Originally, when I heard that humor writer Dave Barry was taking a break from his column, I figured I would contact my local paper and see if they would let me take his place and do a humor column. The Features editor emailed me back and said for me to send him some samples, 500 words in length, and he would let me know. So happily I did this, but I didn't hear back from Will Doolittle. And then maybe a month or two later, I saw a new "humor" column being written by someone I knew that worked at the paper already! So he took my idea and gave it to someone else! Probably to save money. As you can imagine, my little puppy feelings were very hurt and it was hard for me not to say anything to the woman about it. To this day, I don't think she knew. Or if she did, she never said anything to me. My satisfaction came from hearing that people didn't find her column that entertaining or funny. Vindication for me!
I hadn't set any goals on how many followers I wanted. And it's a good thing, because currently I only have eight! That's okay though: because you don't need to be a follower to read my blog posts. In a minute I'll give you my proof of that.
Over the years I think my writing has gotten better, and the content as well. My main focus is humor because we all need a good laugh at times. But some is serious, some is sad, and some is just foolish. However: it's all honest and it's all me. I'm not afraid to let you in.
It wasn't until a few months ago that I started paying attention to the different tabs that let me know how many reads I had per day, week, month and so forth, and where my readers were located. Let me tell you: I was shocked at some of this information; and now I'm going to share it with you.
As of this writing, I have had 20,002 reads! I surpassed 20,000 and I am thrilled! But that's not the only thing. I discovered that people are reading me not only in the US, but in other countries as well! Who would have thought????? I think that may have started while I was on Google + because that was a great platform that is sadly no more. But here are the other countries that are reading Rita and contributed to the 20,000 reads:
- France
- Russia
- United Arab Emirates
- Poland
- Canada
- Germany
- Spain
- Portugal
- China
- Vietnam
- Czechia
- Argentina
- India
- Egypt
- Ireland
- Great Britain
This is so exciting, and probably due to Twitter as well. Also, there is a label of Unknown Region. I don't know if this is the International Space Station, outer space or what other country but 644 reads came from there. Keep reading!
Regardless, I want to thank each and every one of you that reads my crazy little blog and shows me love. And don't think this post is the end: it's a new beginning! Let's see how long it takes to get me to 30,000 reads! By the way: please feel free to comment or reach out to me if you like. I love to talk about my writing. Thank you, stay safe and God bless you my friends.
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