TIL (today I learned) that I should stop lurking and start a blog

So I read Rachel from Stitched in Color's post yesterday,and it convinced me to finally take the leap into writing my own blog. I've been lurking around the world of sewing/quilting/crafting blogs for awhile now, silently admiring the greats from afar. And I have to ask, am I the only one who thinks that starting a sewing blog is incredibly scary when there are so many completely awesome women (and men) out there already well-established? Back during the summer I toyed with the idea of starting a blog - even wrote a first post - but I was too chicken to keep it up. (Also I was in my third trimester with my second child and not feeling very adventurous.) I thought, how can I possibly add anything to this conversation? And who on earth would listen to me anyway? But Rachel made some good points about why you should blog - making friends, joining quilting bees and swaps. (And I must confess, I've been dying to get in on a swap. What kind of swap, you say? Any kind of swap!) Well, here goes nothing...