Personal Blogs

Penelope Trunk sent out a tweet that two agents called her about a post that simply listed her old posts chronicling her relationship with her farmer-boyfriend.

I know Trunk is supposed to be a business blogger, but she's not. People don't read her for her advice on networking. They read her because she talks about her flings with her co-workers, a miscarriage at work, or fights with her in-laws. Trunk is a personal blogger and is increasingly distancing the blog from her business.

I wonder if having a super popular, personal blog does weird things to your life. Do you create drama in order to gain blog fodder? Does it force you to create a narrative and connections between the random events that happen in life? Does it push you to get off the sofa with a box of Mallowmars and the remote control? Do personal bloggers have more fun?