I have recently enjoyed A S Byatt's novel Still Life (thank you Lynne) and wanting to know more about the author came across this video in which she talks about writing/blogging/facebooking and twittering as ways of finding out who you are 'You only exist if you tell people you are there' she says (from about 4 minutes in..)
Would you agree?
I'm about to start a short course called Women's Diary Writing in the 18C.
Fascinating!