I can attest to Paul's claims that this is a valid problem. Yes, a lot of bloggers do write whatever they feel and it just comes out real easy, but a lot of bloggers (such as myself) would love to have some sort of resource to find out what readers want to hear.

Skribit is a great idea. I think it's still very young and has a lot of room to grow, but it's a terrific start and the first of its kind.

bloggers that like to blog regularly have this problem. I know that if I don't blog for a week I might get an email or two asking what's up as I usually blog more often.

I've run into this problem quite often when trying to keep up with my readers. Thanks for the feedback though - how can we make it more apparent that we are solving the "writer's block" problem?

It's a system for a feedback loop.

If I have a blog for subject, I would still like to understand what it is my audience want to know more about such a subject as to guide what I write in the future.

What this is supplementing really is just email, in a more passive way.

I would also be very surprised if it turns out that there are a whole lot of bloggers who constantly need ideas from others to write about.

Most bloggers i know, write because they are genuinely interested in an activity/thought/event. If someone writes about something they are not really interested in (or knowledgeable about), it would be plainly visible. (One of the exceptions i can think of are people who write pure fiction like short stories on their blog ala writers.)