On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:01:51 -0700, Ranee at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> In article >,
> Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
> > This isn't a paying thing for me and I don't have deadlines. Right
> > now, I am toying with going back through dishes I have made over the
> > past year or so, that never got written about and putting the
> > pictures of those up.
> >
> > I decided that for me, I am not going to be like many bloggers. I
> > decided not to do ads, and I decided that I probably won't get
> > involved in challenges, and things like that. My pictures won't be
> > studio quality, although I will try to put up decent pictures.
> >
> > I have been reading a ton of food blogs over the past few years. Some
> > of them are really good, but it is getting to be big business
> > now...and some bloggers are reviewing this, and reviewing that...and
> > getting products sent to them for review. Many of them are trying to
> > outdo each other. My feeling was (after thinking about it a lot, and
> > talking to another food blogger who stepped back a bit) that I am
> > doing this for me. And that I don't want to be part of the race to
> > put up posts every day or every few days, or to constantly be trying
> > out things.
> >
> > I am happier for it. Some of my favorite blogs seem to be of that
> > persuasion too...they post when they feel like it. And as a result
> > they feel genuine, and from the heart.
>
> This is my take on it, too. I'm not a professional, I'm not trying
> to be a professional. I don't get paid and I don't have ads.

I don't like the food blogs that plug products, books and are
generally over the top commercially. I will not subscribe to most of
them I see right away are so commercial, unsubscribed from some that
turned the corner commercially and don't read others even though I'm
still subscribed to them. I should unsubscribe so they won't be using
me as a statistic for advertising $$, but it only just occurred to me
that's the way their game is played.

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.