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I came across an interesting post about blog frequency, and it got me thinking.

I have set up a posting schedule for Pop Culture Curmudgeon–I post three well-thought-out analyses per week plus little bits here and there as the fancy strikes me.

But, this blog has been a little harder to schedule. I don’t want to take too much of my “writer” time away from actually writing. But, as I mentioned in my first post here, I believe strongly in the art of self-reflection. Self-reflection allows you to chronicle your successes and mistakes and then to learn from them.

To that end, I will commit to a schedule. I will post three times per week, at the least, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Tuesday will be a book review. Because I am early in my career, most of these books will be writing or business books. Thursday will be a hodgepodge of topics–we’ll see after a few weeks what makes the most sense. And Saturday will be a reflection on the writer’s life. Come back this Saturday to find out whether I have conquered my fear of getting up early to write.

Read the blogging frequency post here.

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