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I know this is in complete contradiction to my “no explanations” policy, but I am publishing these words anyway, and making them visible, if for noone else’s sake but mine, so that I can refer to them if I am ever again overcome with the same wave of emotion in which I am presently, and inexplicably, drowning.

This blog is not a commercial endeavor.

I found myself acting out of habit last night and for the better part of this morning, making the usual modifications to my Google account, reinvigorating my Reinvigorate account, stocking up on some Google- and SEO-related Wordpress plugins and making the usual manual SEO tweaks. I finally stopped myself when I realized that I was planning out a blogging strategy that involved saturating my content with the kinds of keywords, phrases, and techniques that would attract trackbacks and raise my page ranking.

That isn’t what this is supposed to be about.

I’ve started out pretty good, and I’m going to keep it that way. This isn’t about traffic, or ad revenue, or popularity — it’s about me and my writing.

So, no more tweeting about new posts, and no more “hey, come by and check me out” messages. I’m just gonna write.

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