Not every blog – or blogger – is built to last forever ... and that's OK. But consider the longevity of your idea and how it dovetails with your goals before embarking.
Here are some authors who exited stage left after a good run:
Fellow blog instructor Rebecca Agiewich scored her first novel deal, Breakup Babe, after chronicling her dating life online. She retired http://breakupbabe.blogspot.com when she realized the confessional wasn't helping said dating life. Now she lives with her boyfriend and keeps a less revealing diary at Sparkly, Sparkly.
Journalist Edward Readicker-Henderson gave himself 131 posts on Unexpected World, then packed up shop. "I found it was taking energy away from the rest of my writing. I also started to feel like I was repeating myself, and so boring myself."
Joe Mathlete seems a little overwhelmed by the popularity of Marmaduke Explained, but sometimes still pokes fun at comic artist Brad Anderson. Because, really, who could stop cold turkey?
Jen Leo launched Written Road, "the inside scoop for the travel publishing world". She moved onto projects about poker and Las Vegas, as well as editing anthologies. A team of volunteers took over Written Road, but standards have slid.
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