Audience of One

Twenty-eight posts, 1,700 views and 575 visits later, SusanScribbles turns one!

My favorite SusanScribbles stat, however, is the variety of countries those visitors came from. Germany and the Netherlands kind of make sense, but Turkey? Sweden? Philippines? I love it. Admittedly, they probably stumbled here by accident, but I find this list interesting, nevertheless.

The other interesting stat is that my most popular post – Brooklyn – has five times the number of views than any other post. I would love to believe that my grandniece is just that popular, but if I’m being honest, it could just be her much-googled name.

When I started writing many moons ago (before the word blog was even a word), I heard that you should always have your mother read your writing because creating something and baring your soul creates a real vulnerability. I experienced this early on when one of my first pieces in writing class was, shall we say, not received as well as expected. I boo-hooed all the way home telling myself you better toughen up, Missy, or give this up right now!

Even though I remain a self-proclaimed mush, I learned to deal with the rejection and soldier on. Hubby has always been my number one editor, but sister Carol always enjoyed reading anything I wrote. Now, when I’m considering what to write, I always consider what Carol would think. I’m sure of one thing, she would love knowing that her new grandbaby’s post is by far the most popular.

Thanks for all the support over the past year. It’s appreciated more than you know.