanni]

If you're reader of this blog (by which I mean either Eagles Over the Kennebec, on LJ, or The Blog Without a Name, at sharonleewriter.com), you obviously read at least one author's blog.

My question to you today is:  Why?

Why do you read writer's blogs?

. . .and, Special Bonus Question:

Of the author blogs that you do read, which is your favorite -- and why?

Have at it.

Comments

[otterb.livejournal.com]

I read 7 or 8 author's blogs regularly, with another half dozen I drop in on occasionally. There are 2 or 3 others I would still be reading if they were still blogging - one moved primarily to Facebook, which I don't have a presence on, and others have cut back to spend the time on, y'know, their fiction and/or Real Life, which I understand but I still miss their routine posts.

"Authors whose books I like" and "authors whose blogs I like" overlap by quite a bit but are not the same group. I came to some blogs because I enjoy the author's books and to others through a link and then liked what I saw enough to hang around.

I enjoy reading about writing and the writing life, vignettes of the everyday by someone who knows how to put words together, and sneak peeks at the author's upcoming work. I like some humor but more of the "amusing things in everyday life" and less of the "let me tell you a joke." I like snark that's heavy on wit without crossing into meanness. I enjoy the occasional link to things I wouldn't have seen otherwise.

If I had to pick a favorite, I think I'd have to flip a coin between you and Ursula Vernon.