On average, about a third of the daily readers of BabelontheBay.com are referred to the site by an accumulator under the URL ProgressiveBloggers.ca. The site provides a long list of (maybe) progressive Canadian bloggers. It builds a following for us. We get interesting comments from Canada and around the world. We get into side conversations sometimes with other writers.
What the collective offers is an opportunity for Internet users to sample some of Canada’s varied bloggers. And you can be assured; it is certainly a varied bunch. Digging into one recently that was supposedly discussing a subject of interest. The surprise was that the writer seemed not to bother with constructing his writing in logical paragraphs. He had actually written over 800 words in a single paragraph stream-of-conscience diatribe. It was almost impossible to read. And yet, the writer claimed to have been a former teacher with a doctoral degree.
You will notice there is no mention of the writer’s name but the last time I commented on a fellow blogger’s commentary and identified him, he threatened to sue me. Though it was amusing, it was not worth a fuss, I apologized and forgot about it.
The one thing you soon are convinced of as a blogger is that bloggers have to have enormous egos. Why else would anyone stick their neck out in writing commentaries?
But when starting this blog, the intent was to provide you with some tips in case you ever want to write a blog of your own.
The most important tip of all is to not over use ‘I’ or ‘me’ or any personal pronoun. If everything is about you, use Facebook.
And never let anyone tell you a blog has to be at least so many words in length. Use enough words to say what you want to say. And then stop. You are probably not being paid by the word.
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