Comments on: 6 Months of Blogging: A Spontaneous Retrospective and Look at Things to Come

By: Arachne Jericho

Arachne Jericho — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:03:57 +0000

Mike, somehow I missed you—thanks, though it is I admit rather belated of me. Oops. I do visit After Midnight on my EntreCard rounds!

By: Arachne Jericho

Arachne Jericho — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:54:36 +0000

Hello Veronica! And thanks! :)

We try hard. ^.^

By: Veronica Davis

Veronica Davis — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:41:03 +0000

Hi!

I wanted to commend you on such a wonderful blog, and in only six months time at that! It is filled with wonderful posts, and I love the design… glad to have stumbled across it.

By: Mike Riley

Mike Riley — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:27:55 +0000

AJ-

On behalf of my fine family of blogs [AFTER MIDNIGHT, Tech Forest, and the blog lab], congrats on six months of blogging! Keep going, your stuff is great!

-MR

By: Arachne Jericho

Arachne Jericho — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:21:48 +0000

joylyn, loving to blog is always the first step. :)

Ashwin, and enjoyment is what keeps one blogging! Thanks, I do try to keep them coming. :)

I’m probably one of the few writers I know who will say that they write for an audience, rather than just for myself. Some people act like that’s handing away the keys to the car. Thing is though, I choose the audience I write for. We all do, even if the size of the audience is 1 (you).

I find the process of writing itself interesting, as well as what I write. Which is probably obvious from the focus of this blog. *g*

By: Ashwin

Ashwin — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:11:44 +0000

I was down with a blog paralysis. I didn’t know what to do when the first blog I started didn’t seem to have any focus and I really didn’t know anything — inspite of the fact that I did read a lot online about blogging and everything — I am not saying I do now But it is just that I seem to be enjoying the process now and not the end results.

I don’t give a damn about the money coming in and everything – blogging is like a split personality disorder which translates to half your post being written for yourself and the other half trying to provide value, information or inspiration.

Great post….keep them Coming …:-)

By: joylyn

joylyn — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:29:42 +0000

I enjoy reading..hmmm..I love blogging. Looking forward what I can share with my multiple sites. I just make it simple and enjoy what it takes.

By: Arachne Jericho

Arachne Jericho — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:39:13 +0000

I agree, Tammy. Thanks and good luck to you, too!

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:30:56 +0000

I think in the beginning months is where it shows you either got it or you don’t. You have all these great thing you want to talk about but after a month or so you have went through all those ideas and then don’t know what else to say so they quit. That is why you have to talk about areas you like and have knowledge about to make it any longer.

You have good topics and you write from the heart as PROBLOGGER just talked about recently. That’s why you made it.

I look forward to the 9 month retrospective and the LOLcats!
I hope I am on the same great path! All is well so far!

By: Arachne Jericho

Arachne Jericho — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:11:25 +0000

Thanks, Tammy!

Sometimes it’s been a bit of a bear, and I saw a lot of my friends stop blogging. But I kept going (although I did suffer from some schedule blips myself).

Like any kind of writing, you need to do it regularly and frequently, otherwise you drop out of the loop. I’m getting back into the groove, and hope that in 9 months I can do another retrospective.

I love these milestones. Plus they’re an excuse to drag out the LOLcats.