I thought this would be a really good time for an article like this.

I had a really long week, work occupied my weekdays while I spent the weekend as a photographer covering the wedding of a VERY IMPORTANT friend of mine (Congratulations to Raysonick! Manager and co-founder of the paintball team I’m in.) and also preparing presentation slideshows for the wedding dinner, 2 slideshows with over 400 photos.

I really wish I had contents ready for publication.

Should You?

It’s entirely up to you and your intention for your blog. If you’re fine with going MIA for a while, like having extended periods of not having new posts, then it’s fine.

If you have a schedule that you intend to maintain, then perhaps you should consider doing so.

For me, I always try to have additional articles ready to post, call them “BACKUP ARTICLES” if you may. I’m sure many of you still remember my 2-weeks absense last year that lead to the article – 2 Weeks Without New Articles.

Running Out Of Ammo

This time around, it was unfortunate for me as I’ve used up all of my “backup articles” over previous weeks where I was dead busy with work and event coverage such as the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival 2008’s Gala Launch.

With so many things to accomplish in my project pipeline, I had no time to prepare any new article either. On the other hand, my other blogs such as Buurps.com where there are co-writers, the articles are pretty much ready and all it takes is about 30 minutes for a bit of editing before new articles are published.

Good To Have.

While backup articles aren’t mandatory, it’s always good to have a few just for emergencies. Just spend a day or 2 (like say during weekend?) to prepare masses of articles if you have the luxury of allocating time for it.

Do you like the idea of having “backup articles”?

How many of you bloggers actually practice this?

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