{"id":84,"date":"2003-12-15T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-15T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2003-12-15T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-15T20:47:00","slug":"84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil Gaiman on blogging versus writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods<\/em>, a favorite novel of mine, interviewed<\/a> at Slashdot, responds:<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure that there’s a conflict between journalling and writing fiction. (I’m not sure that there’s not.) The big picture problems with doing the journal are more to do with writing in general. I’m a writer: time that I spend writing is time I know I’m working. . . . . <\/p>\n

“It’s quite possible that the next time I want to write a novel I’ll stop blogging, or, more likely, cut back enormously — possibly only allow myself to blog if I’ve I’ve made my word count, or only post on Sundays, or something equally as mundane. Because the journal’s well over quarter of a million words long already. And that’s not a book… “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neil Gaiman on blogging versus writing Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods, a favorite novel of mine, interviewed at Slashdot, responds: “I’m not sure that there’s a conflict between journalling and writing fiction. (I’m not sure that there’s not.) The big picture problems with doing the journal are more to do with writing in general. 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