Tobacco Road Fogey has an excellent guide for low end bloggers. I have a small piece of advice for you as well:
DON’T READ YOUR OWN ARCHIVES!
The urge to self-edit is overwhelming. As you read what you wrote, thoughts cross your mind like “What depressed psychotic state of mind was I in when I wrote that?”, “Did people I KNOW read that?”, or the absolute worst “I wrote, they read, and nobody said anything/commented”.
Blogging has been a wonderful exercise for me in that I alwasy got bored with keeping a diary. This is honestly the longest period of time I’ve ever journaled thoughts/feelings and it still feels fresh. But I keep fighting the urge to go back and re-write every single blasted post that *I* think makes me sound like I’m more unhinged than dotty. I have to keep reminding myself that I’m most likely over-reacting, and to just leave it. Write another post and link back to the old one if I think it’s REALLY bad, but leave it.
I’ll have to continue this later as laundry beckons.
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