Let’s first start with a quick recap of the month of May. April had been what I could only describe as a ridiculous month for me in terms of the amount of interaction that took place on this here blog of mine. And guess what? For the third month in a row I’ve set records for Likes, comments, and site views. Of course, it isn’t all about those things, but I don’t think a blog can be successful without a real audience, and I feel I definitely have that now. Let’s take a quick look at the numbers before I discuss my thoughts about my first year of blogging. The previous record will be in parenthesis.
Posts: 25 (26)
Likes: 584 (500)
Comments: 2121 (1092)
New followers: 365 (511)
Let me take a deep breath. Okay. 2121 comments?!?!?! Last month I thought 1092 was a stupidly high number and then BAM the number doubled. Holy mother of all things blogging. This is simply insanity. That is all.
Top Post
Reading Multiple Books at Once
Favorite Post
Post You May Have Missed
I’d normally throw in a little commentary, but instead let’s just move on to talk about my first year of blogging.
I received the notification I knew was coming yesterday from WordPress telling me that I’d registered on the site exactly one year ago. This blog has been a huge delight since I first started it. I remember thinking how in the heck would I ever get people to read it. Then on my first ever blog post I think I got my first follower. She’s from Australia, but I checked recently and she hasn’t blogged in months. Oh well. No point in being sentimental about it.
Anyway, the major thing that’s happened during my first year of blogging has nothing to do with any of my 175 posts. I keep saying it, and I’ll keep saying it until you guys really realize it, but it’s all about the people I get to interact with everyday. Sure, many of you seem to disagree with me on just about every topic I write about, but that’s okay. Just don’t yell at me. I’m no good with that. I’ll just kick you in the shin and be done with you.
I’ve linked to this post a bunch in previous posts because it’s far and away my most popular post I’ve written. It has like five times the number of views as the second most popular, which was the top post from May. That’s crazy.
Print vs. E-Book: Which side are you on?
Thanks guys, for a great first year of blogging. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.
Johnny Reads 
Congrats! That’s exciting! I look forward to future posts and discussions.
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I don’t. 😉
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Harsh. I’m gonna cry now.
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Don’t do that. Go punch that guy from yesterday in the face instead. 🙂
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I would except… I don’t see him until next week. I’ll be out of town the next few days.
And please… I didn’t even cry when I broke my toe, fractured my knee cap, and dislocated my shoulder. All at separate times, though. 🙂
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Congratulations on 1 year!!!
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Thanks!
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Congrats, not surprised on the success, you have a really great blog! Here’s to another year 😀
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Thank you!
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Happy Blogiversary! there’s no book in my mailbox yet….
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Thanks! Um. I was SUPPOSED to go yesterday. But I went to sleep instead. I even have it in my car. You might get the letter before the book. You can get excited for that instead. 🙂
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Ahahaha. Sleep is important, so you’re off the hook for now. THERE’S NO LETTER YET EITHER! Make it go faster!
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Okay. Let me go yell at the little old lady at the post office. Going now.
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lol Don’t do that! That’s not very nice!!!
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You just told me to make it go faster. What else am I supposed to do? Drive the mail truck from here to you? That’s a long drive and a lot of gas for just one letter, chica.
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That sounds like a fabulous idea! But take me back to Texas with you… I miss my family haha!
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So first I have to drive all the way to….Illinois. I think. Then I have to bring you back with me. This sounds very one-sided. I’m not getting anything!
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You get to ride in a vehicle with me! I bake lots of cookies too. 🙂
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That’s not enough. I don’t even eat cookies.
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WHAT?! Who doesn’t eat cookies?
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But I drink milk. 🙂
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I don’t…
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We seem to be at an impasse. You eat your cookies without milk. I drink my milk without cookies. Oh well. I guess I’m not driving anywhere after all.
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I can’t drink milk! My body say’s so!
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Hmm. Your life sounds horrible then.
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Tell me about it!
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No wonder you just read. No milk = no life. Haha
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And you said cookie hater was mean?! Rude! I do too have a life!
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Ahaha 🙂 I look forward to reading about it in your responding letter.
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Oh I keep forgetting to tell you! When I write letters they are multicolored! I love office supplies, cause I’m weird, so I have tons of colored pens!
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So you’re basically telling me that I’m going to be getting letters from a 10-year-old? Haha cause who else uses colored pens!?
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Well, yeah. 🙂
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Do you even know how to mail a letter, little one?
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Uhm yeah I do…. Stop sassing me!
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Hahaha 🙂 your fault. You write with colored ones. They’re probably gel pens.
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Nope! They’re papermate 🙂 I do miss my old gel pens! I used to get the black paper notebook with the white pen.
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White pen? That sounds like white out. I have one black pen that I use when I need to wrote something. That’s it. You’re just special. 😉
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You just wish you were as fun as me! That’s why you don’t have crazy dreams!
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Maybe a little. I told you to switch your dreams with mine! But nooo. You have be greedy and keep the good stuff for yourself.
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Ha, some nights I would if I could. Like WTF is going on in my subconscious, its creepy
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But what if you get a NYT bestselling book out of it!?
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I highly doubt it would happen but fingers crossed it will!
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How much have you wriiten lately? I know you said you wrote a bunch last week.
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Kinda, I mean it’s more than I have been but at least I’m getting somewhere. I’ve had to stop to do research a couple times
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Well as long as you’re writing. Then i’m not going to give you an unnecessary pep talk.
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Congratulations on one year. Glad you aren’t going anywhere. 😉
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I lied. This is my last blog post. Be sad.
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That’s cruel. I don’t appreciate people lying to me. I’m more angry than I am sad.
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🙂 I don’t lie.
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You just told me you did.
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More of an innocent joke. 🙂
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I beg to differ.
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Fine. Then don’t talk to me out of anger.
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Should I talk to you out of sadness?
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Nope. But if you’re angry, then why would you continue with this conversation?
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That was an innocent joke. 🙂
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Hm. Fooled me.
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It’s a skill you develop over time. More so if you are a writer.
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Oh. I don’t know anything about that.
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Of course you do. You just don’t know it yet.
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Promise you’re not going anywhere? 😀 Congrats on a very gr8 blog btw, I look forward to reading more on your thoughts AND I’m from down under … just saying ;p
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Thanks! 🙂
I can’t promise anything. Jennifer Lawrence may come along and ask me to stop blogging. Then I would. 😉
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Haha! Well, If Jennifer does come along and asks you to stop blogging, I’ll just have to start a campaign to protest against the extreme injustice, but as much as I hate to admit it, I can understand your “shift of loyalties” 😀
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Don’t laugh at me.
Hmm. My blog isn’t THAT great for a protest. But I’d probably continue blogging anonymously. 🙂
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Okay, great! Just make sure Jen-jen doesn’t find out 🙂
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Wellll let’s not say it like that. I can’t lie to her. 😉
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🙂 Oh, okay. You’re so good already!
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Well duhh. I can’t ruin my chance with her.
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😀 Okay, okay … I hate to admit it, but I get that.
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She won’t marry me if I’m not trustworthy.
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