
A fictional character Wilkins Micawber, from Charles Dickens’ famous novel David Copperfield, was immortalized for saying his favourite words “something may turn up”. Finally, this fictional character ended up in a debtor’s prison. Although this may not the fate of the bloggers, but they do dream on…hoping that “something may turn up” one day.
Daniel Lyons has an interesting piece on this subject. “I learned the hard way: while blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn’t one of them…
“I blogged in the middle of the night, having awakened with an idea. I rationalized this insane behavior by telling myself that at the end of this rainbow I would find a huge pot of gold. But reality kept interfering with this fantasy…”