Exploring Lit Blogs

·         When reading other peoples blogs I tend to get easily drawn in or out by the first second I look at it. As they say “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but for some reason with blogs I am much more excited to read them when they are aesthetically pleasing. 

     The first blog that caught my attention was Reluctant Habits. The layout of this blog immediately caught my eye. The large photos and fonts seemed very engaging and easy to read. Also the tabs at the top seemed to make this blog very easy to navigate. 

     The Blog has one contributing editor, Sarah Weinman, and one managing editor, Edward Chamion. Weinman has had her works appear in many places such as the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Macleans. Furthermore, Chamion is a writer in Brooklyn and also has had his work appear in many places such as the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun-Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, and The Philly Inquier. Also, he is a fiction writer and a playwright and director. After reading about these editors, it was clear that this was a well-written, reputable blog. Since this blog also has multiple writers, It would be more interesting to read and not as easy to get bored of the same voice, with the same style of writing. 

     Also, on the home page there is a very short description of each post and that way you can decide what you actually want to spend the time reading. Clearly, formatting for me is a big deal and I feel the same way about magazines and newspapers when reading articles. It really does help to bring someone in with the appearance of the page.






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