Jan 19, 2018 / First Friday

First Friday

New blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, say hello to 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!” 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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  2. Hey everyone! I am starting a new blog for dancers and artists about some of the struggles and also the joys of being artistic. Please like and follow me, I will like and follow your blogs as well! I would also love some feedback if you have the time. I wish you all the best of luck in your blogs. It is a great way to let out some of those bottled up emotions. Best wishes to you all!

    The Journey Begins

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      1. I wish there was one near where I live! One of my biggest challenges with trying to make more sustainable choices is living the the rural Midwest, far away from resources you find in bigger cities. It does make other things easier, though, like finding farm fresh eggs and being able to compost!

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  12. Hi all! I just started my own blog and I discovered that I absolutely love writing!
    It would mean a lot to me if you would just check it out here👇https://allthebrightplacesdotblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/14/first-blog-post/

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    1. Congratulations! You published your first post more than a month ago.

      You’re ready to visit the Community Pool, where the water is fine and the members of the community are lovely. Bloggers of all stripes and levels of experience are welcome to comment there and ask for feedback and advice on their blog. All the best!

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    1. Congratulations! You published your first post more than a month ago.

      You’re ready to visit the Community Pool, where the water is fine and the members of the community are lovely. Bloggers of all stripes and levels of experience are welcome to comment there and ask for feedback and advice on their blog. All the best!

      Like

    1. It’s perfectly fine to mention someone else’s account unless they specifically say they don’t want you to! Your sketches are really good, it’s almost as if they have a dimensional quality to them.

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    1. That’s a deep & difficult subject… any form of depression is tough, but even more so when it’s caused by external influences. Good luck with your blog – that’s another good 7th option for tackling negative inner voices.

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