I’ve mentioned before that I consider blogging part of a Once and Future American Tradition. Americans were pamphleteers once, and some are bloggers now. There are hundreds of blogs in Wisconsin covering local affairs in their respective towns. More than half are written pseudonymously, the way many pamphlets were early in our tradition.
If I could offer any advice about blogging, it would be (1) blog for issues and (2) to blog happy and happily. The first leads to the second. When I write on issues, I am always relaxed. It doesn’t matter whether I’m writing about baseball or something acerbic or polemical. If I am writing about an issue or topic of some sort, I’m writing happily. The commentary may be critical – although far less critical than some contend – but I am relaxed at my computer while writing.
Bloggers will enjoy – and readers appreciate – a post that comes from a relaxed author, writing about an issue of his or her interest.
There’s no need to look for posts – your key issues of interest will present lots of opportunities about which it will be fun to write.