I was recently having a chat with some friends (and my dad as well) on the subject of the history of monetized writing (e.g. how writers have made money over generations). My point was something to the extent of bloggers are the new novelists in terms of what's hip and what is commercializable (sorry business side revealing itself). My point was that blogs were the new (ish) way that writers could expect to ply their trade and expect reasonable compensation. I believe I even said that bloggers now can run mini media empires.
What I forgot to mention was that bloggers are killing themselves doing it:
Interesting that in the modern day, one man armies of data miners and web surfers have usurped news bureaus and pools of foreign correspondents. Evidently this responsibility takes it's toll. So please blog responsibly, I need to go see about this pain shooting up my left arm...
