When it comes to Blogging: Persistence Pays Off

Woody Allen once famously said ninety percent of life is just showing up. As we celebrate our one-year anniversary of blogging at mattlewis.org, his advice seems right on.

Every day, more and more of you are checking in. And we try to do our best to give you what you're coming for. Other blogs talk about conservative politics.

We analyse the campaign/PR angle of conservative politics -- and that's what makes us unique.

But back to the Woody Allen quote. As I said, this is our one-year anniversary. It hasn't always been easy, but every day, more and more of you are logging on (and tuning out).

On your first day of college, the Dean usually says: "Look to your left. Look to your right. These people won't be here in four years."

Well, if you look to the left of this page, you'll notice a couple of good blogs didn't make it thru the year ...

...Let the Word go Forth has gone forth. Nicole got a job and had to abandon the blog. Our loss.

...MelPennington.com is stuck on August 8. I guess Ted "the Head" will live on forever.

It's a war of attrition.

There's no telling how successful these blogs may have become (the content on each was excellent), had they continued writing long enough to attract a larger audience. It takes time for folks to discover you, but at the same time, coming up with something to write about every day can be tedious (look at me, I'm blogging about blogging...)

Kudos to Right Angle and Viking Spirit for making it to 2006 with me. And I'm especially proud of Cajun Tiger . He moved to Iraq, and still manages to post frequently.

I hope we can all get together next February and eat some cake.