It’s officially been one year since I started this blog! Doesn’t feel like that long but hey, time flies. In truth it started out as a bit of an experiment, turned into more of a habit, and then became a regular part of my life.
I’m not sure what one typically does on one’s blogiversary, but I thought this might be a good opportunity to pick a selection of posts from the past year that have been particularly popular (or that were simply personal favourites). I know when I’m reading other blogs I like these sort of lists, so I figured why not do one too!
Here they are:
Top 10 Posts
- Judging a Book by Its Name: 10 Common Trends in Fantasy Titles
- Difference for Difference’s Sake
- The Battle of the Bookshelves
- The ‘Ye Olde’ in Epic Fantasy: 5 Archaisms Explained
- The ‘Ye Olde’ in Epic Fantasy: 6 More Archaisms and Why Authors Use Them
- Burning, Starving and Maiming: Nursery Rhymes Without Happily Ever Afters
- The Danger of Believing in Witches
- 5 Ways to Keep Your Dragons Fresh
- Exotic Names: 7 Languages That Inspire Fantasy Authors
- My Top 25 Science Fiction Movies
I also wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has visited, commented, liked, shared and given me advice! Blogging has been a new and slightly daunting experience for me, so I’m sure I would have given this up long ago if it weren’t for your support and feedback.
And I am, of course, planning to continue with it – can’t resist indulging my fantasy obsession and finding other people with a similar affliction 🙂
Thoughts on Fantasy 
Happy 1st Blogiversary! Congrats 🙂 It has been an enjoyable and insightful read.
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Congrats.
Love the choice of gif, nothing beats LOTR 🙂
Keep churning out great stuff (or not 🙂 ) and I’ll keep coming back
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Congratulations! 🙂
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Congratulations! I will have to read some of your other posts since I just recently found you. Well done! ❤
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Cheers, Nicola!
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Congratulations Nicola! Looking forward to your future posts and off to reread your top ten ones 😀
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Here’s to many more years of enjoyable posts.
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Happy anniversary, happy anniversary, happy anniversary…. happy anniversary. Hmmm… the song makes much more sense in my head than it looks in print. Here’s to another great year.
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