Kurt Hochenauer, author of the liberal political blog Okie Funk, spoke to our class today. I'd known him previously as the guy who occasionally wrote editorials for the Oklahoma Gazette. If I had one take away from the short lecture, it was try, fail and keep trying. If I had another, it would be to find niche that no one else fills. His comments on interesting titles basically boiled down to, "Get people to want to read your stuff"
That said, you got to have stuff worth reading. Again, find something only you can provide and get people in the proverbial door.
You've also gotta have a thick skin to blog. Some insults are just downright funny ("Cardigan-coated twit") but the internet really seems to bring out the misanthropy in people.
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