Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- A whole bunch of people answer the question, "Why do you make things?" I recorded these interviews at Maker Faire.

- ...And a bunch of my Twitter buddies added their two cents as well.

My thanks to everyone who contributed to this show: (Listed in the order they appear, by the way...)

- Christina Lee

- Adrian Messenger

- An extremely nice lady who's name didn't get recorded. This is entirely my fault, and I feel like such a doofus for it. (She's the one who talks about baby blankets.)

- Alexa Westerfeld

- Crafty Chica Kathy Cano-Murillo

- Bea Owen (aka @bibia)

- Kirsty Hall. (Remember the podcast she and I did?)

- Kym Randall (aka @coffeemamma)

- Angela Mabray. (aka @craftygoat)

- Jared Graves (aka @orime)

- Janet Perry (aka @napaneedlepoint)

- Bill Ward, President of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group

- Kelly Day (She writes her blog, by the way, with Shayne Rioux)

- Rory Loeb

- Megan, of Sanourra Designs (aka @sanourra)

- Nancy Ricci (aka @gettingpurly)

- Paul Overton (aka @dudecraft)

- Barbara Forbes-Lyons (aka @penguintrax)

- Eleanor, aka undeadgoat

- Nicole Vasbinder , who also owns StitchCraft

- Vincent Pacheco

- Kristin Roach

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- The comments on this post tell me that the number one question folks have about craft blogging is, "What should I write about?" So this podcast attempts to answer that question.

- Learn why your blog is not really about you, and what it should be about instead.

- Understand why passion and value are two key elements of a great craft blog.

Good Bloggy Links:

- Check out the ebook I wrote about craft blogging. It covers even more techniques for finding topics to write about.

- How to Find Your Hidden Talent, on Skelliewag. A good exercise for those who need help identifying their passions.

- 7 Questions to Finding Your True Passion - a solid starting point to exploration.

- Watch this video: Gary Vaynerchuk absolutely nails how passion is crucial in the internet age.

- Julia Cameron's The Vein of Gold has been helping creative people find their passions for years.

- Don't miss this ProBlogger post on How to Write Great Blog Content.

- This ProBlogger post on developing a blog strategy is more about blogging goals than content, but great food for thought for new bloggers.

- If you're more of a photographer than a writer, you can tell your story on Flickr.

- If you're a person of few words, you might prefer Twitter or Tumblr