[BigV]

I have enjoyed my brief membership in the cellar. I like reading others' ideas, comments, jokes, rants etc. I have noticed that my posts are mostly in reply to someone else's remarks. Not a bad thing, but I have a desire to, well, expound. All those among you who have read (suffered) through my posts know how enthralled I am with the sound of my own voice. And a nifty echo chamber for such a vice is a blog.

I am asking for any first hand experiences with blogs from the population here. I feel I know a little about you, from what I've read from you all so far, and from our interactions, so that will help give me context for your comments. I hope to find this more informative than just reading through the blogs of people I don't know. I've done this too, but I'm looking for more.

Do you have a blog or more than one blog?

How do you maintain it?

How do you get content for it? From your own head? From what you read?

How do you write write write so much?

How do you keep it interesting?

What about photo blogs?

Or Google's new video blogging indexing thingamajig?

What about private access for family members?

What mistakes have you made or seen made that I should avoid?

Ok, that's plenty to begin with. Your experiences in the blogosphere from the perspective of a blogger more than a reader of blogs, if you please.

Thanks in advance.