As a huge fan of all things meta, I may have found my new favorite About page:
Then I sent my funny-to-my-sweet-wife, boring, generic, for-the-people bio to one of my close friends, a real, working writer in fancy New York City, which is a nice way of saying Queens. She’s still mad at me because I sold her my old 11” MacBook Air that gives her minor but emotionally challenging problems.
The bio’s framing device really works for me. I should also mention that Gilbert showed me his new site before it launched, but I didn’t suggest changes to this page.
Fear stops many writers — aspiring, professional, and everything in between — from writing often enough to achieve their goals. Gilbert’s blog and self-aware About page reflect a commitment to sidestep that fear. They set the tone for a journey that I’m excited to see unfold.1
And be sure to check out his first post, a review of Chris Higgins’s excellent book The Blogger Abides.
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In addition, it’s been great to watch similar journeys among other writers at various stages of their freelancing careers, such as Steven Aquino, Josh Centers, and the aforementioned Chris Higgins.2 ↩
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Can a footnote say “aforementioned” when referring to anything in the entire piece or just statements from before the footnote? Does the answer change if nested footnotes are involved? ↩
Mark Siegal 