Steel is ready to blog too

After dozens of bestselling novels, Danielle Steel still has words to spare: She’s starting a blog.

“It’s like a letter to a friend, and fun to be able share something and say, ‘Gee, I did this,’ ” says Steel, 61, whose run of hits includes three this year alone: “Honor Thyself,” “Rogue” and “A Good Woman.”

“I’ve remained very remote and very private, partly because of all my kids [nine]. They’re bigger now and I would like to communicate with my readers in a more informal way, not just through the list of my accomplishments on my publisher’s Website.”

In a recent telephone interview from her home in San Francisco, Steel said she expected to launch her blog, www.daniellesteel.net, today, posting entries once a week, or more often “if I get excited about something.”

-- Associated Press