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From Blog to Book, part one: Publish or Perish?

02 September 2009

I thought it would be useful to set down a record of the process. A lot of people have questions about what goes into writing and publishing a book. Maybe my experience can help answer some questions.

Who Owns the Memories?

26 August 2009

This article was originally published at Foldedspace on 11 January 2002. Recently I’ve given a lot of thought to the responsibilities and obligations of a journalist. When I say journalist, I don’t mean a reporter; I mean a person who keeps a journal, or a weblog, or who writes a personal history. Through my weblogs, […]

Taming the Trolls: Dealing with Negative Blog Comments

17 August 2009

Fortunately, taming the trolls is relatively easy. After years of dealing with problem commenters, I’ve developed the following series of technique for keeping the tone civil and positive on my blogs. Here’s my advice.

Writing for Different Crowds: Why I Chose to Combine All of My Blogs Into One

06 August 2009

Eventually I realized that I was doing myself a disservice. I wanted to write about this other stuff, about animal intelligence and comic books and fitness, but having separate blogs for each topic was just too much of a barrier, both for me and for potential readers. I decided to resurrect Foldedspace and to use it to feature all of my non-financial writing.

On the Merits of Weblogs

20 July 2009

Many would argue that there are limits to what one should share on the web. Some lives are too mundane, or some details of life too personal. I disagree. Within the confines of the law, and the boundaries of friendship, I think one should write about anything and everything.

A Look at the Digg Effect in Action

23 April 2007

Over the past month I’ve made a few miscellaneous screenshots with the intention of writing larger articles about what they demonstrate. I haven’t found the time. Instead, I’ll post them here, for a lark. The first three are Digg-related. I’ve been fortunate to have four posts reach the front page of Digg in the past […]

All You Need to Know About Blogging

09 March 2007

To gain readers, you must publish quality content on a regular basis. Sure, readers like a pretty site. Sure, it would be nice if there were ads for them to click on. But all of this is secondary. All that really matters is the content.

Writing for Money: The New Way and the Old

02 February 2007

It was late in 2006 that I realized I could potentially make a living writing for the web. It wasn’t until a few months later that I knew that this was true. I earned a modest (but decent) income at the box factory. But starting in February 2007, my web income began to equal my […]

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