Blogging and writing style

I was invited to pay a visit this month to something called the Inkhaven Residency in California “to talk about the craft, advise, and give feedback on the writing.” It happens that I was already going to be in the area so I agreed to stop by Wednesday morning. As the organizer, Ben Pace, describes the program, “We’re bringing 40 writers to Lighthaven to write-and-publish an essay online every day.” So, it’s for people who want to blog. That sounds cool–I’m a big fan of blogging–beyond the evidence of the 12,000 posts and 200,000 comments here, you can see my various posts on the topic, including: 2026: What’s the essence of blogging? 2025: Blogging’s a great way to express your ideas. 2024: The Village Voice in the 1960s/70s and blogging in the early 2000s 2024: Bill James hangs up his hat. Also some general thoughts about book writing vs. blogging. Also I push back against James’s claim about sabermetrics and statistics. 2023: Blogs > Twitter, part the umpteenth 2022: Blogs >…