Massive list of blogs (including indicators of which do/don’t have RSS feeds) by science fiction and fantasy authors. Cool.
Though, that said — I often find myself disappointed by author blogs. What I find is that I enjoy an author’s works, but not necessarily the author him/herself — especially when they go hallooing off in some other rhetorical direction, stand up on a soap box for their pet causes,or otherwise talk about … well, stuff other than their writing. (On the other hand, blogs that are basically, “I wrote five more pages today. Very excited.” aren’t my cuppa, either. Which just goes to show that it’s as much about the audience as the performer).
And, of course, there’s the issue of frequency — if they rarely post, then what’s the point, and if they post a lot, why aren’t you writing the next story/novel I’m waiting for?!?
The best author blog I’ve found to date is Neil Gaiman‘s both because he has a charming and self-effacing writing style, and because he tends to write mostly about being an author or answering questions about his works. And he seems like an interesting guy who I’d love to invite to dinner.
(via BoingBoing, too)
This really makes me aware of my predilection for reading and rereading authors I discovered decades ago, rather than the current crop. I’ve heard of almost very few those authors, and read almost none.
I’m in something of the same boat. There are a lot of authors I simply don’t know and, honestly, don’t pursue knowing (and likely miss out on some good stuff in the process).
By the same token, there are some authors I’ve added to my repertoire, the ones I read are still writing, and there are several authors I read who (based on the list) don’t have blogs. And, of course, there are zillions of authors out there, of which this is but a tiny sample.