Missed you, blogosphere.

Wow. So in the past month, I've hardly had a moment to myself. I'm exhausted, to say the least. I started not one, but two jobs, worked the Women's College World Series and the Big 12 Baseball championship, and finished up my second-to-last semester of college.

I haven't had a chance to do much of anything. Also, I've completely re-built my resume, or at least started to. I'm almost done, I promise. At least 3/4 of it is finished!

I started looking at Advertising agencies in London, or England in general. It's been as good as my travel-obsessed self can get right now. The good news is the 15th is my first day off. The bad news? I'm probably going to sleep the entire two days of that weekend just to get my energy up.

Officially, my blogging class has ended. This leaves me at a weird fork in the road. I can keep blogging or I can stop. To be honest, if things keep up like they have lately, I won't be posting often. But then again, I've found some pretty amazing people through blogging, and I don't want to give that up.

If you guys haven't checked out some of the people I'm obsessed with, I'm sorry. Your life sucks. Here's some great people in the blogosphere.

• Emily
• Sarah (With an H)
• Sara (No H)

Well, sorry for the really horrible blog post. If you read it, you get an extra gold star. I'm actually going to bed now, considering I woke up at 6am today.

Blogspiration: Royce Young of DailyThunder.com

Royce Young is the man behind the DailyThunder.com blog, a project he started five years ago in his final semester of college that has since become his job. He’s 27 now, married to an elementary school teacher and working full-time both as a blogger independently and as a sportswriter at CBSSports.com. On Twitter, Royce has over 27,000 followers. His website gets an average of one million page views per month, with 100,000 unique visitors. Royce lives in Oklahoma City, and with the combination of both his blog and CBSSports, he makes enough money to make this his career.

Royce’s blog is unique because he started it simply to put his thoughts down somewhere, but has since developed into his own brand. “I had decided pretty much in my last semester of school that I wasn’t going to be a semester,” Royce said. “But I missed writing and more than anything, missed putting my thoughts an opinions in one convenient place.” He is the sole writer at DailyThunder, commenting on each and every game the OKC Thunder plays in, both home and away. He also covers various other things, such as trades, interviews players do, and how other teams will make or break the Thunder.

Royce blends the traditional beat coverage of a team with fan-blogging. He isn’t afraid to publicize that he’s a Thunder fan, something that most traditional media frowns upon. Being passionate about the team allows him to connect with fans because they share the same favorite players, but he also has no trouble calling the team or individuals out for doing something he thinks is wrong. Royce gets to talk to players and coaches on a regular basis, which gives his fans the feeling of an everyday fan getting one-on-one time with Kevin Durant.

Daily Thunder, being run by a single person, has a single voice. Normally, that’s great for a blog, but in the sports world, it can be dangerous. However, it has established Royce Young as a local celebrity in the minds of Thunder fans. Royce encourages people to blog about things they are passionate about. “People love to start blogs. Not everyone likes to continue writing them,” Royce said. If you find something you’re passionate about writing, you’ll continue to do so.

Royce’s biggest bit of advice is that a blogger needs to find their voice. “It’s kind of simple,” he explains, “find the style of writing you’re most comfortable with, and best at.” Royce recommends writing, and writing a lot, to develop your style. He says it’s almost embarrassing how many words he’s written over the last five years, but because of that, he’s improved a lot as a writer.

Check Out This Blog!

Sara has been running this blog for quite a while, and she's always entertaining. She's a 21-year-old (almost 22, Happy Birthday soon!) blogging from Georgia about all things in her life: school, nannying, and her current favorite nail polishes. Sara's blog is easy on the eyes and fits into her preppy style, a big plus to all her followers. Her layout is very clean and her posts are all appropriate in length. Depending on the topic, some are longer than others. She's good about using images to draw readers in as well as emphasize the things she's discussing.

As far as a weakness goes, the only thing I can really point at is her headline. I absolutely love the chevron and the simplicity of the design, but the text could be a little bigger. Ultimately, that's just a personal preference and really isn't hindering anyone from reading her blog. I really hope that I can mimic Sara's ease with blogging. She has a way of making it feel like she's a close friend discussing things over coffee rather than some distant person talking about her nail polish.