I received some great feedback via email in reply to my post about content categories. It’s not so easy to write a blog like this one, not least of all because the available posting topics are so many that it can be a bit paralyzing when I sit down to write. So, at the suggestion of a couple of readers and some of my blogging mentors, I am going to follow the lead of most newspapers and provide regular “columns” that rotate weekly. This will help me to hit all the topics that readers have said they would like to see as well as giving me a little nudge on a foggy Wednesday morning when I’m not quite sure what I want to write about!
- Classical Texts (Monday) – Delving into theory from a Classical point of view. Something like this post about the Neijing and its recommendations for physicians.
- Food and Drink (Tuesday) – Discussion of Chinese dietetics, with suggestions and recipes. Like this post about the Top 5 Underappreciated Benefits of Tea.
- The Profession of Chinese Medicine (Wednesday) - Primarily for students, but also useful to practicing professionals – everything from study tips to book and material reviews to conference reports and information about the AAAOM. An example: This post about the scope of practice for CM physicians.
- Fun with Theory (Thursday) – Although theory is woven through many of the other categories, here I will discuss it explicitly. Much of this will be organ systems related for a while, but will also include thoughts about five element, six conformation, wen bing, san jiao and other systems of differentiation. One example is this highly popular post about the Chinese organ system clock.
- Herbal medicine (Friday) – Here I will do features like Herb-of-the-week and, eventually, combination or formula of the week. You can see my first Herb-of-the-Week post, on Cinnamon Twig as an example.
- Acupuncture (Saturday) - I might work on a point or point category of the week feature, or I might just discuss issues around acupuncture and related arts. So far, the best example of this kind of post is in my introduction to acupuncture and related arts.
- Not on a particular day (or on Sunday) – Various reviews, more meta posts (like the one you are reading now), news posts, link posts and anything else that comes up.
Hopefully this format will help me to stay organized as well as providing my readers with all of the content they requested. Thanks for your help! Tuesday’s food-related post will be coming soon!
Eric
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Great! I still have a few articles to read before I’m totally caught up. But I’m excited for the new format. Will you be taking suggestions or answering questions in some of your articles?
Of course – suggestions are very welcome at any point. I will definitely answer any questions I can. The whole point of the blog format is to have an interactive discussion, so questions and suggestions are a vital part of the deal. If enough discussion gets going, forums can be put together.
Eric