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April 17th, 2008 at 09:13pm Mary

I checked the schedule, and unless I’m totally confused (which is entirely possible) I’m not treading on any toes with this post. I need help. More so than usual.

I’m doing something wrong, I must be.

So here’s the thing.

I wrote a post on Cranky Fitness, the blog where I spend a lot of my non-CB time, about how people could win a free bicycle simply by leaving a comment. Lots of people read the post; I can tell by the sitemeter statistics. About 1% of the people who read the post commented.

The conclusions I’ve drawn from this are:

1. No one wants a free bike that’s valued at $400.

or

2. My writing was too busy being trying to be interesting and creative, which obscured the essential point of the post.

Frankly, I find #1 hard to believe and #2 damn depressing, considering I get paid to write.Granted, what I’m paid to write is dull, technical, and so far removed from creativity that it might as well be accounting, but it is, technically, writing (albeit technical writing). I know that I wrote this post in a hurry and whilst trying to fend off a migraine, but still — a free bicycle? I must be doing something very wrong.

So what am I doing wrong? This is a blog filled with people who are discerning readers and writers. Surely someone can gently and kindly give me an educational kick up the backside on this one.

The post in question:

Stay young and win money, bicycles & stuff

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