Last year I set a goalto write at least one blog post permonth. Sometimes I managed more but, by and large, I stuck to my modest target. (It’s always a balancing act between one’s own writing and reading others.)

As this year began I debated whether to continueat the same pace, and how to continue–whether to use the random approach I’ve used in the past, whichsimply reflects my literary whims, or to applya more focused method to the madness. For example, should Ionly postabout authors I’ve nev...