I’ve now joined the Central Illinois Blogging Society Web Ring run by Bill Dennis Apparently, he’s an actual journalist with, like, writing skills and everything. That’s right, people pay him for his writing. Not only that, he does real journalist stuff like cover events and interview people, bringing actual new facts to light.
By comparison, my only paid piece was a technical article for VAX Professional magazine about 10 years ago. A big part of my reason for writing this blog (aside from the ego trip of having people read my rants) is to improve my writing skills by practicing them regularly. I need a lot of practice. Even a short thank-you note like this takes me way too long to write.
He says he’s letting me join his web ring because he likes my stuff, but I suspect he’s just trying to pump up his membership stats. I can live with that.
[Note: This article has been updated to remove dead links.]