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Regular blogging is trickier than you think.

For instance, I started a little hobby blog a few weeks ago. I have a hobby of collecting funny pictures, so I thought it might be fun to filter them yet again, then tag the hell out of them and post them on a blog. Who knows? Might have a lot of traffic one day. If nothing else, it'll make it personally easier for me to find my pictures. (shameless plug: http://caption-of-the-day.com)

Pretty simple, no? I already have the pictures. The tags should be pretty obvious. It's just select one, then write a tiny bit of text describing it, then post.

For some reason even this tiny amount of work quickly becomes a chore. I've started doing exactly what this author is doing: schedule the post first, then use the upcoming deadline as a motivator.

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tag the hell out of them and post them on a blog. Who knows? Might have a lot of traffic one day.

If you're going to rehost other people's work, you should at least link to the source. Most of the images on your site are taken from popular webcomics/blogs, so it shouldn't be hard to find the url.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll consider doing that (Although the purpose of my comment was what a pain in the ass it is already.)

Hopefully every comic has a link included in the image. If you find one that isn't, I'll remove it. There's no intention of taking credit -- or even of using too many web comics. I have a lot more stuff. I guess the comics just floated to the top of the second sort. If anything, my dream is posting plain images and then letting the audience make up their own captions (hence the name of the site) But I'm happy if it only ever amounts to a fancy image storage system. That outcome still beats uploading them to FB (which is what I was doing before the site.)

Agreed: regular blogging is vastly tricker than usually imagined.

I've been blogging at least once a week for over a year now and the trick I've found to keep me at that pace is unbridled dedication. I firmly resolved to hit my target of 1 post per week and did everything I could to make that a reality.

I've now pushed it up to 2 posts a week as of last month. It's going well so far. (if you're curious: http://harrywolff.com/ )

The trick for me is starting with something tangible and doable. I don't over-reach and I stay within my ability. As I became comfortable with 1 post I decided to push myself to 2 posts a week.

There is no self-imposed threat if I don't complete my goal. That just isn't an option. And in my mind that's enough.

Regular blogging is very tricky. My blog posts scattered across the last couple years are proof of that.

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