Jul 15, 2016 / First Friday

First Friday

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

For other help:
If you’re not new and are looking for support or feedback, the Community Pool is the place for you!

For technical questions, visit the WordPress.com Support Forums.

To learn more about blogging, take a Blogging U. course.

To find, copy, and paste your link:
Head to your blog’s home page — not your dashboard, your blog itself. Click on the title of your post to open the individual post.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar, and paste the entire URL into a comment here.

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. 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.

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.

We ask that you help us keep this space focused by following a few additional guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit a few other bloggers. 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.
  • 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.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” or “Please look at my blog!” comments. (Tip: if you’re trying to build a readership, it’s much more effective to visit and comment on individual bloggers.)
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on links to open them in a new tab or window.
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      1. I checked out your site. Fantastic post! Just gave you a “follow” .
        Looking forward to reading your future posts.
        Feel free to check out my blog, too.

        Carpe diem!
        Live ❤ Laugh … Belle Papillon

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    1. Had a quick look and it seems very promising! I’m going to check it out properly now đŸ™‚
      I’d love if you could have a look at mine too đŸ™‚

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    1. I just checked out your blog post. Nice layout and I really like the name you picked… serendipity is one of my fave words. I hope your health is better and your pain is gone. I’m no stranger to chronic pain.

      Please feel free to check out my blog posts and leave feedback also.

      NAMASTE!

      LIVE ❤ LAUGH … BELLE PAPILLON

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    1. That’s some really great poetry! I like that it’s non-rhyming and your blog layout makes it really nice to read.
      Would you consider checking out my blog since it’s also for creative writing (albeit prose)? Adatewithdestinyadancewithdeath.wordpress.com

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    1. Welcome! A small bit of feedback — you have a misspelling in the title of your blog. If you look at your blog’s home page, you’ll see that “Thoughts” is missing a “g”; you can fix that my going to My Site > Customize.

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    1. Welcome to the blogging community. My main tip would be to write your heart out. Your blog theme and design should fit you. There are many free themes as well as themes you can purchase. It is great to participate in Blogging U and Daily Prompt challenges, so good start with Blogging U.

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  22. Hello and welcome, new folks! We’re really excited to meet you.

    As usual, I just want to remind everyone that we moderate the comments on First Friday pretty heavily — this is really a space for brand new people to introduce themselves and meet one another, and for others to welcome and support them. If you’re not here to either share your (recent) first post or leave a supportive comment, please head to the Community Pool, which is where any blogger can seek feedback on any aspect of blogging. And if you’re not sure what the guidelines here are, please read the above post — or just ask!

    Happy blogging, y’all:)

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  23. Forgot to actually write an introduction…

    I like to write about everything. Sport, politics, poems, book/film reviews, personal feelings… but on my first few posts you’ll find stuff to do with British politics – it’s been a pretty busy week for us!

    Hope you enjoy what’s on there so far.

    If you follow and check out the blog more regularly you’ll get a wider range of stuff that you can read to your heart’s content. Enjoy!

    eatsleepnews – The Alternative View.
    https://eatsleepnews.wordpress.com/

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    1. I see later on you’re going to become *great* friends with the “Categories” feature. For what it looks like you’re doing, you two should probably get acquainted.

      Anyway, welcome to the ‘sphere (trying to cut down on ‘blogosphere’)!

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    2. Hi Sophie.
      I just checked out your post. Great post!
      I was looking for the “comment” box but i couldn’t find it so I couldn’t post a comment/feedback.

      I can relate… I feel a connection. It’s good you’re doing something about it now. I didn’t realize it til just recently and now I feel I wasted my “youth” so you have a lot of time. You go girl! Now, I’m just seizing the day and working on my bucket list. I’m unstoppable đŸ™‚ lol

      I just gave you a follow. Feel free to check out my blog, too.

      Carpe diem!

      LIVE ❤ LAUGH … BELLE PAPILLON

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      2. There should be a comments box as someone else was able to commention on the post, I will have a look.

        Thank you for your kind words and for following me. It’s so great that you have such a positive outlook đŸ™‚

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      3. I just started having a positive outlook recently. I gave up on negativity. I’m too old for that. But you, you’re young. You have youth on your side. The world is your oyster. The mind is such a powerful organ and it took me 20 years to get it. Ugh!!! But it’s not too late. I’ll take whatever I can get with what I have left. Goodluck to you. đŸ™‚

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    1. Welcome to the blogosphere. And apparently adulthood. Speaking as someone on his way *out* of graduate school (and I’ve been clean of my 20s for 3 years), it gets better. For now, muse away, have a cup of coffee when you need it, kvetch when you need to, and bring a friend along on this journey.

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  27. Hey folks, started my blog recently…working on a novel daily as well. Speak freely please. 😊
    Mickeyfiction.wordpress.com

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    1. Wow, what to say. Your writing skills are wonderful!
      You might want to add a custom text on your “About” section, or just get rid of it because as it is now, it looks pretty bad. Perhaps you should give an idea to your readers what’s the blog main focus? It looks like a bunch of non-related (though well-written) articles now.
      I’d truly appreciate if you could check out my blog too, I’d love to have some feedback đŸ™‚

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      1. I appreciate the advice. Still new at all this. I looked at yours and like what I saw. Thank you. I will follow and read more.

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  28. Hi everyone!

    I’ve been here for about a couple of weeks. Here’s the link to my first post… I’m new to this so I really appreciate your feedback.

    Today is the First Day of the Rest of My Life

    Please feel free to check my “ABOUT ME” & “Home” page, too. I hope you can visit this blog often [and maybe give a “follow” — hint! hint! 😉 I’ll surely do the same for yours. ] so we can take this JOURNEY together and maybe we can inspire each other to grow to our highest potential. Givers Gain… Let’s be friends! đŸ™‚

    NAMASTE!

    LIVE ❤ LAUGH … BELLE PAPILLON

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