The blog creation process was quite simple for me.  I already had a Gmail account, so I didn't need to create one. I have had my blogging account since 2012, so all I had to do is click on "new blog" under my list of already created blogs.  I then choose a template for my blog and clicked on the "create blog" button.  The only challenge I faced was coming up with an address for the blog because you cannot use an already existing address.