Blogging -- good way to start?

First, thank you, everyone, for all the great advice given here.

Second, I am still reading, learning, exploring tutorials, making lists, making plans....

Of course, there is a lot of conflicting information "out there". I'm sure that is because there are so many different ways to become successful online.

One thing I do keep running across, though, is the idea that blogging can bring in a fairly steady stream of income as long as one is diligent at it. I'm trying to figure a way to best take advantage of my love for writing, and I seem to keep coming back to blogging.

My current thoughts are to start a blog, or perhaps several, each on a focused niche. Write from my heart, enjoy what I do, and add potential monetizing aspects to the blog. I'd then work article marketing into the blogging plans (though there is also a lot of somewhat conflicting advice on article marketing, and I think the best I've read so far is the information included in the new users' section of Warriorforums). Perhaps, once there is a "resume of clips", so to speak, to offer potential clients, I would then branch out to offering my services as a writer to others who prefer not to write their own copy.

I'm really just posting here to see if any blatant errors jump out as you skim through the general plan of attack above.

My thinking is that it lets me start doing "something" right away while I continue to learn and get my feet progressively more wet in the world of online marketing for writers.

Thoughts?
**Maj**