Follow Friday: Wil Wheaton’s blog. Yes, THAT Wil Wheaton.
On Twitter there’s a trend at the end of each week called “Follow Friday”, where everyone recommends the people they most enjoy following. I’m extending that to this blog, so once a week I’ll be recommending one of my favorite blogs for your reading pleasure. I’ll try to stick to blogs that are somehow related to writing, although I may occasionally veer off into blogs featuring other subject matter that demonstrate great writing. And by “occasionally”, I mean, “a lot”.
This week, my Follow Friday recommendation is WWdN: In Exile. This blog is written by Wil Wheaton. Yes, THAT Wil Wheaton, the kid from Stand By Me and Star Trek: The Next Generation (Wesley Crusher! To the bridge!). Except now he’s all grown up and is an author. Wil still does some acting here and there, but he has published three books and writes some very funny stuff on his blog. His subject matter ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous, but he’s best when he reminisces about his adolescence and the long, strange path we all take from childhood to adulthood.
Did I mention that I am a closet Trekkie? I should probably tell you, by way of disclaimer, that I’ve seen every original Star Trek episode, plus every episode of The Next Generation. And every one of the movies. Wil doesn’t really write about Star Trek on his blog, but I forgive him.
In the title of his blog, “WWdN” is short for “Wil Wheaton dot Net”. The “In Exile” signifies his move from his own site over to Typepad until he can get his .net site up and running again. This was little disappointing to me, as I was hoping that “In Exile” carried deep emotional significance, rather than describing technical server issues.
If you, like some of my friends (I’m not mentioning names, but… Lisa, this is for you), are overwhelmed by the number of blogs you want to follow, I highly recommend Google Reader. You can go to Google Reader to set it up, or click on the RSS link in the sidebar to the right of this post to get started.
You’ll want to go ahead and do that now, because I’m going to be recommending a new blog each week!
Here’s the link to WWdN: In Exile: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/
If you have any blogs you’d like to recommend for a future Follow Friday, please leave them in the comments below. Have a great weekend!
