It's odd how self-promotion can suck the joy out of things you used to do for free

I'm sure most people who read or know about my blog think that I write here as a way of maintaining a footprint so that people will read / buy my book!

Actually this is far from the truth. I've been posting here for nine years, ever since August of 2008. In that time, the blog's gone through the normal vicissitudes as my interest has peaked and faded and…