I’m not a fan of Dooce but I’m looking for someone else in that range. I find the social/ranking sites to be somewhat of a popularity contest that doesn’t seem to focus on good writing.

There I said it (cringes but stands tall.) Are there any authors out there who have a stellar blog? I find most authors only have a site that promotes their books and that’s not quite what I’m looking for.

Any suggestions?

You’re on my A-List.

“Has he [Darren] been in touch with you lately, BB”

Nope! He avoids me like the plague and goes out of his way to not link to me. I know that he reads the Bloke and subscribes to my feed, and yet I’ve often caught him making posts on stories that I was the first to break, but he didn’t me credit.

So unfortunately I’ve seen another side to Darren that others don’t seem to know about.

http://blog.Blog Bloke.com/2006/08/blogosphere-infomercials-making-money.html

Hence, the reason why I didn’t link to him here.

It’s really too bad. I will often use humor and wit to offer my criticisms of so-called a-listers, and I do so in fun (and hopefully constructively as well, or at least I try).

But unfortunately some have skins as thin (and as lethal) as a razor blade. Of course I run the risk of being shunned and flamed (like I have so often been) but I have to be true to myself whatever the cost.

I see so many things going on in the blogosphere that aren’t right. Innocent people are being taken for a ride by the hucksters and their pocketbooks are being emptied. So long as I am able I will speak out against such abuse and unfairness.