People often ask me what is the secret of a successful blog, or rather what the secret of a successful blog is. I always tell them that they should try to post as often as possible.
"What", they ask, "even if, as in your case, you have nothing to say?"
"Yes", I reply, "readers always like to know whether you are still alive."
"When was your heyday?" I am also asked.
The question is not as absurd as it sounds. The truth is, most creative artists burn themselves out at a very young age, witness The Rolling Stones and Martin Amis. Notoriety provides them with a modicum of income in later life, but each succeeding book deal or recording contract becomes harder to negotiate.
Personally, I think I was writing at the peak of my powers about ten years ago*, since when I have not been alone in noting a certain hardening of the arteries. Indeed, brain scans have revealed an alarming amount of extraneous matter around the er brain, in marked contrast to the pristine state of brains to be found on the Harvard and Stanford campuses.
* i.e. before I started writiong this blog
"What", they ask, "even if, as in your case, you have nothing to say?"
"Yes", I reply, "readers always like to know whether you are still alive."
"When was your heyday?" I am also asked.
The question is not as absurd as it sounds. The truth is, most creative artists burn themselves out at a very young age, witness The Rolling Stones and Martin Amis. Notoriety provides them with a modicum of income in later life, but each succeeding book deal or recording contract becomes harder to negotiate.
Personally, I think I was writing at the peak of my powers about ten years ago*, since when I have not been alone in noting a certain hardening of the arteries. Indeed, brain scans have revealed an alarming amount of extraneous matter around the er brain, in marked contrast to the pristine state of brains to be found on the Harvard and Stanford campuses.
* i.e. before I started writiong this blog
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