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I read this article about Stephanie Klein’s blog on NYTimes.com. It’s fascinating that her blog took off as is did and what did she write about, she wrote about her life. Now if I did that everyone would start yawning and tell me to GET a life! Ok, school consumes my time and yes, my life is boring with no dates or entertainment activities that are really worth mentioning. But, one of the things I am interested in studying is why people blog and you must read stephanie’s explaination… it’s because she loves to write and wanted to become noticed.

I turn to the Professional Writer’s Consortium that Dr. Burns is teaching this summer session. The first thing he says is to find your niche and a venue. Stephanie did just that. She started a blog and it escalated from there and now, a publishing deal! Way to go Stephanie! So, maybe I won’t get a book deal with my blog, but that’s ok. I plan on my dissertation to become a part of a book I will write one day. I just think it’s neat when a writer can take a forum, like a blog, and make it their own and become famous for it.

Reader, I Dated Him

Since Jan. 20, 2004, Ms. Klein, a 29-year-old art director with freckles and long red curls like Botticelli’s Venus, has been blogging about the intimate details of her life, from her affinity for rainy days and grilled cheese sandwiches to her sexual escapades, including one that involved a stranger and a can of Pam cooking spray.

Today the blog has an international readership with fans who recognize Ms. Klein when they see her gallivanting around Manhattan and the Hamptons, and who find parallels to their own lives in her candid, freewheeling stories.