Comments on: The Blogger That Wasn’t

By: Joshuaink: How do you feel about your blog?

Joshuaink: How do you feel about your blog? — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:42:42 +0000

[…] With Molly saying it takes courage, with Erik not too long ago mulling things over and me having a tendency to get a bit emotional about it, I began to wonder how blogging makes you feel. […]

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:43:12 +0000

Sometimes it is hard to find topics to write on. I normally just read the news or some blogs to see what’s new, what’s interesting, or what is weird. Then, I start writing. I’m not the best writer, so I just write what I’m thinking.

About this site overall, I thought it was cool how you have all those cartoons as the theme of the site. Nice work overall. If you get a chance, check out my site: http://dragotown.com

By: Sara White

Sara White — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:02:57 +0000

I’ve contemplated the same things on occasion. I find myself feeling forced to stick to a certain style of writing when in reality there are a lot of different styles I’d like to explore, and sometimes I find that when I sit down to write an entry I just can’t get the words to sound right on paper. Of course, true inspiration comes at the most inopportune times, like when I’m merging onto the freeway.

By: khaled

khaled — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 07:33:48 +0000

I’ve been getting that same feeling for a couple of months now. It’s a phase, you’ll snap out of it :).

By: Bryan Peters

Bryan Peters — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:48:30 +0000

Whatever you’re doing, keep it up. Your writing is interesting, and that’s all that matters (for me). The nice thing about RSS is that I’m notified that you’ve got something unique you want to share.

So don’t worry about a keeping up a schedule. If someone’s visiting on a daily basis it’s because they’re interested in the comments.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:41:24 +0000

How often have I wondered as I begin a post, is this post so simular to someone elses that I will be accused of stealing material? Trying to write humor also presents problems in that, by the time I mull a post around enough in my head that I feel it’s time for publishing, it often times no longer seems funny to me anymore. I am also surprised that the posts that I feel are second rate and just created out of desperation, are often more popular than ones that I consider to be my masterpieces.

By: oneafrikan

oneafrikan — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:34:24 +0000

Hey Erik

I’ve often found myself thinking about the same stuff, and it’s something that often has created conflicting emotions. On one hand I want to share everything and write all the time, and on the other hand I have to balance my life so I don’t burn out and have to go live on the beach (which sounds mighty nice right now).

My take is that you just gotta do what works for you.

You certainly don’t owe anyone anything, and your readers sure as hell don’t know what’s going on in your life (unless you tell them), so they’re not really in a position to say anything or complain.

Some days I go through my feeds and all I want to do is comment and write about what I think, other days all I want to do is eat chocolate and veg in front of the TV or on the couch with my girl.

What I have found strange is that I’m now starting to think “I need to write for my readers” which is crap — I need to write for me, and post stuff for me — otherwise there’s no love in it, and that’s a sad, cold, dark place to be in.

My 0.0002 cents amigo ;-)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:00:39 +0000

I like reading posts that come from the heart. When I post topics, I speak from the heart. If you get to the point where you don’t know what to post because your tired, you don’t know what to say, your afraid waht you have to say is not important, etc… the maybe you are expericing a little blogging burnout.

I typically want to have a minimum of 1 post every couple days at worst.

For my lifehut website, I plan on making it 1 post per day, or 1 every 2 days. JuicedThoughts has been slow, but in fact I have some errors with MovableType right now, so thats my excuse :)

Majorchampionships.com gets a post every few days. Sometimes a week has gone by with nothing though.

But speak from the heart. If you feel like writing about how donuts are making us fat, then write about it. Some readers will turn away, some readers will be enticed. Heck, you might gain new readers.

I find people think WAY too much. Just go with the flow and let the blogging happen. Too many people are concerned with the quality of their writing thinking they have an expectation to live up to.

Everyone has a style. Of course we want to improve upon that style, but if you start setting your personal goals too high or trying to meet an expectation, your going to fail or get burnt out.

It sounds more like you are at a crossroads of what you want to do.

Follow your heart Erik, thats about the best advice I can give.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:00:19 +0000

Completely unrelated... Doughnut Porn. I watch that when I'm sad.

By: Adam Michela

Adam Michela — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:30:16 +0000

Werd … and what’s with people who comment on how frequently you post?

Personally, my favorite blogs are ones like this, where whenever you post it’s actually worth giving it a read. I’d say 80% of the other blogs I subscribe to just fill my reader with noise. Frequent, empty, postings.

What do you want as a subscriber? To have to weed through dozens of posts about nothing? Or to have something to read when we do actually post?

I thought the whole point of RSS was that we could tell you when we’ve new content so you don’t have to waste your time checking back when there’s no new content?

Infrequency of postings is such a silly thing for people to complain about.