Comments on: Battling the Blogging Blues and Blog Burnout http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blogging Tips for HerSphere Members « lorelle http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-920652 Thu, 07 May 2009 14:43:45 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-920652 [...] about, blog your passion. Blog with passion about your passion. People who blog with passion rarely burn out and give up. People love people who communicate with passion about subjects they are passionate [...]

]]> By: cialis http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-177837 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:17:35 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-177837 cialis

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]]> By: Karen Shanley http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-88171 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:52:43 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-88171 I also have one of those blogs that lacks a narrow focus. In fact, it tackles multiple subjects; specifically my life working as a writer while raising kids and dogs. Yes, narrow focus makes for easier promotion and attraction of readers–but it can get old fast. I’m willing to accept the trade off of having a hard-to-pigeon-hole blog in order to gain a free flow of never-ending subject matter.

Even so, writing every day does eventually get to you. I keep a supply of funny books that make me laugh out loud by my computer. The act of laughing helps loosen me up.

I have a notebook tucked in my back pocket to catch all those on-the-fly ideas. And I also write a few weeks worth of blogs in a sitting, so I can take breaks and make space just to live my life without always feeling that I have to find a blog post in everything I do.

]]> By: Mike Abundo http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-87465 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:30:05 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-87465 If you’re running a babe blog, have sex with your next subject. That’ll chase your blues away.

]]> By: Grace Notes @ Snarkattack :: blog burnout indeed! http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-84962 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:26:42 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-84962 [...] Yep, I’ve definitely become a tech geek – the evidence being I find myself checking blogs about blogging such as Lorelle on WordPress. It’s a good read but I stumbled upon this article and chuckled – I wonder if she’s taking part in NaBloPoMo? I think if I ever do take part in the blogging project that dare not speak its name, it’s going to be way different and hopefully unusual. Like…every three days, a post has to be written in haiku form. Or each Friday, write about someone you know, and so on. Too bad I didn’t think of this earlier or I could have done this and not be stuck in this unfortunate literary (if you can even call it that) backwater. [...]

]]> By: Craig Chaucer http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-83378 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:29:00 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-83378 I like to take a break sometimes and just do some stuff which doesn’t really require my brain that much – but still lets me feel like I’ve gotten some work done. One of the things I do is to watch online videos and post the ones I like to http://www.infectiousvideos.com which is a video blogging service that has a 50-50 revenue sharing system. It means I’m still (sorta) working – but in a chilled out fun way.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-79055 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:38:51 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-79055 Don’t forget, if you are looking for blogging ideas, I’ve got a huge list of resources to help you find stuff to blog about. ;-)

]]> By: SkeptiC http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-78889 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:03:34 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-78889 Comment 4 up there is an excellent idea, that shows some nice creativity.

I make sure to right stuff down as I go about my day, stuff that I think may have some sort of an idea within it. No matter how small. Sometimes when im stuck, if I look over my notes (as perplexing as they appear), new ideas are sparked. But I am one of the worst at coming up with ideas. So, this post and the comments is very good, I’m taking some great information away with me. Thanks.

]]> By: engtech http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-78879 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:49:20 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-78879 I find I’ll go through a themes (like my series on Web Anonymity: http://engtech.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/web-anonymity-101-digital-breadcrumbs/) for a week or two, then switch.

I break one of the cardinal blogging rules by not having a very narrow focus (my blog is tech stuff I find interesting.. and I’m a generalist so it’s varied). I know this hurts my overall readership as people prefer subscribing to blogs that have a narrow focus. Inspiration can be as simple as a friend asking a tech question (I swear 50% of my how-to guides come from that).

I saw the coolest idea for doing “something different” with your blog a few weeks ago. http://engtech.wordpress.com/2006/11/04/blogging-getting-you-down-try-something-new-and-interesting/

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-78840 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:20:27 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/battling-the-blogging-blues-and-blog-burnout/#comment-78840 I’ve switched to (at Darren of ProBlogger’s recommendation) to writing a bunch of my posts at one time, so I can really ride the wave of inspiration in one fell swoop. Once I get started writing, it’s generally not that hard to keep going, and then I have stuff in the queue for a week or so, and can give myself a break.

Also, my blog is slightly tied to the seasons, so I cut back on it when the gardening high season rolled over into Fall. I deliberately went to an every-other-day posting schedule so I really only have to write about three posts a week (one post each week is a photo-only post), and that has helped open things up, too. It means I actually have topic ideas in the mental queue (and saved on a Backpack page) through the next month or two, too, because I’m no longer posting every day.

Genie
The Inadvertent Gardener

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