read this.
‘More room for me’
Even if the morons truly did rule the blogosphere, Lauren White probably wouldn’t care. The Torontonian who goes by “raymi the minx” is North America’s current diarist sensation, and her blog has lead to book deals, awards and cult-like fame.
So she’s not into talking blogger burnout, minus two observations. One, that “everything on the Internet is a black hole,” and two, that “every hobby online eventually becomes a major addiction.”
Other than those admissions, no sign of letting up here. (Although maybe this is a function of youth: a recent Pew/Internet and American Life survey put more than half (54 per cent) of American bloggers as being under the age of 30.)
Here’s what she had to say in an e-mail exchange: “to other people it is a grind cos they have jobs, me, this is my job, creating making stuff, taking the piss, all of it, i love it. sorry everyone else who gives up and quits, more room for me!”
Why the drive? Raymi, like many bloggers, is quite taken with the idea of a giant personal archive.
“i’d like to think i’m establishing something with all this work i put into my blog, laying the foundation, i dunno, something like it, something so i won’t have to always explain myself to people who do not blog or read them.”
