I have to say that I find trying to keep this blog up to be a challenging effort. I know that - at least a few - people read it, as they tell me about it. One would think that to be motivation enough, but it hasn't been in my case, and the blog has "sagged".
This past weekend, I was privileged to speak at the ECPA Publishing University. While there, I was also privileged to hear Joe Wikert from John Wiley speak about blogging. And, to me what was the most motivating about Joe's talk was to hear about how he kept his blog going. I have definitely fallen prey to many of the common blogger afflictions - according to Joe. "It takes too much time". "I can't think of anything to write today". "Is this worth it?". But hearing Joe's how-to's have inspired me again. Thanks, Joe.
To summarize what I heard him say:
1. set yourself up with RSS feeds from other blogs and online news feeds that get your brain going on a number of new ideas.
2. if it takes you more than 15 minutes to come up with an idea to write about, don't write anything that day.
3. don't spend more than 15 minutes writing.. keep the posts short - no one wants to read that much.
This makes it seem like a very 'do-able' task. Hopefully I'll keep it up, but if it slips will someone please nudge me along?
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Hi Fran. Hey, thanks for the pat on the back. I very much enjoyed listening to your session at PubU as well. We'll all benefit from the info you can share through this blog so please keep at it!
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