To Blog or Not to Blog

Aurelia thinks I need to begin a blog. A real one. If you aren’t acquainted with Aurelia, you should know she is the main character in two of my books. She was raised to be a crown princess, and no doubt, this is partly responsible for the fact that she is A. stubborn, B. opinionated, and C. very LOUD. I find her rather difficult to ignore. This is how our conversation went.

Aurelia: You need to begin a blog.

Me: What?

Aurelia: Don’t be obtuse. My next book is coming out in April, and you want it to be successful, don’t you?

Me: Of course. But I don’t have time to blog. Why don’t you do it?

Aurelia: I’m busy rescuing a country. You are NOT that busy.

Me: I teach school. I had 29 students last year. I wake up at 4:50 a.m. and don’t get home until around six. Every day I have off from teaching, I write. You know that.

Aurelia: You’re whining.

Me: Aerin and Dane did not insist I blog.

Aurelia: They want you to write one too.

Me: Great. And exactly what am I supposed to blog about? I can’t blog about what I’m writing today. That would give away the story. And I can’t blog about school. That would infringe on my students’ privacy.

Aurelia: Duh. You’re an author. Blog about books.

Me: OK, well, I admit I could talk forever about books.

Aurelia: That’s what I thought. And you can blog about writing. Just don’t give anything away.

Me: You say this because I’m not writing one of YOUR stories right now.

Aurelia: Salva and Beth want you to blog too.

Me: OK, OK, I will try to blog.

Aurelia: Good. Glad that’s settled. Moving on . . .