Milestone: 250 Posts Reached—& Now Passed!

I don't remember to check my post statistics very often, but I have just realized that yesterday's post Black Magic, was my 250th post since beginning " … Anything, Really" on 31 May. So by posting this now I have just surpassed the 250 milestone—so closing on 500 and well on my way to 1000! (I think reaching that might have to be another party!)

Highlights for me, during those 250 posts have been:

Starting! (Go figure.)
Keeping it going. (For sure …)
The blog parties for the USA/Canada and Australia/New Zealand launches of The Heir of Night
The Fantasy SciFi Guest Author Series to celebrate the Australia/New Zealand launch of Heir. You can check out the full series by clicking on F-SF Guest Author Series in the sidebar.
Joining the Tuesday Poem Blog .
Interviewing Cheryl Morgan, long time fan, F-SF non fiction writer and Hugo Award winner, ahead of Worldcon in Australia.
Being able to link through to my Big Idea guest post on John Scalzi's Whatever

And I'm sure there's more, but those are the ones that immediately spring to mind …

Another very big part of the fun for me though has been seeing my visitor numbers increase and reading and responding to your comments. So thank you for being part of the blog journey! And I would love to hear what have been highlights for you as blog readers! Have there been any aspects of the blog that you have particularly enjoyed? Topics you would like to see more of? Topics that you haven't seen yet that you would like to see? Let me know and I'll see what can be done.

Book covers postcard

Just to stay with that mood of celebration, anyone who comments on this post will go in the draw to win a gift set of:

a signed Heir of Night chapter sampler from Worldcon, together with
a signed 'blue' USA cover flat,
a signed book plate, and
a "Helen Lowe" book covers postcard, and (last but not least)
a signed Thornspell cap

And there 'may be' a random giveaway as well …