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Writers and blogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steven Krause, who teaches English<\/a> at Eastern Michigan University, weighs in on why writers should (not) blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writers and blogs Steven Krause, who teaches English at Eastern Michigan University, weighs in on why writers should (not) blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-489","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4364,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4364","url_meta":{"origin":489,"position":0},"title":"British University Lecturer Faces Wrath of Choronzon","author":"Chas S. 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