So I have a new blog I love, by the writer Megan Mayhew Bergman. Booklist said readers of this writer will be shocked, amazed and entertained. True. Delighted also. Bergman was, like many literary writers, wary of putting up a blog. Worried about her dignity, she said. She is getting past that, and will soon be over it,  and has gotten a sweet new start to the wonderful experience of a writer connecting with readers in a very new, powerful and effective way.

Bergman is a Southern writer, new to Vermont, with her two kids, vet husband and assorted animals. I think it will be a wonderful experience – for me, you, her – to see this writer and this life of a very talented writer evolve through her work and through the new technology available to people like me and her to get our story out there. Her blog will grow and evolve, and we have the privilege of seeing that happen. You will be hearing a lot about Megan.

You all know what this evolution is like, a great fusion of creativity and individuality. One by one, creative lives get to do their work. Megan gets it, I think, on every level. Her very wonderful new book, “Birds Of A Lesser Paradise” is being published on March 6 by Scribner and is available everywhere, but especially through our very own Battenkill Books. You can read an amazing book – wait until you see how Megan writes about animals, people and family – and support and encourage a very hot young writer and also support the Battenkill Experiment, and help Connie Brooks terrorize Amazon. You can buy Megan’s new book by calling 518 677 2515 or through the store’s website or by e-mailing Connie or her mother Marilyn at [email protected]. Megan, we are so fortunate to have you in this community (digital and real).

You can also follow Megan’s blog by going to the Blogs I Love header at the top of this page. I am very pleased to add Megan to Mary Muncil, Jenna Woginrich, Connie Brooks, Paula Josa-Jones and soon, some other fierce and gifted individualists bring some of the most exciting ideas and writing to the Web, where creativity lives these days. You read stories all of the time about how literacy and civilization is collapsing, but that is not so on the Internet, where real ideas are in full bloom. If you don’t believe me, check out Megan Mayhew Bergman and her spanking new blog. Feel free to tell her, as I will, how to make it better, and watch it grow. You will be richly rewarded: you will get to see a rare thing, a successful writer in the making and help make it happen.