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I know I’ve mentioned Ms. Emily’s Black Apple blog before… But it’s worth mentioning again in light of recent thoughts about what the future holds for creators in the digital age.

Inside a Black Apple elevates blogging to art form in and of itself. It’s beautifully written. It uses pictures and stories to engage readers in a warm, fuzzy world of the author’s (artist’s?) creation. It has a star! Ms. Emily – always artfully posed in vintage fashion. And there are things to buy – designed or handmade by Ms. Emily – expressly for you.

Its sum is greater than its parts.

So is the blogger an artist? A writer? A businesswoman? I’ve never asked her. My guess is that she’d self-identify as a crafter. But it doesn’t matter so much. The point is that it appears there’s room for creators to make a living online. And those with broadest skills – those who can write as well as paint or vamp or make music – those using all their talents to build domains we want to visit – will do well.