Thoughts on Fantasy just turned three! Well, it actually turned three back at the start of this month but I am bad at keeping track of these things, so I only just noticed. It’s strange to think it’s been 3 years since I sat there figuring out how to use Wordpress and nervously hit “publish” on my first post. At least I’ve done a little bit of redesigning this year, so things don’t look quite the same as they did back then.
Anyway, a huge thank you to everyone who has followed along, liked, shared or taken the time to comment! I’m going to celebrate in my usual nostalgic fashion by selecting the 6 “top” posts from the past year, as well as my favourite search term:
Four Most Popular Posts
- How Long Should a Fantasy Book Be?
- The Most German Fairy Tales
- Why Auroras Are Like Magic
- How a Book Gets My Attention
Post With The Most Search Traffic
My Favourite Post
- Poisons, Antidotes and Remedies in Fantasy – because I learned some fascinating (and chilling) details about real-world poisons when researching it (the articles I learned them from are linked to in the post) and because it was a nice excuse to use some great photos a friend of mine took on our visit to the German Pharmacy Museum.
Best Search Term That Led Someone Here
“making a fantasy world globe”
… because now I totally want to do that (and no, I don’t have any posts about it). Actually, I am probably too lazy to make one, so I just want an awesome one to magically appear on my shelf. Maybe of Arda. Or Westeros. Preferably fashioned with precious stones or etched metal or some other antique-looking material. Take note, universe!
Thoughts on Fantasy 
Congrats on reaching your 3rd year of blogging! Your posts are always thoughtful and interesting, and I am sure I can say a big “Thank you!” on behalf of everyone who follows, for all the time and effort you put into your blogs. 🙂
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Thank you so much!! That’s really lovely to know they’re appreciated 🙂
Thanks also for being one of my first followers – I remember you liking and commenting on those early posts!
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Happy blog birthday! Congrats on three years, and here’s to many more. I’m so glad I discovered your blog 😀
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Thanks!! I’m so glad I discovered yours too!
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Congratulations!! Woohoo! Three years is a big achievement. I would also love to see that fantasy globe so I suggest you get started on it soon! Happy future blogging! 😜❤️
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Thanks!! I guess I’ll have to get to work on that globe then. Maybe I should google it and see if any good advice comes up? 😉
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Glad you’re already thinking of ideas 🙂 xox
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Happy blogiversary! Congrats on 3 years ☺
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Thanks!
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Happy blog-birthday, and many more!
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Thank you! And thanks also for commenting so often – I believe you wrote one of the first comments I ever got on this blog 🙂
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I’m newer around your corner of WordPress, but I’ve enjoyed every moment! Congrats!
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Thanks so much! Always stoked to have new people around this corner of WordPress 🙂
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Wow, three years! Congratulations and happy blog birthday!
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Thank you!
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haha that definitely is the best search term to bring people here!! Wow, I would just love to see that!! Anyway, I got distracted by that, what I wanted to say was HAPPY BLOGGIVERSARY!!! I love your blog so much, so I hope you are on here for years and years and years to come!!! 😀
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I only just found and recovered your comment sorry – it got accidentally auto-filed in the spam folder 😦 Maybe they don’t like us mentioning search terms, even if they are cool ones about fantasy world globes 😉 Anyway, thanks so much! I hope you are blogging years and years to come too, I always love reading your posts!!
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Ah no worries- I had that issue a few weeks ago, but it’s all sorted now- glad you recovered it. hahaha true 😉 You’re welcome!! And thank you!! 😀
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Congratulations! Your poisons post sounds interesting. I’ll have to check that out.
Not that I’m planning on poisoning anybody… ^^;
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Thanks! Haha, yeah when I was looking up all that info about poisons I was thinking “my browser history is going to look rather suspicious… but I swear, I’m not trying to poison anyone!”
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Congrats! And happy belated blogiversary!
I’m glad that I’m a subscriber (a fairly recent one) because I really like your posts, especially the discussions.
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Thanks so much! I’m glad I discovered your blog as well, I really like your posts too!
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