Writing Around the Web - March 16, 2008


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It’s been a great week of blog posts.  I’m so excited about all of the friends I’ve made via Writing Journey in recent days.  Here are some of my favorite posts from my new friends and others: 

Skellie’s Trump Card Post Idea.   I figured starting with Skellie would be best, given Friday’s post on how wrong she was :) 

Debra’s Favorite Writing Quotations.  I especially enjoy the quote from G.K. Chesterton;  I’m a big fan.

Laura’s Do You Read Comments?.  Truly interesting thoughts here.  I agree with Laura, the conversation that goes on in the comments is often better than the original article!

Max’s StumbleUpon Traffic Tips And Tricks: Copy Content.  Max is hilarious.  I read his blog every morning to get me going for the day.  In the spirit of this post, let me copy some content that I wrote in comments on another post:

“Bad blogging: a blog
Always funny, never lame
I read it daily”

Tom’s  More Problems Associated With Being Self-Employed. Excellent advice for the Internet writer, or for anyone in small business.

Sharon’s How Panic Can Ruin Your Writing Career.  Sharon is great about maintaining an even keel when it comes to writing career advice.  It’s a drum she’s banged before, and one that needs to be banged more often.

Catherine’s There’s No Business Problem That Can’t Be Solved .  Cath (Everyone else calls her “Cath.”  I’m thinking of starting to call her “Cat” and see how she reacts.  What do you think?) offers terse and effective advice on four common business problems.  This is the first in what promises to be an interesting series.

Monika’s Use The Pareto Principle To Sack Annoying Clients.  Clients aren’t supposed to be sacked, right?  Wrong.  The reason you work for yourself is so that you can pick and choose which jerks you want to work with.  Monika tells you how to get rid of the ones you don’t.

Thomas’ How Much Do You Really Want To Succeed?  Greatly motivating post about the impact desire has on your success.

Good form, everyone!

On a bit of  a side note, I’m amazed that the page with the most hits at Writing Journey continues to by my 8 Most Common Internet Writing Mistakes.  I’ve had close to 10,000 stumbles on it now, which is a huge number for me.  I’m guessing that article is the sort of thing Yaro talks about when he talks about pillar content.

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March 16, 2008 · Filed Under Blogs and Blogging, Internet Writing, Writing Advice

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11 Responses to “Writing Around the Web - March 16, 2008”

  1. Lindsey Russell (9 comments) on March 16th, 2008 11:30 am

    Bob -

    It was thrown for a loop by your comment on my blog! Thanks! Please e-mail me as soon as you can. I have several questions for you. I’m looking to build a career similar to yours, but I have lots and lots of questions.

    Thanks in advance.

    Lindsey

    lindsey.j.russell@gmail.com

  2. Sharon (1 comments) on March 16th, 2008 1:49 pm

    Thanks for the link love, Bob. I’ve been inspired by Skellie’s post as well, and plan to write an entry.

  3. Amy (4 comments) on March 16th, 2008 2:37 pm

    Some fun stuff to read here, Bob. I particularly love writing quotations. :-)

  4. Bob (104 comments) on March 16th, 2008 8:34 pm

    @Lindsey - Done!

    @Sharon - Thanks for stopping in, again! I look forward to reading your entry.

    @Amy - Why is it, do you think, that we love quotations so much? Is it because, deep down inside, we hope that we have something so profound, so significant to say that it will be worth quoting one day? I wonder…

  5. Amy (4 comments) on March 16th, 2008 8:43 pm

    I’ve always loved funny quotes particularly. I’m not sure why. BGS (Big Geek Syndrome) is what I attribute most of my eccentricities to. :-)

  6. Max Miroff (7 comments) on March 16th, 2008 10:37 pm

    Thanks for the mention, Bob!

    Congrats on the 10,000 visitors, by the way. You definitely deserve it. The highest I’ve ever gotten on a single post is about 6,000 on a cheesy comic on another website of mine - you, on the other hand, have got some quality content going. Keep up the great work!

  7. Laura Spencer (6 comments) on March 17th, 2008 9:09 am

    Thanks so much for linking to my post. This has helped me to find some new blogs. Have a great week!

  8. Cath Lawson (7 comments) on March 18th, 2008 1:48 pm

    Hi Bob - Thank you very much for the link. I’m looking forward to checking out the other ones too.

    Just don’t call me Cathy - I hate it!

  9. Bob (104 comments) on March 18th, 2008 2:37 pm

    @Cath - you are very welcome. I’ve enjoyed your blog for quite some time, I’m glad to be able to send a link your direction.

  10. Bob (104 comments) on March 18th, 2008 2:39 pm

    @Amy - I might be the original BGS, so I can relate.

    @Max - thankya. Yours is actually the first blog I read every morning.

    @Laura - Glad you’ve found them useful. I know I have!

  11. Debra (7 comments) on March 25th, 2008 10:41 pm

    Thank you so much for your kind words about my blog. I’m a big fan of quotations and constantly use them to inspire myself and others. My friends get a bit tired of it sometimes. :)

    By the way, I always enjoy visiting your blog, as well. Great work!

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