If there are any who read my work I am seriously considering ending my blog since I don’t have a lot of readers. I was a loyal contributor to Gather for quite a while. While there my writing wasn’t as good not by a long shot but I had considerably more readers than I do here. It was there that my love for writing was fostered. gather suffered a sad end far before it should have. I was hoping that WordPress would be a lot like Gather but after a bit over 6 months I find that it is not. My last post only generated a minimum amount of interest sadly. I will give it one more post to see if I can generate any more interest. I sincerely hope that it does.
To my loyal readers: Thank you I am most grateful. The time that you spent reading my work is much appreciated and your comments very valued. There must be a better site to help me develop in to a more skilled writer. I hoped that WordPress would be such a place. It does not appear to be. I shall keep looking.
Respectfully,
Kevin A. Ewing
MEd, Special Educator, author and Coach.
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I’m so sorry to hear this. For what it’s worth, it has taken me about two years to get mine going as well as it is at the moment. So I wouldn’t give up on it just yet. It takes a while to build a faithful audience and then it starts to move along much better. Blessings, Natalie 🙂
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You will be missed if you leave WordPress. The first time I started blogging here in 2009 it took me so long to gain readership that I left it too, so I would say to just give it a bit more time ❤
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I value your opinion ma’am. I will be posting another post by this weekend. Between my last post and my next one I will be able to tell what I want to do. I began writing an a site called Gather that died far too soon. it was a site where accomplished writers, poets and photographer who very much encouraged my development as a writer. Ever since Gather died i have been looking for a site similar to Gather.
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Sorry to hear that. Why not wait for one or two more years?
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Your kindness in responding to my post is very much appreciated. A year or two is waay too long. I am trying to develop as a writer. The feed back I am getting here is very helpful but there is not enough feedback to be helpful enough. I may however give it 3 to 6 months. A lot depends on how many will read my last post and my next one. Thank you again.
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Welcome. Most of the time, we tend to receive lesser feedback. For me, I am happy for it. It is a baby steps to lead to more feedback.
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Thank you again for responding back to me. The thing is I got spoiled when I was member of a writer group called Gather. I had about 100 followers. many of them worked with me on developing my writing to a point to where writing became something that I have to do. My last post I think that I had less than 10 real responses. Thy were all kind but I miss deeper comments that my friends at Gather provided. Sadly gather died afar too soon.
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It all takes time on here, please don’t feel the need to go!!
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Thank you for caring and for writing your note of encouragement. i am most grateful. It may be that it takes a little more time here……. I certainly enjoy reading all of the other talented writers and poets(like you) as well as viewing the photographs of the outstanding photographers.
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Thank you so much too, for reading! 😊
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I am new here, but I have enjoyed your posts, and you were most welcoming to me. I hope you decide to stay, but you have to do what feels right for you and what you are wishing to accomplish. You can still search other sites while staying here. You don’t have to pick just one 🙂
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I read your articles! I love your sense of humor, and I hope you stay!
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WordPress lacks the sense of community that Gather.com had. Much of that is by design. Gather did just that, it gathered people of like interests together. It aspired to be a Facebook For Adults and that failed. Gather then tried to become a site for celebrity and sports gossip. That failed too.
I have been here over a year and still have yet to earn a tenth of the readership I enjoyed on Gather. WordPress is a million miles wide and a millionth of an inch thick and because of that it hard to gain traction to go anywhere.
You have to ask yourself a simple question: why do you blog?
If you blog to improve your writing skills, this is the place. You set a schedule, stick to it, write as well as you can and not worry about the audience.
If you blog to be part of a community, WordPress is a difficult place. You have to spend as much time reading and commenting on other people’s blogs as you spend on your own.
If you blog to have an impact on the world, WordPress is an even more difficult place. You will find yourself a lonely voice crying out in the wilderness.
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What you say makes sense. I very much miss Gather but what I miss most about Gather was the constructive help on how to write better. I will continue to write my blg (based upon your input and some other fine thoughts
s on WordPress with the hopes that my next book will be better because of my blog. thank you!
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Agreeing with Greg.
I have blogged on WP for five years, have 250 followers, and 20 or so regular readers, despite finally recognizing my writing is plenty adequate.
I don’t think, in terms of gaining readers, the forum matters. There are too few literate readers for too many literate writers, and not even a sifting mechanism to present writers/pieces/blogs to readers based upon their expressed interests and past likes (like Netflix’s “try THIS film” algorithm, bad as it may be).
But to seek writing feedback, in a huge city like L.A., an in-person group of like-minded writers is easy to find using Meet-Up. Can you use it to find a writer’s group in a larger town in Georgia and drive to meet with them weekly?
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Your idea is a good idea but as a 4th grade teacher who usually works from 6:30 AM to 7:00 PM It is difficult to drive the 6 hour round trip drive necessary to get to a Meet-Up in Atlanta just now, I will try during the summer months, thank you for caring enough to reply.
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Good gravy.
How about using google docs to share work (easy) and skype to chat, and start your own Rural Georgian Writers meetup group? Adobe has an even better group conferencing tool. I’m the opposite of a techie, now, but Greg or others might know better free tools (I think Adobe charges for theirs) or put you in touch with others who might.
There’s a solution.
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What an outstanding solution!
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Aw, shucks. Best of luck!
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Ummm… thank YOU so much for taking the time to visit MY place. Reading your coupla’ posts today: Good example of too many engaging writers, not enough readers. If I had the time, I’d “follow” and be back. But (as Greg knows) I don’t even keep up with writing, much less posts of those already followed–except in spurts of frantic catching up. So please don’t think I don’t return because I didn’t enjoy my visit. I thoroughly enjoyed your unique style. Please give me a poke if you start that new blog, or do any piece you’re particularly proud of, and I’ll come on over again. 🙂
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I enjoy reading your work and will be sad to see you go… I rarely look at readership I’m mainly posting as an exit so even if nobody reads I’ll still post
It takes a while to gain readership… Give it another go I think
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After careful consideration and valuable input by good kind people like you i think I will give wordpress more time, thank you for taking your valuable time to read and encourage me I most definitely appreciate you taking time to reach out to me, thank you.
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I am glad you’re staying and you are most welcome 😊❤️
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I hope you will not stop blogging here! I’d miss your beautiful comments! 🙂 I was just thinking after reading your last comment, have you tried your hand at poetry? You write so beautiful poetic comments! I bet you would make a lovey poet!! 🙂
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very kind. Since I posted this I have had some time to think and some very kind comments of support so have decided to keep posting here for awhile longer.
I have tried writing poetry a few times but am a much better writer I am afraid. I have a book I am writing well actually it is already written a while ago but am now editing that has poetic like meter. That is as close as I will get to writing poetry but thanks for the complement. You are quite a lady!
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🙂 Yes, you must do what you feel you are best at 🙂 Just keep writing, the success lies in the process not the end result 🙂
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Thank you foryour work and thanksfor readingmy blogs and being my first “like” and commenter. Love,Julia
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Kevin,
Would you consider resuming your role as editor? You did a fine job on Gather.com. I have not been able to spend much time with the WritingEssentials group on WordPress and am curious whether you could host the site for one day of the week?
If you are interested, email me at WritingEssential@Outlook.com
All you would have to do is write a short introduction, link to your own site and create a challenge based on your blog – just like the old days.
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I just sent you an email my friend
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Sorry, I’m fairly new to following you- as of Dec. 1 I had major surgery, then was supposed to take it easy, meanwhile out of town company, birthdays, Christmas, NewYears, a new job and an Anniversary have kept me from WordPress…therefore haven’t been able to read/write as much as wanted on wordpress.
Meanwhile, I ask you to consider the following, Isn’t “1” person moved by your writing enough?
I tell myself that…I believe that. I once watched a movie where a normal everyday boy /young teen finds himself the center of a big fight between to warring future people. He asks, “Why me?” why did the bad people want to kill him.
and he was told, he would one day write a book that would inspire their (future) leader who was beating the bad guys. So the only way that the bad guys could stop him was to kill the writer of the book.
In other words, I don’t count the quantity of readers, I just hope that somehow/some way I will be an influence of good for someone somewhere , at least from time to time. Good luck in your decisions! Isn’t one person affected enough to keep going?
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Thank you for taking the time to write such a kind comment to me, I am most g anything serious or inspirational which I used to do and still do with my books. My blog is meant to be silly, light hearted and fun. For me my blog needs to be read by at least a few readers. In addition for me to grow as a writer I truly need input on how my work can get better. I have decided to continue writing my blog for a little while longer anyway, thank you again.
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I feel sad to see you go. I blog on WordPress and share my posts on tumblr and blogger. Maybe you can have more than one blog.
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Thank you for your kind comment. I think your idea is a good one and I will go that route. You along with some very outstanding and talented writers/poets have encouraged me to stay. After careful thought I have decided to do just that for a little while longer and see what happens, thank you again for reaching out.
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I do hope you will keep going. You are an engaging writer and a very encouraging and uplifting respondent. I will keep a better lookout for your future posts. I had naively thought WordPress would email me when blogs I follow are updated, but it did no such thing…
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I never even thought people read my blog… I just had to write.
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Oy. I understand.
Thank you for everything.
Please don’t go far.
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I am not going anywhere, hope to have another post or 2 by the week end!
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I am so sorry I haven’t made it here sooner. Your comment just now really touched me.. and I have found that it is these kind of interactions that are so profound.. I have found it is not at all about numbers. I found my mentor here. She didn’t have very many followers.. but she touched me so deeply.. that I prayed to touch just one person as she touched me. So, your words have touched me. In a simple little comment. Very much love. The one thing I know is to keep following our hearts.
Love,
Laurie
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(((((((((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))))) do you think that your mentor would like one more follower?
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She actually isn’t blogging right now. But she says she may start up again. She had several blogs and closed them down recently. She has been working hard with an organization to stop the use of GMOs in Hawaii. (She is an administrator for Shaka Movement.. the nonprofit organization.) I will find the links. Her name is Christina Fisher author of Call to Unison… and the Golden Heart Dialogues. She has walked closely with me as I wrote my books… even though I a in California and we have never met.
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i know about the GMO battle in Hawaii and Oregon. It should be in every state!
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I got a chill… Look what my mentor posted as a comment from me in her client stories… “You have shown how it isn’t the number of connections but the depth. I know I will continue this work in some way.” ❤
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Laurie you truly are beautiful!
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It takes a beautiful soul to know. Don’t lose faith.
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Laurie you are a true lady and there aren’t many of those in the world…………it would be nice to be even half as much of one as you are one day.
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I have found that what we admire in others… is already within us. ❤
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Please forgive me if my last comment offended you I am very sorry.
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Oh, you didn’t offend me at all. I just meant that you also have this place in you.
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Oh thank goodness. I don’t want to do anything, write anything that might hurt your feelings.
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Thank you for that. I am not easily offended. 🙂
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Good folks like you have to be valued i think so being considerate of their feelings is a way to show how much you value them in my opinion.
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i just went to your site and i want very much to buy your work. i will as soon as i can! You are soo talented!!
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Its a good time to rethink why you started blogging in the first place. Truly my initial thought isn’t what happened. What I do appreciate though is having a venue to show my photos and my experiences. Whether someone reads it or not is secondary. It’s my own personal journal in a way.
I know I appreciate your visits and would miss you in the WP world.
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I will continue writing here but am pretty busy right now outside of writing. I was hoping that this would be a lot like a group called Gather that I was part of. I was and am a novice writer. There were those at gather who worked with me to refine my writing skills. Thanks to them I grew to love writing. My genre of choice is inpsrational and I have written 2 books of inspirational stories. My blog here is a way for me to refine my writing in humor.I will stay here until I can find a better place to posrt my work.
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Oh yes, it sounds like gather is a much better use of your time then. Practice writing through blogging really helps also. Congrats on writing, I usually start out great, but then fizzle out. Great that you’re sticking it out. You’ll find your happy place for certain. 🙂
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Sadly gather died a year and a half ago.
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Oh..that’s why I hadn’t heard of it.
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Don’t give up! Everything comes to those who wait (and keep trying)
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i am not and Mallee thank you for your kindness. I have become incredibly busy with non writing life duties right now but hope to post another post this weekend. Anyone who reaches out the way you do must be an incredible lady!
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Oh dear. I’ve only just discovered you! I’ve got a bit of catching up to do. If you go off to find the muse elsewhere, please leave a note here saying where you’ve gone. Best wishes.
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I have decided to stay here a while more, thank you for reaching out. Right now I am swamped teaching coaching and writing IEPs but soon I will be back writing my blog full steam!
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I have to reiterate some of what I have seen here already in the comments, which is that it takes time. It also helps to expand on your tags, it could be that you are boxing yourself in and missing your target audience.
All that said, while it is nice to have an audience, speaking for myself personally, I have never written with the intention of having readers. I write for myself, as a form of expression, a way of venting my feelings in many cases.
I was actually shocked to discover people reading and following my writing.
There are many reasons we “bloggers” write. Ulitmately, one must ask why they do it. It is always dissappointing to see another person consider giving it up, especially when I’ve only just come across their work.
Also know that just because you don’t have followers or comments, does not neccessarily mean you don’t have readers.
🙂
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Thank you for your kindness to reach out to me. I will be writing again………………..soon but am dealing with a personal issue as well as teaching children who have profound mental challenges and coaching High school baseball but thanks to you and all of the others who cared enough to respond to this post I will write again. Thanks to all of the Georgia baseball games that I have coached at I have a lot more to write about.
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No one gets a lot of readers without working for them. A blogger needs to follow those that interest them, get on the reader and find people of similar interests, search in any way possible and keep up the correspondence. A writer only gets out of his site what he puts into it. Sorry you feel the need to leave.
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Actually I did seriously consider leaving but have decided against it now for a lot of reasons.Unfortunately i have become incredibly busy (coaching baseball and looking for another teaching position) which has not allowed me time enough to write more posts for awhile. i will as soon as possible. (I have 2-3 that I know of to write.)
Thank you for your concern and for taking the time to make such helpful comments. The response to this post is one the biggest reasons why i decided to stay here.
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Kevin, I think it’s a mistake to count your readers. I look at it like this: one reader who appreciates my stuff is worth a thousand who click like for the sake of it. So write when you can and good luck with your search for a teaching post.
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That is the reason I continue to write. If I can reach one, through that one I May be able to reach more.
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After the more than hectic 7-8 months I am living through I think I have a greater appreciation for writing even without readers than I have ever felt. I most certainly am about to write on………………………..Will the last teacher teaching please turn out the lights?
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It’s a shame to hear. I’m not a regular reader bit I check in time to time. I took on blogging not for anyone else but for me. “To be a writer, one must write.” It didn’t matter how many people like or respond. But I understand everyone has reasons.
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Also, as I look on your blog, you blog often. I find blogging a lot helps gain interest. Yes I blog every day, more or less, sometimes multiple times a day. That may be more, but have to considered upping your frequency?
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Thank you for taking the time to comment on my blog. Your thoughts/ideas are good. I haven’t written in a few months but will be writing again soon. I am a special ed teacher and a baseball coach. Our season is almost over so I will have more time to write soon.
I have decided not to to quit being on WordPress but may look for another place to blog as well.
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Keep on writing.
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I will indeed. My blog here is tongue in cheek I want to write a more serious blog as well.
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Also how many people do you follow? , I find being more active following lags to more followers. But don’t follow like 30 new ones every day. I got in trouble for that
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I add a few new blogs to follow each week but only those who I find are truly good writers/poets and photographers.
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Good to see you’re still hanging in ‘ere Kevin.
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your writing is superb, I hope you won’t go.
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Will be posting a new one today.
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Glad you haven’t left. =)
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You are very kind. I have another post coming tonight.
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I agree with Almost Iowa, in that, to grow your readership you must spend time actively interacting with other bloggers. I can say that since I started this practice (which takes lots of time each day) I have added nearly 1000 followers in less than 3 weeks. Now I am getting hundreds of visitors daily versus 30. You have to work it to grow it
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What you say makes sense.
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I am glad to see you are giving WP another shot!
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Actually I have been pleased with the response from my last post and will be posting again the next few days, thank you for your concern. The time you took to comment on my post shows the mark of a stellar person, one who reaches out. The world can never get enough folks like you.
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You are too kind! Good luck!
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Thank you for visiting my blog and liking one of my posts.
You have a lot of support judging by the comments above, keep writing, write for yourself, it’s always worth it.
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Thank you, hope to post a couple this weekend,
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I believe I’ve read every post you have, so here I am to let you know – I tried…..
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It is an honor to have you read my work sir thank you. I am fixin to write a few more. I want to do another type of blog called”The World as i see it in addition to my world and welcome to it. That one will be more of a thought provoking blog. I am just not sure how to begin another blog here.
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Try going to the top-left of your page where it says ‘My Site’. Put the cursor on it and right below the title of your blog, should be +add new wordpress – see if that works?
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I feel like this now and never really had a following to begin with lol. The question you should ask are you writing for others or yourself?
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i have changed my focus and am writing for me and for others!
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Oh Kevin please don’t go. You’re a very much valued and loved member of the wp community. I shouldn’t let the ‘likes’ bother you. You probably get more readers than you think. Anyhow, I’d rather through my writings speak to two genuine readers, than to a thousand unreal. I’ve not been online a lot recently due to not having a internet connection at home. But I always think of you. Don’t leave us.
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Will be writing a new one today and thank you so much for your kind words, you and folks like you is the reason I just can’t leave.
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It makes me so happy to read that. 🙂 you’re a blessing Kevin.
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Look at all these comments, you’re loved.
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Glad you didn’t leave WordPress, your writing is great.
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You are very kind, thank you. I will be writing a lot very soon.
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