Dean's Advice
Dean Esmay has posted an excellent piece on the way bloggers view Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds. Using data compiled by Dave Schuler at the Glittering Eye, as evidence, Dean notes that Instapundit isn't the center of the blogosphere. His advice to the aspiring blogger:
"do good work, and network with others."As he notes, good advice in any endeavor.
Those who blog for themselves, and not for fame, recognition or approval are more likely to blog when they want to, to write more effectively as an expression of their beliefs and to find happiness in having done so. Having a reader comment or trackback to a particular post offers fleeting pleasure if what you seek is not to express yourself, yet if you seek the expression, receiving a comment augments your happiness with an additional joy, not nearly as destructive or addictive. Just as envy may lead to our downfall in daily life, it can in the blogosphere.
Just write what you think and leave it be.
