Saturday, September 04, 2004
Blogjam
Someone wrote to me, and I paraphrase, "You did a whole program blasting blogs once and now you start one? I suppose you have an explanation."
Well, I don't have to explain anything to anyone. However, it's a good question. Chronicles ragged on web logs more than once, but not for the form--for the content. Blogs that entertain and/or share thoughts and ideas with an audience make for productive reading. Blogs that are diaries--personal logs never meant to be public--are exercises in time-wasting. Unless, of course, that personal log is created by an exceptional writer, which is highly unlikely.
So, this blog is to entertain, share and ponder another event--the weekly broadcast of C-Chronicles. I encourage comments, rants, suggestions and raves. Whatever. It is interactive and it is promotional, since the program is always open to new visitors. I promise never to tell you what I had for breakfast or how I long for some gal I once met in Kalamazoo. Besides, none of your business.
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The other blog is a creative exercise. In conjunction with Indie Journal Daily --http://ijdaily.blogspot.com/, I continue to write entries of interest, education and entertainment. None of it reflects what car I would like to buy or where I am in the search for an identity, unless, of course, I find a totally amusing way to present that (I am a professional writer, sans pimples on my face). For the past year I have been publishing, weekly, chapters of a novel--The Complete and Unabridged History of Japan. It is the second novel I have published on the net since I began this blog. Some people read it, follow it and enjoy it. Others could care less. At least there are some in the first category.
Cotolo Chronicles can be heard every Thursday night at 9 p.m. EST on the internet at --
www.Ampcast.com/radio
www.KJAGRadio.com
www.IndieRadioLive.com
Well, I don't have to explain anything to anyone. However, it's a good question. Chronicles ragged on web logs more than once, but not for the form--for the content. Blogs that entertain and/or share thoughts and ideas with an audience make for productive reading. Blogs that are diaries--personal logs never meant to be public--are exercises in time-wasting. Unless, of course, that personal log is created by an exceptional writer, which is highly unlikely.
So, this blog is to entertain, share and ponder another event--the weekly broadcast of C-Chronicles. I encourage comments, rants, suggestions and raves. Whatever. It is interactive and it is promotional, since the program is always open to new visitors. I promise never to tell you what I had for breakfast or how I long for some gal I once met in Kalamazoo. Besides, none of your business.
***
The other blog is a creative exercise. In conjunction with Indie Journal Daily --http://ijdaily.blogspot.com/, I continue to write entries of interest, education and entertainment. None of it reflects what car I would like to buy or where I am in the search for an identity, unless, of course, I find a totally amusing way to present that (I am a professional writer, sans pimples on my face). For the past year I have been publishing, weekly, chapters of a novel--The Complete and Unabridged History of Japan. It is the second novel I have published on the net since I began this blog. Some people read it, follow it and enjoy it. Others could care less. At least there are some in the first category.
Cotolo Chronicles can be heard every Thursday night at 9 p.m. EST on the internet at --
www.Ampcast.com/radio
www.KJAGRadio.com
www.IndieRadioLive.com
