Homeschool day 14 of 180

When I was growing up, the only venue available for aspiring writers was the print media: books, magazines, newspapers, etc. Now there is the web. The amazing thing is that, if you write well and actually have something to say, you can have a huge readership over night. Literally. The article in World Magazine was great because I have been trying to inspire Kelly and Christian to write more on the blog. The goal for now is just to get them to write–the only rules being to avoid writing things that are either unsafe or inappropriate. If that works out, it will be a good time for them to start researching and writing on topics that interest them, followed by focusing the topics so that readers will know a little bit about what to expect when they come to the blog. The goal would be to develop their writing skills and then give them their own blog that has the personality they give it. This is not only a good thing for the writer in the family (Kelly), but for the scientist (Christian), too. One of my very favorite blogs is by a blogging scientist.