Feb 27, 2017 / Community Pool

Community Pool

Where bloggers come for friendly feedback and advice.

Have you just published a new post and are dying for some feedback? Are you redesigning your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers?

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    2. Your blog is beautiful and I love the layout. Very clean and eye-catching. I might suggest adding a “Follow by Email” widget to the sidebar so that people without a wordpress account can choose to follow you as well.

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  2. Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend!
    I write about how to become better bloggers and authors. I’m also looking to connect with other self published authors, especially in the fantasy and sci-fi genre.

    Check out my blog here: https://thegoldenlands.wordpress.com/

    I’m always looking for constructive criticism, and I hope you can take something away from my most recent posts on how to become a better writer!
    If I can return the favor, let me know!
    Dominic

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  6. Hello hello!

    It’s Monday again. How did that happen so fast? The weekend needs an extra day, I think…

    Have you ever done something just… eye-wateringly dumb on holidays? I just put up my first travel story showcasing just how stupid I can be when I really put my mind to it, and I’d love it if people would comment with a story of their own!

    https://whendoigetthemanual.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/barely-surviving-bansko-bulgaria/

    Hope everyone has a great week with minimum drama and an easy run through to Friday!

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  7. Hi everyone! I’m tantalizingly close to finishing a new post that will be humor based, but for now, its another Monochrome Mondays…which is pretty much as it sounds! My other posts are about the connection between music and my own photographs. I pair a song together with my photos, something that fits the mood, weather, or atmosphere of the shot and write about the connection. Would appreciate any feedback on any of my work.

    Monochrome Mondays

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  10. Very happy Monday to you, all of you bloggers & bloggers out there! This is hopefully the start of something creatively fun this week here on my blog, KALEIDOSCOPE so you can be very well sure we’ve got some fun things to come, including two new St. Patrick’s Day-related food idea posts! I very much hope that you won’t ever miss out on all of the wonderfully zany fun heading your way this week on KALEIDOSCOPE: http://www.j2w7.wordpress.com!-JW

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    1. Hacksaw Ridge and Fury; we have very similar tastes in movies. You’re totally right that Hollywood loves to mess with history. It’s such a shame when the true stories are incredible enough as they are xx

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      2. Exactly! I saw the musical Evita the other week and it was exactly the same. Really entertaining, but historically all over the place. The problem is that then people get confused about what’s history and what’s embellishment. Doesn’t stop me watching historical Hollywood movies though 😉 xx

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      3. I haven’t seen that one. I’ll have to check it out. I started researching every movie I saw that said based on a true story after I witnessed people argue facts based off of what they saw in the movie when those things never really happened. They just believed it because that’s what the movie said lol. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching part of history come to life, I just hate when they change so much.
        In Hacksaw there were only a few changes. For instance, he never missed his wedding because he was locked up. He was never locked up in the first place. The movie didn’t take away what amazing things he did but it added a few things for drama and I just don’t think it was worth adding.

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      4. It’s a great idea. It’ll be great if you do more posts about this, I found it really interesting 😀 and yes, it was a great movie 🙂 xxx

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    2. Hey! I really enjoyed your latest blog post . Your design and layout are great. Your posts are really interesting. I’m in London this weekend, so I will keep your tips in mind 😀 xx

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    1. I’ve only been blogging for a month but tried to use a scheduled system of when I would write and post and it ended up only working for the first post but I’m happy with the posts I ended up making so it all worked out.

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    2. This is a really interesting post. I think it’s hard to plan your blogs in advance because blogging is such a personal medium. You never know what will inspire you to write in a given week 🙂 xx

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    3. I hated trying to keep an calendar but all the “big bloggers” recommend it and if it lead to their success, surely it would lead to mine! Wrong! While some of my posts are “planned” It’s mostly because I know I’ll be reviewing a race I’ve run, otherwise I like that my posts have become insane, spur of the moment things. Helps keep the madness alive!

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  20. Hi,
    Just published a new post and any comments/likes/feedback, etc on post…
    Healthy March Challenge – http://wp.me/p57bXV-jU will be very welcome as I want to write about health and fitness, this month.

    Will return the favour.
    Thanks in advance

    Andrea x 🙂

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  25. Hello fellow readers,

    The following blog will tend to rattle up your thoughts. Readers discretion is advised 😉

    https://quirkoque.wordpress.com

    Just in case. If I say something stupid in the future, it’s better to be able to point out that the stupidity is mine, and mine alone. My stupidity! You can’t have it! 🙂

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      1. Thank you for your wonderful comment – it’s great to hear you liked it! And congrats on the 50 followers, you deserve it, and there’s many more to come! 🙂
        PS The pics on your blog are really cool – I currently live close to London, been there many times, still haven’t got pictures as good as these 😀

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    2. Hi Elena, I really liked your post, so heartfelt yet relatable and approachable! I liked the layout, the structure, I would maybe keep it a bit shorter as unfortunately we live in a world where most people can’t focus that long! So sad but hey! Keep it up!

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  27. Hey bloggers!

    I did a huge piece (about 7 posts) on Young Creatives in Jamaica -> https://selfwrittenexpose.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/the-wave-of-young-creatives-crowds-remark/

    And, I also have a very insightful article, from a contributor, on sex with sexologist Shannon Boodram – > https://selfwrittenexpose.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/talking-sex-with-shanboody-inspiration-district/

    Please check them out, share your opinions and enjoy!

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