Photo: “Abandoned House” mrfreson, Wikimedia commons.
Starting this separate blog seemed like a good idea at the time. It was January 2014 and I was writing a lot about the art of biography on my original blog, nathanhobby.wordpress.com. It was quite specialised and I thought that (a) it might bore readers who came for other things and (b) if I started a new blog it might help me connect to other biographers and readers of biographies.
As it turns out, I don’t have time to maintain two blogs and most of the readers of this blog would probably enjoy or at least tolerate the things I write on my other blog. So the blogs have merged, and I’ve exported everything on this blog to my new address, https://nathanhobby.com. My two blogs, “The Annotations of Nathan Hobby” and “A Biographer in Perth”, have become one: “Nathan Hobby, a biographer in Perth: The life of Katharine Susannah Prichard, the art of biography, and other things.”
Thank you all for reading and commenting on this blog! I look forward to continuing the conversation with you over at the new address. If you haven’t already, please do follow me there through WordPress or by email or however else you like to do it. It won’t be much different, just a little more frequent, if anything. And for the moment, this blog can stay just as it is, like an abandoned house.
A Biographer in Perth 
April 25th, 2017 at 9:30 am
Reblogged this on Nathan Hobby, a biographer in Perth and commented:
Welcome to my new look blog! It’s had a new coat of paint but I’m also merging my two blogs – hence the new title. It feels good to have things under the same roof. Here’s the final post from the old blog:
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April 25th, 2017 at 1:16 pm
Good thinking. I think it’s too hard to maintain two blogs, and they’re both aspects of you anyway. Each of us has multiple things going on in our life, and the people we know manage to cope (and even value!) that complexity
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April 26th, 2017 at 9:48 am
Yes, I think I must have had too much time in my life pre-parenthood! I always appreciate the interesting mix of subjects, films, and books you cover on your blog in addition to your research – proof diversity can work well. 🙂
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April 26th, 2017 at 10:01 am
See- I didn’t even realize that parenthood had descended upon you! LOL.
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April 25th, 2017 at 9:06 pm
I’ve enjoyed being a ‘follower’, you’ve given us lots of insights into the biographing process – yours and others. Still, I’m sure that will continue. You might also discuss the advantages of owning your own site, rather than sticking with blogger.wordpress.com as so many of us do.
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April 26th, 2017 at 9:46 am
Thanks Bill! Really appreciate your comments and your blogging. All I’ve done with the new address is upgrade to the WordPress premium account – USD36 a year – that lets you have your own domain name and more flexibility with the design. After ten years with WordPress I thought it might be time to take the plunge!
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April 28th, 2017 at 10:20 am
Very sensible decision, Nathan. I don’t think I would even be able to handle one blog, let alone two!
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April 30th, 2017 at 5:09 am
I’m in. 🙂
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April 30th, 2017 at 9:45 am
Welcome!
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