I think you fall into the trailing clause of my comment above: “unless it suits them to do so.” It suits you to do so, for reasons that make perfectly good sense, and that’s great. If I ever argued that people should not post “why I’m not blogging” posts, as opposed to should not feel required to post such posts–well, then I was wrong, and I apologize.

What surprised me about a couple of recent posts was that they weren’t “here’s why I haven’t been/here’s why I won’t be blogging” so much as “I’m sitting here trying to blog and nothing comes out.”

That’s a really tough situation, and if blogging is one’s only or primary writing outlet, it’s even worse. On the few occasions when I haven’t felt able to do any writing at all (other than the occasional deliberate “week off” or actual vacations), I’ve found that disturbing. Fortunately, for me at least, the writing always returns…

I sometimes post about why I am not posting so I have a personal record of that… as in the primary meaning of “weblog.” Additionally, I have many “patron” readers who don’t RSS, and want them to know I am ok. That’s also why I still post about RSS and aggregators on occasion.

Good luck with new ventures.