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Nice blog, it could be good to add the ‘read more’ option to your posts 🙂 like the content too, looking forward to seeing more
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Do you know how to add the ‘read more’ option? I suck so bad at technology stuff and I just thought that I maybe I would do it too:)
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When you are writing a post, there should be an option in the line of editing buttons (where you can bold or italic fonts etc) I can only see it on my laptop though which is annoying!
The code can be added in manually to the html editor which is ‘‘ without the ‘ round it, so I always enter down in the html editor and put the more code on a separate line
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Hello,
Please do visit my blog, I’d love to read your feedback on some of the written content of it!
https://simplyfernanda.wordpress.com/
Thanks in advance! 💜
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Hey there… let’s all find some support in each other.. I take pride to invite you all to the Blogger’s Pool to increase traffic on your blog.. here is the link https://mysestina.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/bloggers-pool-increase-traffic-on-your-blog/ … cheers
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Hey, I haven’t seen a blog layout like yours before, very unique, I really like it 🙂 I also really like the way you write, the ‘little companion’ post is lovely
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Thank you so much for visiting! Really glad you liked that post! 😄
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Hey
I also love the layout! Nice slogan, ‘thoughts and feelings go down here’. Honest and simple, which makes me like your blog straight away. I read you most recent flash fiction piece, which I found moving, then picked one at random, ‘The Night Before’. I think that one is more effective – the name drew me in as did the creative opening sentence.
I hope this is useful!
Alexander
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Hello! 😄
Thank you so much for visiting! I thought that slogan summarized what the blog is about. I’m really pleased to hear you enjoyed reading them and your thoughts on them. It all is really valuable feedback,
Thank you, Alexander! 😄
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I think I’m in love with the layout of your blog:P The colors also really compliment each other. Congrats on building your amount of followers up so fast:) Very impressive. I like your writing and the content you write as well.
I hope you’re having a great day!
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Thank you for visiting! Really happy to hear you liked it. Hope you’re having a superb day as well! 😄
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I am, thank you!
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http://officiallythyda.wordpress.com/
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Hey there… let’s all find some support in each other.. I take pride to invite you all to the Blogger’s Pool to increase traffic on your blog.. here is the link https://mysestina.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/bloggers-pool-increase-traffic-on-your-blog/ … cheers
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Hello everyone ,would love to hear your thoughts on my new blog post .And I would definitely head over to yours 🙂 anamikaablog.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/to-the-girl-who-walked-in-when-everyone-else-walked-away
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Hey there… let’s all find some support in each other.. I take pride to invite you all to the Blogger’s Pool to increase traffic on your blog.. here is the link https://mysestina.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/bloggers-pool-increase-traffic-on-your-blog/ … cheers
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I’ll make sure to go have a look and leave a comment with my thoughts:)
It would mean a lot if you would have a peek at mine as well.
https://ihaveabadsenseofhumor.wordpress.com
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Sure , will check it now
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Hey there… let’s all find some support in each other.. I take pride to invite you all to the Blogger’s Pool to increase traffic on your blog.. here is the link https://mysestina.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/bloggers-pool-increase-traffic-on-your-blog/ … cheers guys…
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Hi everyone!
Would love your valuable feedback and thoughts on my blog
https://suvswritings.wordpress.com
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I like the humor you write with and the layout of the blog is really nice as well!:)
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Thank you so much! I found your blog really interesting as well : )
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Hello Everyone, Maryam here…….
I would like to invite you to my blog for giving me any suggestions, feedback or appreciation/criticism if any….I would love to reply back….
Regards,
Syedah Maryam Iqbal
writcrit.wordpress.com
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Really like your posts and the pictures you include, great blog 🙂
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Thank you very much for appreciating my work Yasmin 🙂
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How simple your blog is, is very nice. There’s not too much distracting you while you read the posts:)
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Thank you….Simplicity is always better 🙂
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Your site is visually pleasing. I enjoyed your Expert Heart post. I liked the comparison to a coral reef. https://gracelead.co
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Oh, thank you so much for liking……
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Hello Beautiful People. I am new in the blogging world and blogging on my travel journey. Anyone who is a travel blogger here that could help me gain more confidence, give feedback and advice or suggestions on my blog, you are more than welcome. Shukran!
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Hello Shukran, I like your blog very much. There are only few posts so far but I was quite taken with your pictures which caught my attention right away! The only thing that you should maybe considered is to check your text widget on the right side. I can see that it is there and what it is for but there is no content. Apart from that great job, I’m your new follower 🙂
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Thanks Simone. Great advice. I’ll check further. Following you too.
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Hi Shukran
Your photos are stunning! Very inspiring for a fellow blogger who aspires to travel and blog along the way. I really like the Trekking Mt. Apo guide – very informative and ace photos, as are all the others on your blog. I think you could get away with throwing some personal anecdotes in there too – what funny things happened along the way? Which bits did you personally find challenging? Etc.
Hope this helps!
Alexander (also a new follower!).
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Thanks Alexander. I will surely include that content in my next climb. Happy travel.
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No worries, happy travel to you too!
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it is a really good one with lots of interesting stuff
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Wow! Thank you.
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I love your blog! The pictures you include are awesome and with the text it just makes it more personal. I wish to travel a lot too someday, I just have to find a way to afford it:P
You just earned yourself a new follower!
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Would love some feedback on my blog 🙂 am fairly new to the word of wordpress. Thanks
https://rachyba8e.wordpress.com/
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I like the new project you’ve started and that you’ve chosen to share it with your followers:)
Maybe you should take a look at the text widget you’ve got on the right side, there’s nothing written in it, so it just says “text widget”. Hope this helps:)
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I agree with you about the harm of helping students cheat on tests. If we allow some students to cheat, the tests are no longer valid, we reinforce the bad behavior of cheaters, those who don’t cheat are treated unfairly, and we have no way to measure if what we are teaching has increased the overall knowledge level of students. https://gracelead.co
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life of a student & writing blog!! please share with me some thoughts! 🙂
http://zenwastalia.wordpress.com
http://ghlx.wordpress.com
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always love feedback http://www.wildyfitness.com
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Hello Wildy Fit (i love your nick), I think you have a great blog, I read few of your posts and I enjoyed reading about your thoughts and challenges. I would maybe add few pictures to your posts to make it more eye-catching? Aaand I think you’re doing a great job 🙂
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Really like your blog, it’s very inspiring to others 🙂
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I love how short your posts are and they are well written as well:) I agree with Simone though, adding some pictures would be a great idea!
Good luck on your journey:D
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Would love some feedback on any post, especially my recent one about feminism in the swimming pool
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Hey, the URL is a little misleading (I’m not entirely sure where I was going with it) but it would be great to get some feedback on the blog… Also, hi 😛 http://www.justmostgirls.wordpress.com
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Hi! I’d love to go have a look:)
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Thank you!
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Hello you all! I would love your feedback on some tiny stories I’ve written recently. (less than 30 seconds reading time per story). I hope they make you smile too.
https://thelastblogavailable.com/2016/08/19/wall-street-romance/ https://thelastblogavailable.com/2016/08/28/barking/ https://thelastblogavailable.com/2016/08/26/window-of-opportunity/
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Hey,would love some feedback on my blog…
http://www.khrysalistheartoftransformation.wordpress.com
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That’s good advice for the teens and twenties. https://gracelead.co
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Hey. Nice blog you have. You give great advice that many need to hear. The layout on some of the posts was a little difficult to keep up with. You may want to work on different formatting techniques like doing numbered items, bullet items, italics or bold print. It will help break up the monotony (lack of variety). If you could, please check out my blog at: http://merrymadnessblog.wordpress.com Thanks!
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We need more of this stuff, thank you!!!!!
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Hey you guys! I have written a few articles on my blog and would LOVE some feedback. Do check it out! 🙂
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Hello everyone! 👋
I just started blogging this month of August, so I’m still a newbie here I think. 😊
I would love to hear your thoughts about my works in my blog and I hope you could take some time to visit it. I would really appreciate that. 😄 I’ll definitely take some time to visit yours too.
https://yourdeevibes.wordpress.com/
Thank you!
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Love the “feel” of your blog, the picture of the globe in the header, and in your “about” page your desire for closer community.
Just had a very brief look, liked what I saw enough to follow.
Happy blogging! 🙂
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me Carl! I’m glad you like it, also thank you for the follow. 😊 God bless.
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Welcome to the community then:D I really love the picture with the girl and the globe. You write some great posts as well:)
If you don’t mind it would be awesome if you had a look at mine as well.
https://ihaveabadsenseofhumor.wordpress.com
Thanks in advance:)
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Thank you so much for your great comment! 🙂 Yes, I would certainly visit yours. God bless.
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No problem at all! Thank you:D
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I enjoyed your masterpiece/work in progress post and appreciate your perspective. https://gracelead.co
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Thank you Pam! 🙂 I’m glad you appreciate it. I would certainly visit yours too! God bless.
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Hey everyone! I’m new to WordPress and just posted a poem which I would love some feedback on! Do have a look at it! Thank you! https://theladyofmidnights.wordpress.com
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Hey guys! I have recently made some change on my blog and I’d love some feedback. Would you consider visiting Slovakia after reading my posts / checking my blog? Thanks for your feedback 🙂
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Please review Mildwindblog.wordpress.com for me
Thank you
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https://kammy1431.wordpress.com/
Hey Guys!!
Check out my blog PoeticLife…
Reviews, Suggestions and Feedback are most welcome…
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Hi everybody,
I’ve just started blogging and would really appreciate a little feedback along the lines of whether you enjoy the tone of my writing, the content itself, and any tips for building an audience that have worked for you (although if any other areas for improvement jump out at you, let me have it!).
My most recent article is a book recommendation:
https://thelifeshelf.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/books-on-the-lifeshelf-1-ghostwritten-david-mitchell/
But if meditation and mindfulness is more your bag, try this one:
https://thelifeshelf.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/four-ways-meditation-will-improve-your-life/
Feel free to reply here or comment on the posts, thank you! I’ll have a scroll down now and check out your feedback requests.
Alexander
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Hey Alexander! I have only read the book recommendation post but I already love it! This is probably biased because I love books and Ghostwritten just rings paradise to me XD
I love the tone of your writing and I also love how you choose your photos with a theme in mind? That’s how I see it, I don’t know if it was intentional. Anyways, I’m reading your meditation post now and I look forward to your other posts. 😊
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That’s so kind of you, thanks Kate! At the moment I use stock photos, but I intend to get a camera and learn to use it so I can use my own… I’m glad you think these work for now though! I will check out your blog too 🙂
Ps. Do read Ghostwritten if you haven’t already!
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No problem! I did see you used Pixabay. I do the same too, and I hope I’ll be able to have my own photos for my blog someday. 😀
Oh I will! And I’m already swamped with books I need to look for in bookstores 😄
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I love your book recommendation post, the writing style is really amusing and engaging.
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Hi Carol,
That’s kind of you to say. Thanks for taking the time to check it out!
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You’re very welcome.
If you have the time I’d love to hear what you think of my site.
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Hey Carol
I’ve had a quick look and hit follow, because I’m a big flash fiction/short story fan. Have you ever checked out the Bristol Short Story Prize? I’d recommend their anthologies, I think there are ten volumes or so of a really high standard.
All the best
Alexander
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I have heard of it but not looked into it too much. I’m taking a few months off from trying to submit to finish the manuscript for my novel but then I’ll be getting back into the swing of lining myself up for rejection letters/email.
Thanks for the recommendation though. I’ll check out the anthologies. 🙂
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Good luck with the novel! That is an ambition of mine that I have yet to start working towards. Congrats on getting it together.
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Well I wouldn’t say I have it together but I’m hopefully heading in the right direction.
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Your blog has a rather nice “clean” look to it, if that makes sense to you and I think the pictures you add are amazing:) I like your writing style, but your posts are a bit too long for my liking, (that’s just a personal preference though).
I’d love if you would take the time to have a look at my blog as well:) I’ll leave you with the link:
https://ihaveabadsenseofhumor.wordpress.com
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Hi, thanks for commenting!
I’ll take all of that onboard, especially re: post length. Shorter ones would also take less time to write! Thanks so much for your time and feedback.
Re: your blog. The recent fiction piece is great, and strong striking image. Just the right type of creepy. I find the rest of the blog is quite eclectic and a little confusing to navigate, but I do like the variety of content. Keep up the good work!
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No problem! That means a lot to me, thank you:) I was thinking about adding the “read more” option, do you think that would help?
Also, thanks for the feedback!
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No worries. Thanks for your feedback re: post length. Because of your comment I’ve written my first (slightly) shorter one today and had a lot of fun doing it!
Someone has just suggested the ‘read more’ thing to me as well, but I don’t actually know what that is?
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That’s great! I think it’s a feature that does so that when scrolling through the home page on the blog, you don’t have to scroll through an entire post to get to the next. There will be the first few line of the post showing and then if yiu want to read more you can press that option. At least I think that’s how it works:) I found out that you can add it when you’re writing the post. It’s an option just like ‘add image’ is one as well.
Sorry for the long comment:P I hope this helps!
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Spot on, thanks!
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Hello all,
I’ve just written a post in response to the Daily Post Word Prompt/MISTAKE. Would welcome your visits and if minded, your comments and likes. Many thanks in anticipation.
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Hey! You have a very lovely blog! Your posts are just what we need, motivational and positive. Thank you for that! If you could, please check out my blog at: http://merrymadnessblog.wordpress.com Thanks!
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Thank you Mary for dropping by and thanks for your comment which is appreciated. I will check out your blog.
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Please review my blog.. https://mildwindblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/did-you-know-2/
I really don’t know if i’m doing well
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I found the Did You Know post fascinating. I also enjoyed Mind Games. I didn’t see an About page to tell me the purpose of your site. https://gracelead.co
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Okay! Thank you! But I thought I already sorted that out.. Someone else pointed that out.. So, I did something.. Please, how then do I create an “About Page?”
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Go to WPAdmin > Pages. Then select Add to create a page. It could be that you already have one that is not showing up in your Menu. You might want to check your Menu options. Go to My Sites > Menus. https://gracelead.co
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Hi. Please help me check if it’s showing now
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I still don’t see a menu. When you make a change to your site, you can click Preview to see how your changes look or you can log off and access your site as a typical reader.
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Okay.. I will preview it now.. Thank you
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Hello everyone! I just posted something on my blog, https://plethoricthoughts.wordpress.com/ also I recently redesigned the layout of my blog. Any feedback will be much appreciated. 😊 Happy blogging!
-Kate
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ur blog is awesome and ur so creative
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Thank you again!
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Your blog is very pretty and as aforementioned; creative!
You seem like such a kind person, and I just had to follow:)
I hope you’re having a great day.
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Thank you so much! I do hope I won’t scare you with my weird quirks 😄 I’ll check out your blog too. In fact, I’m going there right now.
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Hah, I’m not so easily scared away:P Thanks a lot!
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That’s an awesome looking blog!
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Thank you!
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Hello all ,
I have just added a post to the daily post word/ fifty .
Welcome all to post comments / suggestions to my post . I am new to writing .
Please visit my page randomacts.wordpress.com .
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Hi i am zainab, i would really like if u visit my blogs and give some feed back. https://zaininaeem.wordpress.com/
😀
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Hello,
Below is the link to my latest post-
Do let me know your views on the writing style and the design of the blog.
I’m trying to improve on those areas.
Your suggestions and comments are welcome 🙂
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I love your writing style it’s short and sweet. To the point, no waffle or ramble at all. You’ve got a new follower here, looking forward to reading some more 🙂
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That’s really sweet of you to say Charlotte. I’m glad you like it 🙂
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Loved it – posted a comment 🙂
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Thank you very much 🙂
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That’s a lovely tribute to your loved ones. I noticed a couple of grammar issues. For instance, “Today evening” should be “This evening.” You have some redundant words. You could remove “There is this bunch of people and” to begin the sentence with “My life.” Your overall site looks good. https://gracelead.co
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Thank you for pointing those out. I am really grateful and I’d sure work on it 🙂
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Hello everyone , new stories, poems ,tiny tales and articles on my blog. Do read them.
Feedback is appreciated.
https://storiesfrommydiary.wordpress.com
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omggg this is the cutest blog I’ve ever seen. I want to give it a hug and put Hello Kitty stickers on it!
I’ve got some short stories (super short!!) on my blog too, if you wanna check em out ❤
https://sydneyhartle.wordpress.com/category/fiction-2/
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Awiie ❤ tysm 💟
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Sure.. will visit too 😍
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