There’s been a great initial response from readers in the new Group Writing Project on the topic of ‘if I had to start my blog again’. I’ll be accepting submissions until Thursday so follow the process outlined here and be included in the list central list of submissions.
Here are the first 25 submissions (I’ll post a new list each day until Thursday):
- Re-Knitting My Podcast and Blogs by Rhonda
- There is only one thing I’d change by Eric
- Starting Over by Tony
- Regrets, I’ve had a Few by Debra
- My wabisabi Blog by ricemutt
- The vision for this blog… would I do it again? by Thom
- 3 changes I would make and 3 I would not by Joe
- Ready, Fire, Aim that Blog! by Brad
- I should have thought bigger by Danae
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back by Damien
- Regrets… I have a few… but then again, too few to mention (almost!) by Adrian
- Fix This Blog! by Alan
- RobZazueta.com – Regrets, I’ve had a few…. by Rob
- Why this Blog isn’t perfect by Lisa
- Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda by Christina
- If I had to start my blog Again by Costa
- I’m Not a ProBlogger, But… by Andrew
- My Vision Was Too Cloudy by George
- If I could Turn Back Time…. by Retrospector
- If I had to Start My Blog All Over Again by Adam
- Blogging to Infinity and Beyond by Ken
- Discover the Fun of Blogging by Stefan
- B4B Reincarnation by Jack
- blogging takes two…. by dcypl
- Gee, That’s a Funny Domain Name by Ella
There are some great posts in that lot – surf through the list and start linking up to those you resonate with the most.
About Darren Rowse
My name is Darren Rowse and I’m a full time Blogger making a living from blogs like 
I’ve had loads of fun participating.. but next time, could you get my name right? (Damien) :lol:
Thanks for doing this, Darren–I’m in the midst of starting my own blog, and seeing where others went wrong (and right!) is very helpful.
Darren, I’ve read a few of the posts now and it’s great to see how others are getting along but one thing that seems to keep cropping up, both in these posts and in the previous 1 question series is ‘time’. If I could start a year earlier, if i had realised how long it would take, if i had know how long i would need to spend posting and messing. Without getting into the subject of search engine results and google’s sandbox. Seems like most people come into blogging thinking it will be something quick but then something which works really well takes timmmmmmme. Just a thought.
sorry DamiEn – fixed :-)
Great work Darren!
This will keep me busy trying to create a matrix of layout sucuss vs perceived issues, or perhaps a satisfaction rating by platform, who knows where it will go.
Ahh the mind of an Engineer…
Excellent article idea…as I am technically on my second incarnation of my first blog (I switched to wordpress.com when my freebie blog hosting site wanted to charge me for what I found to be inferior service) and am taking some downtime from my writing there, this is a timely topic to me :)
I noticed a problem with the url for “If I had to start my blog Again by Costa.” The correct url should be (start was spelled wrong):
http://ahpek.blogsome.com/2006/07/25/if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/
Well, I found this late, but “If I had to Start My Blog Again” I would have done this much earlier than I did.