HW 9: Blogger life saver?

I am responding to the interview of Ayelet Waldman. Waldman is a novelist. She likes to write down her feelings and create them into a novel. Most of her stories are about her children and the difficulties of giving birth. This woman has been through a lot in her life. Her troubles led her to blog. Blogging helped her cope with some of her problems. She became addicted to blogging a little before her son was born. She explains how blogging is a good way for stay at home moms to shout out their feelings. Well, she is glad that she made her feelings public on one night. She has bipolar II, which is a mild case. This one night, she had the urge to commit suicide. Blogging saved her life. If she had not blogged about her suicide that night, she probably would have done the deed. I agree that “when you blog, you blog about what outrages you”, a point the needs emphasizing since so many people believe that blogs are just a fun way to communicate nicely. Which also makes me believe that “there is no second set of eyes, so the first thing that comes into anyone’s mind is the thing that comes out on the page.” Which Waldman is not use to being a novelist. She claims that she probably could have written more novels if it weren’t for blogging. She says that since her feelings were broadcasted on the internet, she cant write a book about it. I disagree because not everyone has read those blogs. I believe that she still could have written that novel about her suicide thought. Blogging really can influence people. There are so many supporting people but so many deceiving people as well. You never know who is really real.