The group blog De Novo lost some of its contributors to graduation. It invited other people to audition as replacements, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
I have some mixed feelings about blogging somewhere other than here, so I'll have to see how it goes. On the one hand I'm excited about having my writing be more visible (of course, on the other hand, the prospect is also a bit terrifying...). Often I'd really like to stimulate discussion, and I just don't get the traffic here to birth the kind of robust debates in the comments that De Novo can attract. The hope is that by contributing to this other blog I'll ultimately be able to increase my readership here.
But my main concern is that I don't want my contribution there to come at the expense of my writing here. I have a tremendous amount of pride in my own blog, and a sense of commitment to my project and my audience. I don't want to do anything that would cause me to compromise it. I have the worry that posts that I put over there should really have enhanced my site over here. It also concerns me that since I don't "own" the other blog, I don't have control over my writing. De Novo could disappear one day, and my writing would be gone with it. So maybe what I'll do is cross-post, or at least excerpt, what I post over there, here. I hope everyone will be ok with that plan, because I think it will make me feel much better.