Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about group blogs and how much I would love to be a part of one. I did try it once, but the topics on that particular blog were so varied I felt like there was no real place for me. So what I’d like to do is contribute to a blog that revolved around one subject. There are a couple of subjects I could really sink my teeth into, but I just wasn’t sure who I could get to do this with me, and what their interests would be. After a drawn out discussion with Ken, we agreed that we would do a food blog.

Group food blogs aren’t unheard of. There are a bunch and I subscribe to some of them. The only thing that really bugs me about group blogs is that there will be 50 posts in one day because there are so many writers. I don’t have time to read 50 lengthy posts in one day. What I end up doing is glossing them over just so I can mark them read.

I do think that to be a successful blog (and by “successful” I mean something I can be proud of, not that we have thousands of readers) there should regular posts, and a few of those having actual substance. There has to be a balance between long and short posts, a variety of humor posts mixed with serious recipes and the gadget reviews. As for long posts, I’m not usually a big fan of them unless they’re broken up with pictures or the subject is really interesting - and that’s ironic since my posts are usually long. I don’t know why that is.

This blog should reflect the writers - so there would have to be a great deal of humor involved. If someone isn’t exactly a foodie and they can’t really cook but would like to write funny reviews of food television shows, I’d be all for that. It can be short and funny with photos, and that’s fine. Or, if a non-foodie friend wants to be the writer of the “horrors” of cooking ingredients - such as frozen, canned or boxed food, I’d be all for it. “Do NOT eat this, people!”

This will mean that my food posts will all go to a different site, and I can focus this site to be something else. What that else will be, I have yet to decide. It will still be a general blog, but I’d like to focus it a little more and put the food elsewhere.

I’m still looking for friends who want to participate and write for the food blog. My only criteria at this moment is that if someone wants to participate they need to agree to write on a regular basis - whether it is weekly, every other week, whatever - I just don’t want to find myself trying to support yet another blog alone. Too often do friends have good intentions and then mysteriously disappear after committing… I have this site and LoO to support; the last thing I need is one more site to put on my shoulders. If anyone out there thinks they can be a contributor, let me know…

We also need a name for the blog. If you have any ideas, post them in the comments section below. When the site goes up, I’ll let you know!