Apparently William Gibson (who I used to love, but who I really can't read anymore, which makes me wonder if he's the sort of person you grow out of or if he's the sort of person you grow in to, or if he's the sort of person you simply grow tired of) says in his blog that blogging will keep you from real writing.

Which is maybe why I'm guesting this on Pia's blog. And why I'm hoping Pia hasn't posted lately because she's writing something else really cool.

Me? Writing is writing. If you are writing, you are not procrastinating. You are writing. Perhaps blogging is lower impact than writing a novel, but not if you pay attention to it, and not if you do a good job, and not if you're not so lazy that all you can do is complain about what you are doing.

Thanks, by the way, to Maud Newton for pointing out this obnoxious Gibsonism. Maud is one of the great bloggers of all time, and is clearly not in any way on vacation.

Wow. I didn't mean to jump on here as if it was a soapbox, Pia. Happens sometimes I guess.