I wanted to mention here that just because you can depend on 8 regular commenters you’ll find you have many more readers. I’ve found that most blogs get about one reader who comments to every 9 who don’t. So 8 regular commenters means about 80 regular readers. That’s a wonderful base and I’m sure it will continue to increase as you continue to provide insightful and interesting entries.

Congratulations on your nomination and good luck for the final results!

There’s only a couple of nominees on the list that I am not impressed with (and I won’t name them). All in all, I think is is an excellent list as it stands, and really doesn’t need to be trimmed down to ten. I’m not particularly worried about making the list. By that, I mean whether I do or not, I’ll keep bouncing along. I only returned to real blogging last June (for a long time I just posted jobs) and I am very happy with the progress of the blog over the last few months.

I loved your poem project.

Your blog, Deb’s and Anne’s are my favorites. I’m sure Copyblogger will be at the top, too. I’m certainly not knocking the blog, because I know it’s popular. It’s just not one I enjoy as much as yours or Deb’s or Anne’s.

Regardless of the number of commenters you are getting (which is, of course, very important) I do not think that you could do more to encourage it. Perhaps your readers should get a C+ but you deserve an A for the level of commitment and the engagement you have with those who do comment.

I have been a bit slack in this area of late but I know how dedicated you are in responding and relating to your commenters.

What would I like to see more of in the future? Hmm, I wish I could answer, because I know that it is helpful, but I just like what you do. I wonder whether perhaps you should dig up some of your older stuff every now and then, because you’ve been doing this for a long time. I’m sure there are a lot of things that deserve going back over, reworking, updating, or just bringing to our attention. That’s the thing with blogs. It’s always now.

I think a mix of projects and individual posts are best. The projects really give us something to build on, but you provide a wealth of information as well.

Eh, bah! to Copyblogger. You, John, are the Maestro.

You offer so much invaluable information and have helped me tremendously in my transition from my first career into becoming a real writer. Thank you.

Ellen “EJ” Sackett

I agree with Joni on what I’d like to see you writing about. Even though I did NaNo last year, I still have to revise that work. And I still like the poetry exercises of course. They’ve helped me be so much more productive, and go in new directions.

In fact, I agree with Joni one very point!