I don’t think there is anything necessarily wrong with a longer post. I personally have found right around 750 words to be my sweet spot, but I can imagine it varies with the blog and what your readers are used to seeing. I do think shorter than 500 words can be a little brief. But mixing it up with a long post ( Maybe not StevePavlina.com long, but long ) can be good. For instance I have found that the longer a list is, the more likely people are to link to it. They would rather check out 103 Tools across the blogosphere than 5 Tips for Bloggers

I haven’t checked out Joel Comm yet. At least I don’t well him well enough to know him by his real name rather than his site, so thanks for the referal.

Donovan, better than a timer may just be a checklist of what you want to get done in a the time you have available. If you know you have 2 hours and you want to write an article, but also read some other blogs, comment on some articles, and fish for backlinks you won’t let yourself spend too much time on one given thing.

Alternatively someone who is good at programming, could write a little plugin which lets you set a clock when you start writing a post and then cuts you off and publishes it when time is up. I bet that would cause people to write a lot more series

I wish I could write a quality post in 10 minutes. I usually get terminal bloghorrhea and spend anywhere between 1 and 4 hours writing posts.

I guess it’s time to use a timer.

You have some good info on your blog. I’ve just subscribed. Thanks again!

Your post is proof that good content doesn’t have to be an all-day project.

Keep it up. Love the blog!