So it's not just me, then..
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 4:45PM
... that often falls short of updating my blog regularly?
(above image borrowed from blog.globalgiving.com/)
According to this article in the in the New York Times (Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest), "only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs [that Technorati] tracks had been updated in the past 120 days". That's about 5%.
All I can think is, phew! So I don't suck as much as I thought I did at keeping up with my blog, or at least, I am not alone in my suckage. At least I've had some kind of a blog since 2005.
I also found it interesting how many people's motivation for starting blogs is getting a book deal or a bunch of money. I mean, don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty cool when people do get book deals after launching a particularly funny, prolific blog (such as StuffWhitePeopleLike.com or Elyse Sewell's Live Journal), but to set out at the onset writing a blog just so that you get a book deal - well, that seems a little arrogant. Or setting out to write a blog that makes you at least $4000/month - also kind of lame.
Maybe I'm too much of a purist. Usually people build huge blog followings because they are great at expressing themselves and have something interesting to say. Not because they follow some formula guranteed to get them a book deal.
This did make me think that I should try to articulate my reasons for writing a blog - so here goes.
My motiviation for blogging:
- Stay connected with friends and family
- Practice writing
- Creative outlet
- FAME and GLORY! (just kiddin)
blogging, money, motivation, writer'sblock 
Reader Comments (3)
How did you chose $4000/month? Just curious.
because that's the number that someone in the article mentioned.
I guess I should have read the article first.