A little orange trophy just informed me that I’ve been a WordPress user for one year now, and I just thought I’d quickly share that before turning in.
If you go back through my archives (which I wouldn’t advise) you’ll notice the first post is dated somewhere in March last year, but those first few posts were merely imported from Blogger where I had my first attempt at blogging. My first post on WordPress was actually only on 13 November last year, and not on this blog (though I reposted it here later). The first actual post on if all else fails…use a hammer was only on 16 November (though I wouldn’t advise reading it either).
Still, it has now been a whole year that I’ve been on WordPress. In that year I’ve brought you about hundred-and-seventy posts, including twenty-two Song Title Challenges, eleven reviews (seven books; four movies), vacation photos, puppets, silliness and seriousness. I’ve passed both the hundred-followers and hundred-posts milestones and made quite a few new friends from all across the world. I’ve watched the world map on my stats-page fill up with colour as more and more flags were added to my collection (including the only non-rectangular national flag in the world) and I can only hope that by this time next year I’ll have them all.
I must confess, at first I didn’t expect to enjoy blogging this much, but in this year it has become such a part of me that I don’t know if I’d be able to give it up if necessary.
To my regular followers, thanks for sticking with me so far. I hope to keep giving you reasons to do so.
You may now congratulate me 😉
P.S. If you haven’t yet, go download Issue 4 of The Paperbook Collective right now where you’ll find an original piece of never-seen-before flash fiction by yours truly (that’s me) on page 5. Then come on back here and tell me what you think, okay? (P.P.S. It’s my first ever piece of published fiction outside of blogging.)
Have a great week.
Happy Blogiversary!! Don’t know how I missed this one but hey..
Keep up the awesome work! !
You were probably daydreaming about carpet bags, talking umbrellas and jumping into chalk drawings with your soon-to-be wards 😉
happy anniversary then – for more years to come : -)
Thanks! 😀
Congrats on making a whole year and for getting the flash fiction piece in The Paperbook Collective. That’s awesome! Hope you’ll continue to stick around! 🙂
Thanks, and I’m planning to. Hope life plays along. How’s your NaNo going? I’m so terribly behind right now, but working on it.
Good! I hope so too. I’m doing pretty good so far. I’ve nearly got 7 thousand words. Hopefully I can keep it up. We’ll see.
Yet to check out your piece in the mag, but wanted to say a quick anniversary congrats. Happy writing xx
Thanks 😀
Wowser, a whole year. That’s impressive! Happy Bloggiversary!
Thanks! It’s interesting how many of the people I’m following are also celebrating their bloggiversaries now. November is apparently the month people start blogging, though I only started doing this regularly in May. Perhaps it’s an autumn thing.
Congrats on your first anniversary! Good stuff. Look forward to enjoying your next year’s worth of posts!
Thanks. Hopefully it will include some posts on the process of getting published 😀
I do too – and all the very best for your endeavours in that direction!
[ Smiles ] Happy first blogging anniversary!
Thanks!
Congratulations! My blogaversary is this week as well, on the 7th. I really enjoy your blog. Here’s to many more posts!
Thanks. Apparently November is the month to start blogging. And not that it matters, but your blogaversary also coincides with my mother-in-law’s birthday.
And Happy Birthday to your mother-in-law! Its definitely the month to be born in – the vast majority of my friends and family have November birthdays. Its a total pain, so close to Christmas. I hope she has a great day (and that you manage to think of a Christmas present as well).
I too had an anniversary and also was published in Issue Four of the Paperbook Collective. I liked your poem and the discovery (or at least the recording of) mankind as the cornerstone of assuaging fear. Really good thought stuff. Congrats on the year and your accomplishments.
I think you’re attributing the wrong piece to me. I wrote the flash fiction, Smugglers. Sorry, I see it’s on page 5 😉
My apologies. Okay let me start again. Liked the flash fiction. I really like dialog that tells a story without a bunch of unnecessary stage direction. Well done.