I’ve lost a follower. How dare they, I will hunt them down and force them to re-follow me all over again, to go through all the anguish of having this rot spewed up onto their laptop, phone or whatever device they use. This shit is serious, I will find you.
December was a fallow month, viewing figures dropped out of the skies, I guess people have other stuff to be getting on with, I certainly did and its not like you can trawl my site for a “best of” section, it’s all as bad or as good as the rest of it, depending on your viewpoint, on your point of reference. So this year is to be different, in ways you can not perceive, and so if you’re a fan of the cliffhanger or the thriller then keep on reading and you too could find your self on January 5th 2021, the world still on fire, at war again and be thinking what the hell happened here, nothing seems to have changed in the Ministry of Shrawley Walks, and you might be right.
Today I spent around 7 hours in the company of my folks in Leicestershire; firstly having a rather splendid Chowder and looking at the possibility of moving house, and secondly at the most antiquated investment company in the world. In the first instance them moving house seems like a long shot, but age is catching up with them and the seed planted to suggest maybe it may be symbiotic for them and us to live somewhere near eachother. From what I’ve seen over the years old age, whilst it might be a little fun, also has its drawbacks. I’m hoping to be there to aid the process. Secondly the deafness of Mum and the inability to hold a conversation of my Dad hinders the business at hand and so BAU seems to be conducted slowly and at higher volumes like a pissed Brit trying to make himself understood in Spain.
For the last part of the day, we spent an hour drinking tea and eating cakes whilst talking about various people we know/ knew who have passed away or have an illness of some sort. Thoroughly depressing. It must be awful for my folks.
And on that cheerful note, Good Night.
The Count Of North Clifton 
I lost a follower too recently. As I only have just over 160, it hurt. I sympathise and hope they find sense and re-follow 🙂 Mine did – hehehe!
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Really! You’ve only that many? But you’re an excellent writer, no accounting for taste with some folk!!
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I know…such a small number. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but can’t seem to attract followers en masse.
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You need to write lists, they seem to do well! Just keep on keeping on, and try not to think about it. I really just started this thing for my self, to improve my writing. And from reading some of the stuff out there we’ve both a shit load more talent than a lot of other so called writers. How long have you been doing this for? Do you have an aim?
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Kind of the same as you. I started it just for me, but back in late 2016, I think. I hardly posted anything back then. In late 2017 i told myself I would write a post each day and have done so more or less since midway through this year when I went back into the permanent workforce.
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Well folk are missing out, it’s their problem. When I hit on a magic solution for gaining followers I’ll let you know. I see myself as a cult with a select band of merry pranksters who know. The rest is just fluff
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In terms of talent, i just finished a dreadful book. It was so poorly written and edited! I went from feelings of jealousy to hope, like if a publisher can get behind that, then of course someone might publish mine 🤣
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Have you sent it out to publishers? You could self publish on amazon, or other platforms?
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Pitched to about six publishers here in Australia. It’s such a small market here and so often publishers are too frightened to take risks. Mu next plan is to send it to o/s publishers and as a last gasp will self publish.
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You should send it world wide, that’s where the market is, I’m sure I read authors from BBC all over, there’s one called blue moose which I think is just publishing girls stuff this year, they’re independent and seem pretty cool.
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I’ll look into blue moose, thanks! If I get published you’ll be in the acknowledgements 😀
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Cheers!! What’s it about?
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Sort of a memoir based on a time in my life where i stupidly worked for the salvos.
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That’s right, I think I’ve asked this before, we’re you in an actual cult before? Not that the salvos are.
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They kind of are. Murky lines/definitions of what a cult actually is
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Get it published, 2020 can be the year of the shady cult! Sounds interesting
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🤣👍
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Number of followers doesn’t mean as much as those who actually read, like and comment.
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I know that, but the stats are out there Caramel, it’s in our very nature to be interested and competitive with the stats. But wise words none the less! Thanks 😊
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That’s were I am lacking. I can’t bear to look at my statistics page. It would be demoralising!
I am amazed at how much I have enjoyed writing and creating posts. I am even more amazed at how much I have started to dabble in fiction. It’s something very new to me, and is completely down to other bloggers on WP. As I have read their work and received encouragement from them, it has motivated me to have a go at fiction. I am about to have my first book published. Bizarre development I never ever expected!
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Wow!! Well done you, who is publishing it? Do you get an advance? How does it all work? Sorry too many questions! I wouldn’t know where to start
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You changed your color scheme?
Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to pay more attention to follows/unfollows this year.
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By accident, on my phone in bed I think. It’ll do for now!!
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Happy new year 🥳
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