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writing vs. blogging: full disclosure / postscript

I always assumed that I would have two jobs when I grew up. One would be a job with a salary and benefits. The other would be fiction writing. Since college, I’ve had jobs with salaries and benefits. I haven’t done a lot of fiction writing. I’ve typed a lot of words, it’s true. And [...]

writing vs. blogging

The other day, my sister, in her Livejournal, linked to a rant about how Livejournal in specific and blogging in general interferes with the art, craft, hobby, and profession of fiction writing. This is the rant. I hate the word “rant,” at once falsely modest and self-excusing. I hate the way this rant was written; [...]