The Enigma of Rachel Lucas

Okay, here's a blog post about blogging. Wow.

As some of you may know, Rachel Lucas has decided to return to blogging. Rachel, of course, is one of the most famous bloggers in the 'sphere. If you don't believe that, check out the comments to the posts about her disappearance/return on The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler and Blather Review. The response is amazing.

Now, I'm wondering something: WHY? How can one person be such a good blogger that they inspire multi-site celebrations when they come back from hiatus? How do they become such a modern legend simply by putting words on a screen? HOW?

Of course, I'm not saying she doesn't deserve it. Heck, I love her writing too, and I disagree with about 40% of what she has to say (she's a small "l" libertarian, while I'm a small "c" conservative and large "R" Republican).

Again, WHY and HOW does this happen? Why is Rachel Lucas such an incredible blogger? What's the secret that enabled her to publish one post per day, if that, and still get more hits on that day than most of us get in a month? I feel so insignificant after witnessing this, but at the same time, I understand it. Her writing is friggin' BRILLIANT. But it's not clear why. It just is.

Sorry. This post rambled. But if Rachel Lucas had written it, it would've gotten 100 comments and inspired discussion across the blogosphere.

How does one get that good at blogging?