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Submitted by Justin Dobbs, Jun 13, 2007 21:25
Literally, a person can post whatever they want to on a blog. Someone who blogs in not infected with a virus that makes them write badly.
A blogger can write about anything they desire. The blogger has the same tools a print reviewer has, a keyboard and a monitor.
The only difference between a blogger and a book reviewer is that the blogger does not have an editor.
This means that the blogger has more control, and more responsibility, over what he or she may writes.
Blog posts are not necessarily just news posts. The blog is an open form. Meaning the form of the blog has yet to be decided upon.
You have not defended what you write. I have defended what I wrote.
I did not write in abstractions. I wrote concrete sentences.
It's true that many literary blogs are not good. But most don't have reasons (such as money and an audience) to commit to a blog. Others that are excellent, such as Tao Lin's blog, became excellent based on faith that people would read if the blog was written well.
But a print reviewer, already having the big audience, too often does not act on faith, and in this way writes lazily with too many abstractions and talking down to others.
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