1000 Blog Posts and Counting

I’ve now published 1000 blog posts–and counting.

In truth, I’ve written more than that. Some books are no longer for sale, so I’ve deleted their related blog posts.

I began writing posts for this site in December 2010. (I wrote my first blog post for Books & Such when they began publishing a blog circa 2009).

That’s a lot of posts.

It’s even more words.

Indeed, probably close to 800,000 words.

Or, the equivalent of 8 historical novels.

16 memoirs/biographies/regular novels.

40 novellas.

Hmmm. I might have earned some money if I’d written the books instead.

Why write blog posts?

At the time I began my professional writing career in 2010, the “common” advice was to write a blog to generate interest in an author’s writing.

I loved the idea.

As a college student, I wrote for the UCLA Daily Bruin. I was regular reporter with no particular beat. Eventually, I became a city editor for the college paper, which may seem minor, except UCLA’s daily circulation was more than 20,000 copies.

Several of my fellow Bruin writers went on to become successful journalists at the LA Times and at NBC News.

Obviously, it was an excellent training ground back in the Dark Ages when we took notes with a chisel on stone. (That was a joke. I held a narrow pad of paper in my hand and wrote with a pen)

But I loved the idea of simply writing a column.

(For a year I wrote “Crime and Punishment”–which detailed what you would expect. Several friends complained I only wrote about crime, never any punishment. Without a car, I couldn’t drive to the court hearings–except once for a rape trial.)

Letters, magazine stories, a family history. All of it written like a column of short vignettes.

Finally, technology caught up with my yearning to write.

So, here’s my blog.

It allows me to examine and celebrate subjects I’m interested in.

That pretty much boils down to Bible-related themes, travel, books, material I write, stories about family matters, and the news things that happen to me all the time.

Thanks for reading.

But which of the 1000 blog posts are the most read?

Here are the top 10:

What is an Intercessor? Are You One? (Published April 9, 2019)

Whatever Happened to Kathleen Chambers? (September 1, 2017)

Why Did Oswald Chambers Die So Young? (July 30, 2013)

What Angel Visited the Apostle Paul? (June 14, 2016)

What Belongs in a Modern Hope Chest? (February 28, 2017)

Was it Really Well with the Spafford’s Souls? (January 3, 2014)

How Do We Handle Mom’s Old Yearbooks? (September 3, 2013)

How to Understand My Umost for His Highest? (February 3, 2015)

The Intercessor Life: Joy, or Work for the Prayer-er? (June 22, 2021)

Mud & Trenches: Abounding WWI Horror (May 6, 2016)

Do readers like what I post?

Ah, there’s the most important question.

Am I writing interesting stories you enjoy reading?

Please comment–or send me an email–to tell me.

Perhaps you’ve got a question or two you’d like me to examine for the next 1000 blog posts?

As long as the computer and my fingers (plus my mind, of course) work, I’ll keep writing.

Thanks for reading.

And blessings to you all.

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