Comments on: The Real Reason Blogging is Hard

By: Adam Kayce, Monk at Work

Adam Kayce, Monk at Work — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:46:00 +0000

Ooh, yeah — the grind.I definitely face moments of grind; but when I do, it’s because I’ve lost sight of what my work is all about.It forces clarity, that’s for sure. From clarity, comes inspiration.

By: Curt Stump

Curt Stump — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:34:00 +0000

Ok, I'm late to comment on this post but I think the whole problem might be the dog. My readers tell me cats are better than dogs!But, I have a very sexy photograph of a dog - guaranteed sexier than you've seen of a dog. Let me clarify...it's not crude, not obscene - just beautiful. I'm a photographer and artist and this photo is one of my favorites. You can find it on this page - it's called "sexy." Thanks for the tips, I just found the site and see you've written a few other articles that are related - and that I plan to read. By the way, Wordpress 2.0 almost made me forgo blogging because it was so difficult to code and there are so many bugs. I basically rolled my existing website to a blog and it was very painful! You didn't mention the technical reasons (at least in this post) that a blogger might quit blogging, so I thought I'd mention that angle.

By: La Sequencia

La Sequencia — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:37:00 +0000

as rcktman rick says, “who cares if I get one comment or one-hundred?” i have so much more fun blogging when i’m not worried about my readership. of course, i have a lot of fun when i see lots of people have found me, but the hits become like a drug. the more you get, the more you need. i would like to think that i blog for me and some friends and that hopefully i’ll say something along the way that will strike a chord with some of y’all out there. cheers!

By: RcktMan Rick

RcktMan Rick — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:11:00 +0000

I’ve been up and down and sideways with my blog since I started it (gasp!) nearly 2 years ago now. First I thought that changing from Blogspot to WordPress would kill it. Then I thought I had run out of anything original to say. Then I tried Podcasting. And as of right now, I’m realizing that I still have a use for the forum. I just need to relax and enjoy the process… and who cares if I get one comment or one-hundred?

By: PJ Brunet

PJ Brunet — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:17:00 +0000

I’m with Zoli, minus the fear part.

By: Shamus

Shamus — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:12:00 +0000

Like other people have said: Sometimes you don’t have anything to say. I work around this by saving stuff ahead of time. Flickr images, jokes, and witty observations are good stuff to save for later. If I have a day where I just can’t stop writing, I take the ones that aren’t time sensitive and store them.When I have a drought I start posting from my reserve. I ight miss the hot topics of the day, but at least I avoid the ghosttown effect, which is a traffic killer.

By: GLJ

GLJ — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:19:00 +0000

I have to agree that blogging does become a grind at times

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:48:00 +0000

This is completely right–and as a blogger you have to figure out *why* you’re blogging. For example, I realized that I can’t keep up with the regular schedule of interesting observations for people to actively subscribe, but I try to put up content that “fills in the gaps” of information that I looked for but couldn’t find. Mix this with random personal stuff that’s “just for me,” and I’m happy with the progress I’ve made with blogging. (Especially given my history of past failures.)In the end, we just need good content on the Web. When I used to write reviews for Amazon, we always looked for “timelessness.” I think that’s a good guideline to use when creating your content. If it’s “for the moment,” then you may have to admit that other people do it just as well or better. Then concentrate on creating more “timeless” content.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:51:00 +0000

Yeah, I check my stats everyday and think “Gee, I wish I had more regular readers.” (And more AdSense hits, of course.) But I know since I only post at the most 3 times a week and at the least every 7-10 days, I’m never going to ever get “regular” readers.I’ve always just felt compelled to write since I got involved with comic zines (the old school print kind) in high school. At least the couple dozen hits I get per day are more than the 2 or 3 people who used to buy my mini-comics. Self-publishing has always been hard for the twenty odd years I’ve been doing it, whether in print, an HTML site or a blog. But I find it satisfying even if nobody knows I’m doing it…badMike

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:48:00 +0000

Thanks for all the great conversation everyone.And Thomas, great post today about Flickr. I look at your photostream 3-4 times a week. Great stuff.Dave, Ryan Adams is often less alt. country than others. Many of his records shortly after Whiskeytown broke up are barely country, if at all.CT, I think you’re right about the schedule thing. I certainly find myself writing on a de facto schedule. It’s a lot like songwriting (which I know more about than blogging)- there are periods of great productivity followed by periods of utter nothing. Sam’s right that about the only way to work around that is via drafts. I actually try to have around 10 posts in draft form. That’s easy to do with record reviews and serial stuff, but current events don’t lend themselves to that very well.Seth, I absolutely have not come to grips with the gatekeeper thing yet. It’s certainly an issue. I’ve just tried to focus on opening the gates a little (via my second opinion initiative). And, candidly, I have had some proverbial A-Listers reach out and help me some, which has shown me that maybe what I thought was a wall was only a hill- thus my metaphor transition from wall to hill.About the commenting problem: I’m trying to comment from the post page now to see what the problem is.I’m trying to move over to WP which should help make things run a bit more smoothly.