Why this blog will never attract many readers

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[I]f you can blog at least 20 times a week for half a year without giving up, you'll eventually uncover a good story, and you'll attract tipsters. (source)
20 times a week! I'm lucky if I can find time to blog 20 times a month. I guess that means that nearly all of my traffic will be from the occasional post like the one about the Atlas of Creation or Mike Huckabee's creationism or editing for Elsevier that happens to attract a lot of attention (i.e., a few tens of page views per day).

To any of you who are regular readers, I thank you for sticking with me. To any of you just stopping by, welcome. I'm surprised you even found this entry.

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