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A Fnord is a literary reference made famous by The Illuminatus Trilogy where subjects were trained from an early age, as part of a greater conspiracy, to not be able to consciously see the word fnord. According to Wikipedia, “for the rest of their lives, every appearance of the word subconsciously generates a feeling of uneasiness and confusion, and prevents rational consideration of the subject.”

I have never been an english major, nor do I claim to be an expert in the topic of good, solid writing form. However, I’ve had some observations on how posts are written. On one side, most people will say, “I don’t really care if my posts conform to a certain writing style.” That’s perfectly okay. I’d argue that writing styles, though, have more impact on an audience when the psychology or philosophy of the style is considered.

I’m in the process of writing a series of articles that I will prepublish for next week. It’s a bit of a departure from the normal flow of writing I have, but it’s something I’m grappling with in my own life, work and blogging and it’s something I’m observing in the wider world around me. [...]

Over the years of blogging, my methods and tendencies have evolved. For instance, when I first started blogging with Jeremy over at Ensight back in 2003, I had little desire to blog or how to blog. My life was wrapped in a “forum mentality”. It was something to do and something to try.
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Open Mic Friday Guest Joe:
I have recently found that keywords may not be the only place to concentrate your efforts.
Although I do get the majority of my hits and pageviews from people using variations of Working at Home, which is my target audience, I have seen so many different words used to find my pages [...]

Well, yesterday was a day of firsts for me. Most notably, Jeremy Wright asked me to write a contributory piece, a sidebar really, toward his new book on blogging. It was quite an honor to be asked as that has never happened before. This might be one of the more high profile things I’ve participated [...]