Dostoevsky worked feverishly to arrange a meeting with a famous poet to look at some sketches for his first novella.  Looking for a reference for his work, he presents a few printed pages. The poet is astounded. A career is made.

This takes months.  

Now it is different.  A thousand people also blog about what you write about. Some are making money, some are thriving, but how does one distinguish oneself?  It is not just about writing anymore, but also connections and

self-promotion.

How has blogging the way that we communicate?

I am not a reader of blogs. This exercise represented my chance to understand this phenomenon, so I researched the endless blogosphere.

One telling entry came in a blog Article "Is Blogging good for Democracy?" by Jake Pascoe of Australia.  Pascoe makes several arguments, but more illustrative of my point is when he says this:

"While it is undeniable that some blogs are extremely unbiased, and do not seem as professional as journalists...consider the mass media...which has clear evidence of bias..." (emphasis mine)

It is obvious that he meant the opposite.  His entire page is built on this premise, yet is said the other way around when he actually puts "pen to paper."  

This represents how we communicate now.  More frantically, less carefully,  all about us as individuals, but not about about editing.  To be sure, nobody on the Top Ten Earning Bloggers in the World  is using the tortured grammar of our young Australian friend, but I was honestly shocked at many blogs that I came across in this exercise.  "Citizen Journalism" fine, but don't expect me to take you seriously if you can't edit what you have written before you let it be your voice in the world.