Blogging Blogs

Discover the best independent blogs about blogging on BlogRolly.

• AI and The End of Blogging — Is blogging dead? After Google added AI Overviews and shopping-heavy results my Lazy Man and Money traffic dropped about
• Are rants inherently negative? That depends. Are you a baby? — People need ranters and comedians to remind them that things aren't perfect. George Carlin is a good example. I'm a les
• 7 things I’ll die mad about — 7 things that still tick me off at 48.
• The first line vs the final line — Surprising truth, the final line matters far more than the first in a blog post. I argue endings must sum up, land an em
• Blog-Gardening in Public — New In Progress section on the homepage shows drafts so you can follow my working in public process. The first piece exa
• Microblogs Without Social Media — Not every microblog is social. As a postscript to How I Currently Use Social Media I note why micro.blog and RSS still w
• 66 Blog Topics for Photographers — Need blog topics for photographers that actually spark posts? I put together 66 photography blog ideas covering client a
• The Carrier Bag Theory of Personal Websites — What if your personal website was a carrier bag, full of blue pebbles and mouse skulls? Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin I
• Let’s Get Sadly Personal — This time I step out from the archives and into something more personal. Loss, reflection, and the strange comfort of hi
• I Womansplain My (10th Birthday) Blog — Ten years of blogging and I’m still here—older, louder, and less polite about it. A wry anniversary post on women writin
• The Garden Sings To Those That Mother — A garden of memory and praise blooms in my latest Mother's Day poem, an acrostic published in MasticadoresUSA. I honor m
• Rediscovering blogging — I write about rediscovering blogging and why returning to this site feels meaningful again. After years of posting spars
• IndieWeb Carnival — I celebrate the IndieWeb Carnival a community event where independent creators link their posts and share what they’ve b
• alexandra's journal — I keep my personal journal here as a collection of ideas, musings, plans, and everything swirling around in my head rela
• everywhere — I’m juggling so many essays that my brain feels like a cluttered house, so this post is a breath a pause to reflect. I f
• I did a holiday — I share a quick update after returning from a long-planned Mediterranean cruise, reflecting on the places we visited, th
• Audience or Traffic? — I reflect on the difference between chasing traffic and building a real audience. Large numbers can bring visibility, bu
• The indie-web — I reflect on the challenges of the indie web and why escaping big-tech platforms isn’t as simple as it sounds. Discovera
• Finding my (blogging) roots — Blog revival manifesto: rejects polished Instagram, returns to messy diary-style posts. Authenticity over aesthetics; wr
• Don't call it a Substack. — Rejects Substack branding for independent newsletters. Explores platform independence, ownership, why "Substack" becomes