To be blunt: yes, it is. At least that's my reply after I've written more than a dozen novels, and kept this weblog perking for a mere six months. The aim is to keep your blog sounding congenial, engaging, and laconic.

The third aim--laconic--is becoming harder for me to do. So, I have to compress and end things faster. One advantage about a novel is you can revise it any number of times before it goes live. A blog is a few words you toss off the cuff, and hit the PUBLISH button. Presto! My words enter cyberspace.

I'll let you in on a secret: I have to revise my blogs before I release them to inflict on the world.

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Nice addition to anyone’s summer beach reading schedule."
Florida Times-Union