The blogging contest has also opened my eyes to many bloggers I now have and will follow as well as the motivation to keep exploring. Blogging offers a much different world than more standardized article writing and is most appealing.
I'm going to spend a couple weeks making up for lost time on my paid writing job and go from there. I must choose also between my business site and penning a book for my next major focus.
I want to thank both Alex J. Cavanaugh and Marie from Write, Wrong or Indifferent for the inspiration and I hope to have an update posted here in reasonable time.