» If you've followed the Pocket for a few years, you probably remember the day I introduced you to one of the original "weblogs of place",
Fragments from Floyd. Well, Fred First, proprietor of Fragments, has just published
his first book, and he graciously agreed to sit for
my latest Bloggers on Blogging interview. Fred is a terrific interview subject—thoughtful and eloquent and funny—and we discuss everything from the rewards of blogging to the insecurity involved in becoming a writer. I know you'll enjoy it.
I would never have thought of myself at all as a writer before the blog. I anguished terribly over calling myself a writer in those early blogging months, though I knew that was where I wanted to go. And I found some peace by telling myself this: "If a man carries a gun into the woods looking for game, he is a hunter, even if he comes back with nothing in his pouch. In the same way, you are a writer."
