Some fun statistics:
Work time spent at blogs unrelated to work
will eat up 1.65% of labor force hours.
U.S. workers this year will waste the
equivalent of 551,000 years (based on a 24-hour day)
or 2.3 million work years (based on a typical nearly
40-hour work week) reading blogs unrelated to the job.
Work time spent reading and posting to blogs this year
(2005) will consume 2.2% of U.S. labor force hours.
Source: AdAge.com
Are you blog addicted? Do you read blogs from work?
I do. Of course my ‘work’ is as a writer, so technically I’m not at an office. But yes, I stop every now and then to check out my favorite blogs.
I, Jaci Burton, am a blog addict. I must know what’s going on out there in blog land. I can’t help it. I have to stay in touch with the latest and greatest. Not only my closest friends’ blogs, but also reader blogs, bookseller blogs, agent blogs, author blogs, fun and quirky blogs. Oh yeah, I’ve got it bad. Makes me wonder sometimes how I manage to hit my deadlines (Don’t tell my editors).
So are you blog addicted? And if so, what are some of the favorite blogs you visit daily?
Inquiring, blog addicted sorts like myself wanna know. Just in case I want to pick up a new blog or two to read daily. 
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Totally addicted! I have my own, too, which is also pretty addicting. To have an audience where you can talk about yourself LOL.
www.romancebytheblog.blogspot.com
www.Access Romance.com/blog
www.Brava Authors.com/blog
www.Vamps and Scamps.blogspot.com
www.lucymonroeblog.blogspot.com
www.imaginaryorigin.blogspot.com
www.sanctuarybookblog.blogspot.com
To name a few…..
If anyone is interested, mine is www.trelainastarblazer.blogspot.com
by Stacy ~
on November 17th, 2006 at 7:38 am
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Ooh, I have a list I try to go through everyday. I do have some that I look at while at work, when i don’t have students. So I would probably consider myself blog addicted for the most part, just not as much as before I went back to work, then I was always on. Blogging is realling cutting into my reading time 
Some of hte ones i visit are
www.accessromance.com/blog
www.donnakauffman.com/blog
www.jillshalvis.com/blog
www.rewyne.blogspot.com
http://natuschan.blogspot.com/
www.trelainastarblazer.blogspot.com
http://jenstersmusings.blogspot.com/
http://plotmonkeys.com/
www.writemindedblog.com/
And then mine is http://the-reading-spot.blogspot.com
by Kris
on November 17th, 2006 at 7:51 am
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www.romancebytheblog.blogspot.com
www.bccessRomance.com/blog
www.bravaauthors.com/blog
www.vamps and Scamps.blogspot.com
www.jaciburton.com/blog
http://genashowalter.blogspot.com/
http://moongladeeliteauthors.com/blog/
by Amy S.
on November 17th, 2006 at 9:54 am
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Oh yeah, I’m addicted. I’m constantly checking out blogs, every day, sometimes a couple times a day in case someone posted something new. :roll:Very sad. LOL Blogs I frequent are:
http://jaciburton.com/blog OF COURSE
http://karenknowsbest.blogspot.com (blog of a great many things, including rants)
http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com (great blog for readers and writers alike)
http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog (love this blog, always great topics discussed here)
http://thriftyreader.blogspot.com (great book reviews.. find a lot of great books to read here)
http://webpetals.livejournal.com (Marjorie M. Liu… love her work.)
http://donttalkjustread.blogspot.com (Great reader reviews and book recs)
http://romancebookcrazy.blogspot.com(Great reader reviews and book recs)
http://rosario.blogspot.com (Great reader reviews and book recs)
http://rosemont217.blogspot.com (Great reader reviews and book recs)
I could go on, but I’ll spare everyone from my list of at least 50. 
LOL
Great topic Jaci. 
by Anne
on November 17th, 2006 at 10:27 am
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same as stacy lol. so many to name. love alison kent blog
by KIM H
on November 17th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
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spelled one of my wrong. lol
www.accessromance.com/blog
http://www.writemindedblog.com/ - forgot this one
by Amy S.
on November 17th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
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www.accessromance.com/blog
www.plotmonkeys.com
www.bravaauthors.com
www.witchychicks.com
www.deadlinehellions.com
www.runningwithquills.com
www.jauntyquills.co
www.writeminded.com
www.southernfriedchicas.com
by Estella
on November 17th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
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Nope, not from work. 
The ones I visit are:
http://www.austenblog.com/
http://fogcitydivas.typepad.com/dishing_with_the_divas/
http://www.plotmonkeys.com/
http://riskyregencies.blogspot.com/
http://www.romanceunleashed.com/blog/
http://www.romantically-inclined.blogspot.com/
http://www.runningwithquills.com/index.html
http://www.jauntyquills.com/
http://www.squawkradio.com/
http://www.writingplayground.blogspot.com/
http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/
and yep, that’s it
Lois
by Lois
on November 17th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
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Just what I need, more blogs to read…of course I’ve checked out the ones not bookmarked as favorites already (and surprisingly enough I had several from everyone listed so far…:shock:
I’ll be honest Jaci, I check yours second…:wink:…I check for Brianna pictures first…:lol:
www.nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog
www.shannonstacey.com
www.runningwithquills.com
www.thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com
www.mysterypartners.com
www.workingstiffs.blogspot.com
Just a few I check everyday (not including some already listed)…of course there are some I check once a week cause they don’t blog much…then you have some (like mine) that get updated once every few weeks or so…:oops:
by Kelly
on November 17th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
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Ooo…you guys sure named some good ones that I will have to check out. Mine are:
www.accessromance.com/blog
www.jillshalvis.com/blog
www.bravaauthors.com
www.plotmonkeys.com
www.runningwithquills.com
and looking for new ones all the time! I have my favorite websites that I like to surf also.
by Michele L.
on November 17th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
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I visit a few select blogs daily… or at least I try to get there daily. I think they were all listed above (Access Romance, Lucy Monroe, Brava Authors, Plotmonkeys, Donna Kauffman).
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I see some familiar ones there…and some I haven’t visited before. I’ll have to check those out. See, y’all are corrupting me 
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I have 18 blogs in my favorite folder. I visit 10 of them regularly and the rest more sporatically. It seems that I never have enough time to get to them,I wish that I read faster then maybe it would be easier to read them all and have others I visit once in a blue moon,lol.
A few of my favorites in addition to Access Romance are;
http://www.writemindedblog.com/
http://www.plotmonkeys.com
http://www.bronwynjameson.com/blog/
http://www.donnakauffman.com/blog/
http://annadestefano.blogspot.com/
http://lucymonroeblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.runningwithquills.com/
http://www.jauntyquills.com/
http://www.outoftheblogosphere.blogspot.com/
http://romancebytheblog.blogspot.com/
by Dena
on November 18th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
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Wow, I visit many of the same blogs but there is a plethora right now. So I only visit occasionally
by Debby
on November 18th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
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Frankly, I’m appalled. And, I think as American workers we can do better. So, let’s say we lift that 2.3 million work years wasted to 3 million in 2007! Maybe we could unionize…
My blog list grows every damn day. Every time I read or meet a new author. I think I’ve been to about every blog listed here. I add
http://www.squawkradio.com/
cause they turned me on to blogging about romance. Then there are the blogs I search through daily just trying to find pop culture stuff that relates to romance.
I love blogging, and the e-friends I get to hang with because of it. Does that make me pathetic?
Excellent blog, Jaci! And thanks to everyone who comes to RBtheBlog, too.
