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What’s a good blog?
What’s a good blog? For me personally, it’s very hard to tell. I know it when I see it. But what am I looking for? One thing I know for sure–when I’m browsing a blog, I’m also looking for a … Continue...
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The Neapolitan Blog for Different Audiences
One of the biggest challenges of writing a good blog is the challenge of catering to different kinds of readers. I don’t know if everyone would agree, but the act of writing a blog itself implies that...
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Secrets of popular writers
Why are some writers popular while others aren’t? A very difficult question with a myriad different answers I’m sure. Merit, context, luck, things outside of the writer’s control. Yes. But on the...
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Of bloggers, Birbal and birds: How to make yourself heard
How many of us bloggers are out there? A mind-boggling number very hard to grapple with for sure. Our sheer numbers reminded me of a well known tale of Akbar and Birbal I came across recently on my...
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Listing the Monsters of Ink
Nothing kills creativity like the word list. So it’s counterintuitive to write a post about creativity in an itemized list. Why? Does it remind us of grocery lists, to-do lists, checklists and task...
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On blog content arrangement
Part I Have you ever seen a blog that you’ve wanted to see more of? You’ve tried to spend a minute or two trying to figure out how, been frustrated, and then moved on? Haven’t you wondered sometimes...
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On focusing the reader’s attention on your blog
OR On blog content arrangement Part 3 (after Part 1 and Part 2) How would you guide the reader’s eye in terms of content on your blog? What would you want them to look at and for how long? Would …...
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Why blog?
Okay. So I decided to write something little, something small whenever I feel like it. Isn’t that really what writing is all about? I mean, writing doesn’t really move mountains, or solve the economic...
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The Reading Police for the Young
The reading police are coming for ‘em young minds because they know what’s best. Raja Bose, almost thirteen now, has another showdown with his mother. That’s because he is not as docile, as good a boy...
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Notes on the condition of writers in the present day
It’s a rainy day today. The river is gray, the air is dense and foggy and the drenched people huddled under their umbrellas also seem bereft of colour. It all reminds me of a line from O. Henry’s The...
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What would Homer do?
There’s a lot of advice out there on how digital writing differs from traditional writing. Whenever a new way of expression is discovered, our response is exuberance and wonder at what current...
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Blogging and voice
I wonder how many of us take a conscious decision to become the people we are and how many of us just come to be as we wander through life. Each human being is already complex. Put one human being …...
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Love, Romance and Escape
If you happen to watch TV at home during the holiday season, you will notice that along with festive tunes, shades of red and green, bells, parties, food, mall sales and lights, your thoughts will turn...
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Why I Blog–Article
This is a great article on blogging by Andrew Sullivan I chanced upon yesterday. I’ve been thinking a lot about the blog as a genre and he has a lot of good stuff to say on it. I agree that the blog...
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Home and the Blog
What does my blog mean to me? Many a time, as I’ve sat by myself at night when the sounds of the day have quietened down and noises of the night have become louder, such as that of the whooshing of the...
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