I hope you are as enthralled as me by Max Barry’s books – including Jennifer Government. A must read I reckon. But Max also writes a great blog, and has been writing about why he writes his blog.

http://www.maxbarry.com/

Max says he gets three things from blogging:

1. Staying in touch with people – the people who read his books etc
   
2. Good practice at writing
   
3. A journal, a record of life for later reference

As good a summation as any.