8 Years of Blogging!?!

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I knew my anniversary with WordPress was coming up, but seeing the numbers was still a bit of a surprise.

8 years ago, I took the first step in an endeavor that I hoped would transform my hobbies into something more professional. I started a blog, leaning into the #readingcommunity and #writingcommunity, shyly forming connections, dipping my toes a little deeper into reviews and promos, and eventually, one day, I was announcing my own, first publication.

The past 8 years have been jammed with meeting people, losing touch, reconnecting, or moving on; learning so much about my own tastes, patterns, strengths, and where I’m struggling; navigating software and platforms and plenty of technological hurdles; having both an audience and a cheer squad on my journey through it all. It’s been a RIDE, for sure.

I cannot say it enough: To those of you who have been with me for a long, or even a little, time, who are (still) cheering me on, and who have given me SO much in friendship and laughter and ears to bend or shoulders to collapse on, THANK YOU for helping this moth fly.

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