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I was thinking about the blogs I read/used to read and came to an interesting conclusion: the ones that I kept with for any length of time were written by authors who are known for writing and publishing genres other than that of blogs (novels, short stories, non-fiction, screenplays, and normally all of the above).

Sci-fi Authors: Neil Gaiman's journal, which normally has some interesting comments on something or other. John Scalzi's Whatever which is further interesting because I think this is the Blog he doesn't get paid for writing (he also writes for some AOL page). I haven't read this in a while, though.

--Not Sci-fi: Stephen Fry Not updated too often-- and lately it's been podcasts, anyhow.

I was wondering if perhaps it's because their styles are more like normal prose? Or maybe I'm just happier with them as people, so I'm willing to read a blog.

I also read a few comics which update regularly and feel almost like blogs-- and even the LJ blog of one of the comic artists. I also read a lot of syndicated RSS feeds, which I couldn't read when they weren't appearing in the same page as blogs I read; So, while I like blogs for their interesting hyperlinks and information, I obviously need a personal connection to keep my interest.