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When you want to give up your New Year’s Resolution after two weeks…

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

A harsh reality I have had to admit to myself: if I had the ability to write insightful, well-crafted book reviews of serious non-fiction then I would be writin...

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Pondering the death of a blog or Deja Vu all over again

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

More than halfway into the second decade of CM I am again pondering quitting.  This is something I have been doing since before the tenth anniversary.

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Who do you write for when your audience disappears?

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 34 Comments

The sense that people were reading my reviews still felt like it was worth something. But when those visitors stopped coming it felt like that value was gone t...

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Who do you write for when your audience disappears?

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 33 Comments

The sense that people were reading my reviews still felt like it was worth something. But when those visitors stopped coming it felt like that value was gone t...

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February blogapolooza cancelled for lack of interest

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Yes, you read that right. My “blog everyday in February ” masterplan failed. Weakened early by a nasty virus, it has finally collapsed because I jus...

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Did you miss us? (no, no you did not)

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I felt compelled to add the parenthetical statement to the title of this post because this site was down for days and not one person mentioned it to me.  This, ...

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