That’s right, Feed Your Fiction Addiction is seven years old today, and I feel like celebrating! This book blog has led to so many amazing things in my life, and I’d like to say thank you to all of you who have taken the journey with me.
In the past seven years, I’ve posted:
Over 1818 total posts (I’ve deleted some over the years, so it’s actually well over this number.)
211 discussions
1003 reviews (Some of these were made private when I changed my review policy.)(11 of them were dual reviews with friends!)
Over 393 giveaways
42 author top ten lists (mostly authors’ top ten addictions)
332 Sunday Posts (which include pre-order deals & giveaways from around the blogosphere)
75 Top Ten Tuesdays
81 monthly wrap-up posts
6 April Fools’ posts
11 Fun with Spam posts
Also of Note:
- I’ve done one major redesign of the blog. Also, this year, I updated my fox girl with purple hair to match mine!
- I’ve co-hosted the Book Blog Discussion Challenge for the past five years with Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight.
- And I’ve hosted the Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up for four years.
- I’ve posted a master list of Reading and Book Blogging Challenges for the past four years.
- I’ve attended three SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators) conferences and one WIFYR (Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers) workshop conference.
- I’ve attended MANY bookish events, including BEA (twice), ALA, and RT, not to mention all the smaller events and signings I’ve had the privilege of attending.
- I’ve gotten over 3800 Bloglovin’ followers and over 3000 Twitter followers.
- I got a little better at Instagram (thanks to some wonderful advice from you guys). I’m also up to over 600 followers there.
- I’ve edited and/or proofread over 35 books!
- I’ve written two complete novels (at least up to a first draft) and am working on a third.
- I finished my MG novel, and managed to land an agent. I’m currently on submission with that book!
- I finished my first draft of a YA novel (most of it was written during NaNo 2017). I’ve begun revisions but haven’t gotten very far.
- I’m currently working on a MG novel in verse.
- I’ve met TONS of amazing people, including YOU!!
To celebrate my blogoversary, I’ve decided to do THREE giveaways, one here on the blog, one on Twitter and one on Instagram. For all of these, I’m giving one of you, my loyal readers, your choice of ANY BOOK YOU WANT (up to a $20 value). All giveaways are open internationally as long as TBD delivers to you. (Sorry, this giveaway has ended.)
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