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If you have to ask, then the answer is most likely no.

The most interesting blogs I read are the people that don't really care and are just creating things they find interesting.

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Indeed. It's like starting a business. You probably shouldn't do it, but some people have to.

Quite the opposite - most people who should write ask whether or not they should. My source on that is my foray into the publishing industry. It’s common amongst good writers.

I don't think it's useful to compare writing a book for money with writing a blog for no money.

Making money? Geez, you’re an optimist and that’s a good thing. I wish I had made money. My foray into publishing was the most expensive career I have ever had.

> Making money? Geez, you’re an optimist and that’s a good thing.

I'm not. I'm well aware of the bleak prospects. But I'm not the one who told people that they should try to publish.

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