Why do we Blog?

After my last post about how my blog did in its first year, I got to thinking about why I started a blog in the first place, what is a blog really for, and what constitutes a good blog. For my first post of the new year, I figured I'd dip into those questions.

Why

Why start a blog in the first place? That's easy. I started my blog as a way to help me push my name out there attached to something besides my books. It's about name recognition. After all, most people can't pump out a book a month i...