Rule number one for aspiring authors: write for your audience. Along comes the blog phenomenon. Who’s your audience? Big shrug. Don’t know. Don’t care. I’ve got something to say.
Now people are going mobile with blogging. They’ve got lots to say, and they can’t wait till they’re home to say it. I have lots to say. But boy oh boy, are my first thoughts not my best thoughts.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trashing the blog phenomenon. I’m just trying to figure it out.
We market ourselves. Launch from a platform. Rant. Rave. Proclaim our individuality. Assure ourselves that we’ll be noticed.
“Now I’ll be famous,” said the twenty-year-old Nebraska mall shooter.
Already I’ve forgotten his name.