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Andrew Sullivan on Hiatus
February 02, 2005
Andrew Sullivan did warn us not to long ago that he will attempt to awaken in the morning before 9:30 a.m. Now comes the hiatus so he can dedicate more time to his book.
After much hemming and hawing, I've decided to put the blog as you've known it on hiatus for a few months. The Dish will still exist, the site will be updated weekly with new feature articles, and I'll still post when I feel like it. But it won't have the regularity or content of the past four and a half years. Why? The simple answer is that I want to take a breather, to write a long-overdue book, to read some more, travel to Europe and the Middle East, and work on some longer projects. Much as I would like to do everything, I've been unable to give the blog my full attention and make any progress on a book (and I'm two years behind). It's not so much the time as the mindset. The ability to keep on top of almost everything on a daily and hourly basis just isn't compatible with the time and space to mull over some difficult issues in a leisurely and deliberate manner. Others might be able to do it. But I've tried and failed.
[THE DISH AS YOU'VE KNOWN IT - AndrewSullivan - 02-02-05]
What I don't understand is why Sullivan would dismiss the idea of guest bloggers of his selective choosing to keep the blog going. If he wants to sell a book, his blog audience, as his publicist would tell him, is a ready made audience of dedicated readers. I can only imagine his guest bloggers would also write extensively about the book once it is out. Sullivan will only find his updates throughout to be read by less and less people. Besides, Sullivan should use his blog to lift up the voices he wants to see more. Putting it to bed seems like a wasted opportunity.
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