Last day of 2014—I’d just like to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this blog over the past year. According to the WordPress stats, if each view was a bum on a seat, you’d have filled the Sydney Opera House six times over. Why WordPress believes I have a particular affection for the Sydney Opera House, I don’t know, but the image is gratifying anyway.
Blogging has been a great source of encouragement to me. I write, but can’t/won’t/don’t promote, and blogging gives me a creative outlet that doesn’t translate into sales, or rankings that have to be maintained. It has given me somewhere to post my attempts at poetry without having to take the plunge and get a whole batch of it published seriously.
You have been indulgent with my occasional rants, encouraging with my poetry and writing, and generous with your feedback over book covers…
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