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It's a lot of work, this content creation thing. I think that creators tend to under-estimate the amount of work that goes into producing quality content-- even publishing stories where the bulk of the content creation has been done for you is a lot of work.
Case in point, I just published an article over at Ocono.com that has been on my plate since July 9. Today is July 27th. Holy crap. It's not exactly a pulitzer candidate, but it's an example of decent blog content, you know? More than a Link, less than a full blown article. It took me 2 hours to write it today.
Granted, I had some formatting troubles that slowed me down-- Evernote text cuts and pastes kind of weird-- and I was sloppy with my HTML-- but that's not the point. the point is that a small but quality article for a blog takes about two hours to produce. This is a lot of time to give away for free.
Fortunately, I don't feel like I'm not getting anything back for my investment-- so don't worry Pete, I'm not going to ask for a raise. With Ocono.com, I get value back in two parts: 1. I have a venue to put thoughts about Oconomowoc, Wisconsin-- old habits die hard that way. 2: I enjoy supporting Publisher Pete's efforts in suburban Blogging. I think, and I am admittedly biased,' Ocono.com is Oconomowoc's best online news and lifestyle magazine-- If the folks at Oconomowocfocus.com knew what they were doing online, they could take the cake, but they don't so they haven't. I enjoy that.
But free content don't come cheaply. It's a sacrifice I'm happy to make, but I feel badly that I just can't put the love and attention into Ocono.com that really needs to be put into it. Maybe it's time to expand the staff?

Just posted a story about an Okauchee Kid who makes horror movies at Ocono.com.

We watched “The Old Country Inn” and “Blood on the Glass Slipper” today. We don’t recommend you watch them with kids within earshot. But, hey, it’s horror. And if dropping the F-bomb makes a linguistic case for horror, we’re all for it. While the films we typically watch are a little more cerebral, we’re extremely pleased that the home-brew horror makers of today still make films the caliber of those we were making 15 years ago.

Apart from breaking Publisher Pete's semantic markup and web standards compliance, with my posts, this is the thing I love about writing for Ocono.com. I still see all these amazingpeople doing these amazing creative things. The kid's movies are really good, considering the improvisational nature of them, and I actually enjoyed watching them today-- in spite of my natural desire to be cynical of them.

I just posted what may be my Magnum Opus of Ocono.com posts. Please enjoy Oconomowoc's Most Famous Former Drag Queen.

Is Josh Kilmer-Purcell Oconomowoc’s most famous former Drag Queen? Maybe. According to his “possibly not generally notable” Wikipedia entry, Kilmer-Purcell allegedly spent some of his formative years a resident of our fair city.
Kilmer-Purcell’s drag persona, known as “Aquadisiac,” was allegedly renowned for sporting a pair of goldfish as part of her attire; a single fish swimming in each of her ample breasts.
The thing is, Aquadisiac does not appear in the Ocono.com go-to drag queen reference book: “Drag Dolls” by Roundtable Press. Henceforth we’re not sure we believe in the genuine existence of Aquadisiac.

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