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[...] 10 sure cures for blogging burnout | WordCount Michelle Rafter offers a number of really great suggestions for keeping one’s blogging fresh and consistent. I especially like her “cures” of using theme days and keeping drafts in your blogging software that can be posted when you need a new idea quickly. [...]

By: DragonKat747

DragonKat747 — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:43:38 +0000

Doh – sorry I missed that!!! LOL

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:37:27 +0000

Michelle, I agree, it’s not always possible to find family members who want to guest post for you. I got lucky – my husband loves to write about art, so he just connected art to food (because I have a food blog) in his guest posts. It’s worked out really well (though I do feel a prick of guilt that I’ve had help posting one day a week!).

Thanks again for organizing the Blogathon; I’m having so much fun with it!

Jen

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By: Michelle V. Rafter

Michelle V. Rafter — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:39:49 +0000

You’re welcome. And I actually did include the idea of turning a comment on someone else’ blog post into a post on your own blog – see no. 9.

Encouragement works wonders. I can be dead tired and see something someone else wrote and have an idea for a post based on it come to me in an instant. Aren’t brains wonderful that way?

Michelle R.

By: DragonKat747

DragonKat747 — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:23:20 +0000

Ahh – I see you also use a trick you didn’t mention: turn a thoughtful comment on another blog into well rounded post on your own! Which is really a great idea – sometimes wonderful thoughts are triggered in response to someone else’s topic and you find you care enough about it to say more.

Also, each of your tips has been really helpful, and I’m now working at least one day ahead, thanks to a restful weekend. I’ve got a bus ride coming up this weekend and hope to use some of that time putting some of my mental planning into draft form in wordpress for future posts. You, and the others who posted encouragement that particular day, really helped me through a slump!

By: Jackie Dishner

Jackie Dishner — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:23:46 +0000

I’m a huge fan of number 4. It always carries me through. Great post. I’ll tweet it.

By: Natasha Rogue

Natasha Rogue — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:30:27 +0000

I love this post! Caught it at the perfect time. I completely lost steam with my blog, which has me feeling guilty because I feel like I’m letting my followers down by not making an effort. At the same time, my WIP has been going smoother, so I have mixed feelings about it. Planning ahead or even writing post a day or two in advance would really help me juggle the two.

Thank you for the awesome advice!

By: Jennifer Fink

Jennifer Fink — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:09:08 +0000

Great ideas, Michelle! I love the pre-planning idea; I just have to figure out a way to make it work. I’ve been busy with a lot of deadlines this month (which is good!), but often that means I’m blogging on almost empty. Come summer, though, I think I need to seriously consider plotting out some blog posts.

Jenny