Comments on: How Do You Keep on Blogging?

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:05:54 +0000

Find a different physical place to write the blog. Using my office computer becomes less fun than hammering on my laptop on the dining room table simply because the office machine is too familiar.
You also have to find new things that interest you. Half of my posts are inspired from something in the NY Times or in a book I am reading.
Granted, http://vorpal.us is not your typical blog, but I get blocked because I feel that I don’t have anything coherent to say. A little research fixes that.

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By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:39:03 +0000

While it maybe true to some degree that some niche topics have limited expansion (I mean seriously how many resources do you really need on ‘Time Mangement’ for example…by RC), but if you have a little more knowlegde you can put a little twist to them.

I just finished reading Mike’s post (which i might comment there later) … i do think that having some nice comments help to boost your energy level up.

One thing I always wonder why some bloggers have to push themselves so hard to publish x amount of post. This I find it extremely stressful especially for bloggers running more than two blogs.

There was a period lasted about 6 months, I ate, slept, drank, bathed and even dreamt about blogging. Guess what happened, my social life went down hill. And my personal blog posts suck big time. During the 2 months absent on my personal blog, a few readers thought I was either dead or been kidnapped. Now I only blog when I feel like it, except for my niche blogs.

Just remember, health is everything. Good luck.

By: Greg Kiernan

Greg Kiernan — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:26:32 +0000

Hi David, its an interesting question and one that i go through from time to time when blogging either personally or professionally. In the end i sat down and decided what was most important to me was:

1/ Friends and Family
2/ My day job – not only because it is my primarly source of money but that its a social outlet i might not get if i focused more on blogging professionally
3/ Blogging.

So given the choice of blogging or something else i will always choose the something else. The blog will always be there when i get the chance and at times taking the time to think longer about the next post while your doing other things can be an advantage

By: Alvin

Alvin — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:19:19 +0000

I’m having the same feelings you have, and my solution is to take a break, and use the time to recharge and rethink my future strategies.

By: Mike Sigers

Mike Sigers — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:28:32 +0000

Maybe this post will help –

http://simplenomics.com/fight/

there’s gold in them thar hills !

By: RC

RC — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:51:57 +0000

Well, firstly there is only so much you can do on ‘How To’ before the topic reaches saturation. Blogging is just one of those topics that tends to lean toward ‘How To’. I mean seriously how many resources do you really need on ‘Time Mangement’ for example. But, take into account a topic like ‘Coffee’. This employs a bunch of information, not just how-to but how-much, what kind, grinding comparisons, etc, etc. Right now ‘Blogging’ proper tends to be in a sort of lull in regard to it reaching saturation in the populus, however the amouunt of information available has reached saturation some time ago. So, here are some ideas.

1. You have to think of Blogging as a living and evolving thing, not just as an action. I just read a blog not too long ago about re-naming the art of blogging. And that the word ‘blogging’ is really not a word per-se neither does it convey anything. Of course renaming blogging is easier said than done.

2. Take that living entity of blogging and turn it into something altogether different from your perspective. Include pictures, other bloggers you meet. Go to your local Starbucks and look for your typically circa 90’s beatnicks and goths and see if they have a blog, interview them. etc. etc. etc. You get the picture?

3. Keeping blogging really and truly fresh is alot like vegetables. Sure you can go to the supermarket and pick up some ‘fresh’ jalepenos but to get truly fresh jalapenos you have to grow them yourself. So, how about this, buy a domain, build a website and start hosting your blog on there. It’s amazing what you learn by moving your blog a couple of times. Of course you will have to sort out how to not loose your readership or make them angry that you move alot. ;)

4. Finally, create a whole new blog on a completely different topic, after you have it set up and running for a couple of weeks, rehash what you went through creating something different, then post on all of that.

-my two cents.

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http://crabapple.cc — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:10:54 +0000

How Do You Keep on Blogging?…

How do you do it? I’ve posted, maybe, 1,000 posts this year (not even kidding about that), and I can see how a person could get burned out pretty quick. I mean, a normal person, one with a life, not, you know, me….