Happy Blogging Anniversary — to Me!

Has it really been five years?

I started this blog as a way to chronicle the writing process for my debut novel Baby Grand, particularly since I was in the throes of a massive writer’s block in the spring of 2010. I had this thought that sharing and commiserating with and cheering on other writers would help me write my way out of a hole. And somehow it did.

The blogging community has grown much in the past five years. There was a rush of bloggers around the time I started out, and the number of blogs just keeps getting higher and higher. Those of us who managed to stick around have found value in blogging and have readers who have found value in us.

Thank you for your support these past five years. As long as you continue to come, I’ll keep building. :)

Blogger Billboards?

Wish I were there?

At first glance, I thought this billboard was for a real estate agency — there’s actually a photo at the far left of a carefully coiffed, middle-aged woman smiling. But it’s for a blog associated with a senior living community. This is the first billboard advertising for a blog that I’ve seen. Effective? I’m not sure. My thinking is cable television or a tennis court, rather than a blog, would make residents want to sell their homes and live there. What do you think?