Michael: Great advice. I once had a blog called Falconschick, because I am a huge fan of the Atlanta Falcons. Well with Michael Vick’s conviction and now Warrick Dunn’s leaving the lineup I just don’t have the heart for it anymore. I wish I was a rain or shine fan–I think I am, but I didn’t want to start venting about loyalty…I stopped. What I wished I hadn’t done was close the blog(a great tip from Chris,) because I had fun stuff on there and who knows they may turn things around this year. I may restart the blog and apologize for closing it. :)

Thanks again all for those who continue to read this post. Thanks Daren for the opportunity.
Sorry I screwed up the link to my blog. Still can’t figure out how I did it.

http://christianfiction.blogspot.com

Start thinking about why you started a blog and whether or not you still enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it and aren’t getting anything beneficial out of it, you may want to stop blogging.

I see you dropped Adsense from problogger for a long time. But you didn’t explan why, did you?

thanks for commenting.

I think of blogging as a marathon . . . it’s easy to get busy and set it aside . . . but I believe you can also get back to it.

After a couple of months of inactivity, I decided to pick up where I left off and keep updating because I enjoy posing to my blog.

Heather, thanks. I don’t know how I messed up my link. But thank you all for sharing it with the community. That’s really nice. :)

I don’t know if I would ever give up blogging, but I do tend to make tons and tons of posts for a few weeks, and then take a break for a week or so. I’d personally rather just have consistently spread out posts, but sometimes I find it pretty hard with time contraints.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the motivation,
-Nick

Happy Easter, Ryan!

MJK: I have seen what you mean. I enjoy reading political blogs and some of the stuff gets real nasty. You’re right. More power to you. But I have seen on Michelle Malkins blog when she has used negative comments to start a new blog entry. I’m not a fan of hers, but she does use her bad comments as examples, literally. :)

Shams: I like your name. Sorry I couldn’t be of help, but glad you stopped by and chimed in.

Anna: Your blog is so nice. You should have seen my blog after its first year. Girlfriend, you can’t stop blogging about the environment. What are you talking about? You have people commenting and chiming in. Take a Blogcation. Get some guestbloggers in there and just step away from it, but watch it. I think you’re a bit too closed to it right now, a bit burned out. I get that way when I’m revising a manuscript. Back away from it for a while.

To top it off, I wrote a story about a company and put my heart and sole into it to help this start-up company. I even tried to connect them with some of my contact because I believe in what they are doing. I asked to be mentioned in their press page but was only mentioned in their blog with just a few words. The online people who get mentioned on the press page were obviously the big boys who you would like to show off. I was crushed. I felt I could never compete with the big boys and how was I fooling myself working this hard for nothing.

I was also frustrated because I was trying to get online publishers to pick up a story or two of mine who did not even email back. On top of it seemed that everyone I saw either had a technology, publishing, or marketing and advertising background. I only have my personal experiences. Sometimes, I feel so overwhelmed because I have to learn everything myself.

I blog to create community, and go to the next level so I help more people.

Masked Millionaire, I know giving up is not the answer and I am not a quitter but sometime when do you know when it is time to give up? I can’t blog any other way but to spend the time researching and writing the best I can because I feel I owe it to my readers. But the amount of time I am spending is way too much sometimes. My blog owns me.

I am still undecided as to what to do and perhaps am looking for that sign of faith? Sorry to write so much, but as you tell I am at a crossroad.