May 20, 2016 / First Friday

First Friday

New blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, and say hello to some other fresh faces.

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If a blogger publishes her first post and no one reads it, did it really happen? Of course it did! But when someone does read it, even better. Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to his or her very first post with the larger WordPress.com community.

To share your first post with us, copy and paste the link right into a comment here; feel free to introduce yourself, and tell us what you hope to blog about. If you’re not new, you can still be a part of First Fridays: visit a link or two, and leave the blogger a like or comment. The first recognition a blogger gets is powerful, and you can provide that for someone brand-new!

Need help finding, copying, and pasting your link?

Head to your blog’s home page.

Click on the title of your post to open the individual post page.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar. You can copy by going to the Edit menu in your browser and selecting Copy, or with a keyboard shortcut (Control+C for a PC, Command+C on a Mac).

Paste the URL into a comment here. You can paste by going to the Edit menu in your browser and selecting Paste, or with a keyboard shortcut (Control+V for a PC, Command+V on a Mac).

That’s it!

You can make this a useful space for new bloggers with a few simple guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit one or two other bloggers here. New readers for all!
  • When commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.
  • Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago; ditto for simply sharing your latest post. Posts should have been published within the last month, and should be your first post. We’ll remove other posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.
  • Link directly to your new post, rather than to your blog generally — it makes it that much easier for folks to like the post or leave you comments.
  • Keep comments civil. Even better: visit a blogger and leave your comment directly on their blog!
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on a link to open it in a new tab or window.
  • If you’ve never looked at our Commenting Guidelines, now might be a good time.
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  2. I am a new member here so I urge you to read my posts and help me get started. It will encourage me to write more and also, I would love to hear your feedbacks. Thank you in advance! 💕

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  8. Hello everyone!
    My name is Ojaswin. I am from India and I am a college student. I’ve just started my blog. I write about books, music, mental health issues, eating disorders, gay rights, erotic litrature, my fovorite quotes, authors, books. I write in the form of creative writing. I’d be absolutely honoured to have your feedback and receive your help.

    Sleep is good, she said, but books are better.

    Here is the link to mu blog.
    Please give it a look.

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    1. I have followed your blog because what you have to say is very deep and I like that. You write well and I liked hearing about the books you have read. I find your descriptions very powerful. Well done!

      I am new too and I am really enjoying blogging.
      Have fun!

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      1. Thankyou so so much for saying that. It really means a lot!.
        I hope I continue to give you nice things to read on my blog. Thankyou so much for following me

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  15. Hi! My name is Anjali. A budding writer, who also has passion for capturing moments and bringing emotions on canvas.

    Eloraquence is a portmanteau of the words Aurora and Eloquence, giving the meaning “a fluent writing to influence a new beginning in one’s life”. An inspirational blog where I am going to treasure my thoughts and creations to share with you all.

    Join me on my journey.

    Blog link – https://eloraquence.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/yes-ive-made-mistakes/

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