"People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy."

- G.K. Chesterton
The Top Ten Reasons I Will Read Your Blog

On a somewhat more positive note, the top ten reasons I will read your blog, with examples (some of which repeat):

1. You're a great writer. (GospelDrivenChurch, InternetMonk).

2. You've got a good heart, and a real life outside of blogging, and it shows through your writing (Bride of Beau).

3. You make me mad sometimes. But you also always make me think (InternetMonk).

4. You love Jesus and you love His Bride (GospelDrivenChurch)

5. You live in a parallel universe with 48 hours in the day. Otherwise there's no way to explain how you can review books, write books, go on book tours, live-blog conferences, blog prolifically, hold down a job, and raise a family all at the same time. Unless you're a cyborg (and I'm starting to entertain that theory) - (Challies).

6. You hook me with your wit, then whack me upside the head with truth (Letters from Kamp Krusty).

7. You don't take yourself too seriously. I'm ok with random posts about whatever pops in your head. I find that refreshing. (The Fire Ant Gazette).

8. You're a bookworm. I envy people who are prolific readers who also can write intelligently about literature (Brandywine Books, Semicolon)

9. You're insightful, hard-hitting, square on. But in all of that, you remember kindness; you never lose sight of the fact that those who disagree with you are human beings (The Anchoress)

10. You mix it up - serious with funny, personal with general. I like getting a well-rounded view of you. If you're a group blog, I like being able to tell that you're friends in real life. You've got longevity - through the ups and downs, you persevere.

And it doesn't hurt if I write for you :-) (The Thinklings).

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Comments on "The Top Ten Reasons I Will Read Your Blog":
1. writer2b - 03/11/2008 9:38 am CDT

Thanks for this. I discovered your blog in someone's sidebar, and read it for some of these reasons.

It's hard to say much about those I don't read, because... well, I don't read them. ;-)

2. jen - 03/11/2008 10:40 am CDT

Aw, thanks, Bill!

You've got a good list there.

3. Jared - 03/11/2008 11:18 am CDT

Top One Reason Why I Read Bill's Solo Blog

1. He flatters me.

:-p

4. Scott - 03/11/2008 1:08 pm CDT

Bill has a blog? ;-)

5. iMonk - 03/11/2008 1:31 pm CDT

Honored.

I'm still suing Jared.

6. Raindream - 03/16/2008 10:29 pm CDT

I missed this post the first time. Thank you very much.

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