Sorry I’ve been so MIA lately… I’m actually still reading everyone else’s blogs and keeping up with emails and such. Life is busy, I guess. I’m working on about 4.5 projects for friends that keep me in Photoshop for much of my computer time, and the rest of my time… well, there are those two kids of mine and all. They want food every now and then.

Nursing is a good time for reading blogs, but not so helpful for writing them (read: only one hand is free). So I’ve been doing a lot of internet reading, and one recent fascination is the business side of blogging. I’m absorbing a lot of mind-boggling information from blogs I only recently discovered. Did you know there are bloggers who make six-figure incomes from their blogs? There are even SAHMs who make four figures a month just blogging a few hours a week on the side.

I’m not becoming that ambitious, mind you, but the idea of earning extra income through my hobby is very intriguing. And so I’m educating myself on the subject, in case God ever opens that door. I think I’ve just got an entrepreneurial bend in my bones.

So in case you want to get sucked in to more reading you could ever fathom, here are just some of the places I’m ingesting with a fork and knife:

• Pearsonified – LOVE his layout and visual ideas
  
• Problogger – one of the six-figure guys – great practical info
• Skelliewag – a great writer
• Copyblogger – apparently the guy gets 1 million hits a month
• Smashing Magazine – for the graphic designer in me… I love it all

Those are just the tip of the iceberg – I won’t overwhelm you with the others on the list. But to top it off, here’s a compilation of the 50 Most Influential Bloggers. Wild. I love that Heather is on the list.

Now that you’re thoroughly intimidated, go start a blog! Don’t be one of the four people left on the planet without one.

posted: 08 March 28
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