Controversial vs Commercial: Cage Match Between Your Independent Writing Goals and Professional Blogging Ambitions

As the call for a return to old school personal blogging gains momentum, social media powers ahead as an increasingly competitive juggernaut.  Just when you've achieved a modicum of success, you find that you've painted yourself into a corner and can no longer write what you truly want. 

Established tone, audience expectations, and a personal blog that has become your personal brand beg the question "Who's the boss?"  Can you afford to take blogging hiatuses?  Will you destroy your hard-won success if you risk a rebrand of a blog that no longer fits you?  And just how much can you care about this week's new Top 50 Bloggers list before you've sold your Writing Soul to the Statistics Devil? 

When writing well is all that should matter but is no longer enough to get you noticed and secure an audience, you have some decisions to make.  Join referees Michelle Mitton from Scribbit, Leslie Flinger from Mrs. Flinger, and Megan Jordan from Velveteen Mind in a cage match between your personal, independent writing goals and your professional blogging ambitions.

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