I’ve been collecting a list of WP bloggers with an insane amount of followers who focus primarily on writing. No doubt you’ve come across most, if not all of these writerly scholars who meander about WordPress, affecting us with their Hollywood connections, best seller success, dreamy wordiness or their delicately composed poems that touch on the otherworldly.
The curiosity of cats dictates that we want to know all about them. Who are they? What’s their cat’s name? Do they even have a cat? Why are they being so cryptic in their About page? And how on Earth did they get so many followers? There are a variety of reasons why they got to where they are, reasons which you will no doubt uncover if you visit their blogs. So far my list only includes bloggers I’ve stumbled across since 2015. I’m sure there are plenty more out there… just waiting to be found!
Name | Link | WP Followers
(if total for website is unknown) |
Website Total |
Cristian Mihai | Cristian Mihai | 128,165 | |
Opinionated Man | HarsH ReaLiTy | 56,518 | |
Kristen Lamb | Kristen Lamb | 50,359 | |
Allison K. Williams | Brevity | 39,496 | |
Donalyn, Colby, Katherine & Cindy | Nerdy Book Club | 64,595 | |
John Scalzi | Whatever | 27,410 | |
Ryan Lanz | A Writer’s Path | 24,766 | |
Luther M. Stiler | Infinite Free Time | 20,965 | |
Peter Edwards | Sableyes | 20,642 | |
Morgan | Booknvolume | 17,571 | |
Peter Edwards | Little Fears | 16,944 | |
Kent Wayne | Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha | 15,434 | |
Sue Vincent | Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo | 14,528 | |
Sarah Doughty | Heartstring Eulogies | 14,323 | |
Hugh W. Roberts | Hughes Views and News | 13,514 | |
Mike Allegra | Hey Look A Writer Fellow | 11,994 | |
Jenny | Jenny in Neverland | 10,872 | |
Michelle Terry | Lipstick and Laundry | 10,799 | |
Austin L. Wiggins | Writings By Ender | 10,520 | |
Bitter Ben | Ben’s Bitter Blog | 10,461 | |
Lynette Noni | Lynette Noni | 10,038 | |
Ryan Lanz | All Romance Reads | 9,519 | |
Dina Honour | Wine and Cheese (Doodles) | 8,962 | |
Clare | A Little Blog of Books | 8,004 | |
Chuck Wendig | terribleminds | 7,094 | |
Richard M. Ankers | Richard Ankers | 7,023 | |
Parnassus Books | Musing | 6,893 | |
J.S. Park | J.S. Park Blog | 6,094 | |
Lynz | Lynz Real Cooking | 6,335 | |
C.p. Singleton | Madstoffa’s Crunchy House | 5,964 | |
Phil | Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge | 5,945 | |
sjhigbee | Brainfluff | 5,855 | |
CN Lester | A Gentlemen and a Scholar | 5,814 | |
D. Wallace Peach | Myths of the Mirror | 5,283 | |
Patrick W. Marsh | What the Monster Said | 4,816 | |
Neha | Forgotten Meadows | 4,460 | |
Luanne Castle | Writer Site | 4,260 | |
Tim Miller | Word and Silence | 3,920 | |
Jacquelineobyikocha | A Cooking Pot and Twisted tales | 3,693 | |
Kristen Twardowski | A Writer’s Workshop | 3,678 |
Honourable Cat Mentions
Nicola L Robinson | Katzenworld | 48,916 | |
Caroline | Beauty is a Sleeping Cat | 2,973 | |
Bailey Blue | Bailey Boat Cat | 2,154 |
Last Updated August 28th 2017
Hi Milly. I own All Romance Reads as well as A Writer’s Path, so you can put my name instead of Unknown, if you like. : )
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Hi,thanks for following my little bloggy blog. I just had to quickly say- I thought your blog byline said, “The Cat’s Wife. ” I just saw what it actually says now!😂😂Oh dear..it’s very early here in London. ..
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Fascinating read, thanks! It’s always interesting/helpful to see what people write, how they conduct themselves online and how many followers they manage to attain by doing so! This is a challenge for me. Up until recently, I’ve been using twitter, but I find it can often be like a social cocktail party, i.e lots of noise and not a lot of interaction. It’s good for fast posts regarding new material, or thoughts, but not so much connecting and being a part of a community of link minded people. After reading your post, I want to make a change by being more interactive, and hopefully, I will learn a thing or two along the way!
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Sorry RJ, not sure why I didn’t see this message earlier!! (Like from waaaaay back in good old April ’17. I really want to try and be more interactive as well – focus on liking and commenting on articles that I am genuinely interested in etc… I know what you mean about twitter, it is so hard to engage and make friends over there! I think that’s why I love blogging on WordPress: it’s slower, more genuine, more engaging, more ‘community’ minded 🙂
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Hey Milly, you should think about contacting each of these bloggers and creating a follow-up curated post of their advice on how to build a following for a writerly blog. Just ask for like 2-3 sentences from each blogger. We all would eat that up!
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That’s a wonderful idea! I’m just updating the list – I’ll definitely have to do this!!
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Great list! 🙂
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Thanks!!
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So is the “name” column for the names of the bloggers, or the names of the cats? *has three cats*
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hahahah lol 🙂
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So tell me, how do you go about getting the Total numbers as opposed to just WP ? I’ve always wondered. Nice list BTW – recognise and follow several on the list.
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To get the total numbers I search through their actual website (as opposed to the wordpress platform) until I see a ‘Followed by 10,000 people’ etc… 🙂 If I can’t find that I’ll just use WP followers
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Oh – I’ll have to have a peek. Thanks 🙂
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Thank you for following BrewNSpew. 🙂
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Hey, I made the list. That’s sort of shocking. Ha ha. I’m far from some of the huge blogs you have listed, Milly, and I’ve never actually “tried” to grow my blog. I just have fun, visit, and I always reciprocate. It is a nice community. Happy Blogging!
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I think the biggest key to being on my list is being really friendly and super involved in the WordPress community (or blog a lot), which you are! And that’s crazy that you’ve never tried to grow your blog, you must just be a natural blogger! ☺ half the time I don’t have time to respond to people on here, though it’s my absolute favourite thing to do in the world. I love so many people on here ❤️ if I didn’t have a full time job and part time study I’d be on here all day ☺☺
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It takes a huge amount of time, Millie, and I’m constantly struggling for balance. I have no idea how people with tens of thousands of followers keep up with everyone. That would be a great post. 😀
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My point is that being premium doesn’t build an audience. An active blogger does. I’ve built blogs with thousands of subscribers just by going out and meeting people. Conversing like you and I. 🙂
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Nice piece of work you’ve done here. The top 2 I’ve known about for a while. And Sue Vincent. I have to go through and see who is who and what is what. Thanks 🙂
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Thank you! hope you have fun exploring their blogs ☺☺
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Will do:)
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I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for doing all the hard word and curating those blog sites!
BTW, I have 1&1/4 cats. The 1/4 is for our cat who decided to leave his brother and move in next door. We only see him occasionally 😹
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I had so much fun making the list, so I thought I’d share it, glad you enjoyed it! Yay another cat person!! Isn’t it funny how cats really do choose their owners? Haha
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It’s a bit of a concern for us – it’s not the first time one of our cats has preferred a neighbour! Lots of lovely stories about that though.
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Reblogged this on BrewNSpew.
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Excellent list. I see several of my friends on the list, which makes me smile. I would add https://lynzrealcooking.com/ and https://haddonmusings.com/. I am reblogging this post.
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Thanks so much for the links! I’ll have to go check them out ASAP!
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🙂
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Reblogged this on a cooking pot and twisted tales and commented:
Woot! Woot! I saw this list of Cool Kids of WordPress and just wanted to admire my fellow bloggers only to find little me in this list 🙂
I am wearing a big, fat, silly smile 🙂
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I practically almost fell out of my chair when I saw my name on the list. Oh wow! Thank you for making this list. You just planted a huge smile on my face and encouraged me this morning 🙂
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Oh that’s awesome!!! ☺☺ you absolutely deserve it
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🙂
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Thanks for including me on the list. It’s been 5 years and a lot of work, but blogging is the best, though every thing else makes me bitter. Thanks for the shout out!
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Wow 5 years is such a long time! I’ve only been here for a small fraction of that. Thanks so much for providing a good laugh! Your blog is genius haha
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Why thank you, I didn’t even know that people read mine to be that honest. Thanks for sending people my way!
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I think you should be on the list!!!
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Hahaha you are too kind ☺
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Why are there no dogs on this list? 😉
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My poor dog, she’s probably appreciate an honourable dog section too hahah
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I have a long…uphill…slog ahead. 😛
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Me too! But we can do it 😉
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You have a bit of a head start on me. A bit 😛
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Just a year and a half head start ☺ I wonder where you’ll be in September 2018!! If we could get there like magic ✨💫
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Yep. Me too!
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great post. I don’t ever wanna make the list. I’m a rebel like that.
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Awesome ☺ stay a rebel ✌️
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I follow more than a few of these! 🙂 Great blogs all! I’m always humbled when they stop by to like one of my blogs. (How DO they do it?) Awesome post!
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I really have no idea how they do it! D.Wallace peach in particular is an absolutely champion, she always replies and pops round to your blog to leave a message. She’s amazing!
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Hey, thank you for popping by MiddleMe!! I’m a meow person too! I have 3 cats that I’ve adopted them and they are my everything.
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Yay there are so many cat people coming out of the woodwork! And three cats? How on Earth do you manage? My cat is my everything too (well, my dog is too, just don’t tell that to my cat…)
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Well, Sunny (ginger cat) strolled into our house and refuse to leave after that so we sort of adopted him. Then he was bored and lonely so we adopted Matcha (another ginger) from the SPCA. Minka (tabby) was rescued by us when she was stuck in a drainpipe.
They love us as much as we love them (and maybe more)! We have an automated feeder and poop machine so the work is easier.
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I’m curious – what is a poop machine? Does it suck the poop out and automatically bag it for hygienic disposal?
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I was wondering what on earth it was too!!
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It’s actually automated cat litter box. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/EOsMIIMRAQ8
Damn cool gadget for my 3 cats. No regrets buying it!
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Cool!
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LOL, I’m cool–yay!!!! And most of these blogs are new to me, so thanks! BTW, I have FIVE cats: Pear Blossom, Felix ScoobyDooby Man, Tiger Queenie, Kana Bear, and Sloopy Anne. No better combo than writing and cats. I’m so sorry about your cat Moet (I saw the pic on your bio). My oldest cat died two years ago this coming summer, and I still miss him.
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You have FIVE cats? I just asked Kally from MiddleMe how on Earth she manages with three… hahaha I absolutely LOVE the name Pear Blossom. I hope you don’t mind if I steal that name one day! And I’m sorry about your cat too, it is so tough losing a pet, I didn’t realise how much I loved Moet until he vanished!
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I didn’t intend to have 5, but the 5th one had been at the shelter for two solid years, and I couldn’t stand that idea. She’s an adorable little calico with a tortie back. You can have Pear Blossom haha. It comes from the children’s book The Korean Cinderella.
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Oh she sounds so pretty! That’s a really long time for a cat to be at a shelter. My kitten was six months old when I finally adopted him, he’d been advertised since he was a kitten by the RSPCA. He is the most beautiful cat !! I’ll have to look up Korean Cinderella ☺ I’d love to rename Sven to pear blossom but I’m not sure he’d agree hahah (I just kept his name from the shelter, but I wish I’d thought of something cool!)
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Their writing is pretty good and the other advantage is that their blogs are premium unlike free. free blogs have limited features compared to premium.
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Other than being ad free and owning a domain, premium is the same. We still have to pay for our themes.
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Isn’t a blog or site recognized more so by google (and maybe other search engines) and more likely to come up on the first page of search results, if there is no subdomain?
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Yes, but 99% of my traffic is from WordPress so that analytic doesn’t mean much to me. 🙂
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Yeah I’d say 99% of my traffic is from WP too! I’d have only about 4 email subscribers.. all the rest are from WP
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cool. So whats your point @Opinionated man?
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My point is that being premium doesn’t build an audience. An active blogger does. I’ve built blogs with thousands of subscribers just by going out and meeting people. Conversing like you and I.
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wow…wow awesome. Am gonna take that as advise, Am new to this and trying to grow.
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I am giving it as advise! You can do anything and reach anyone with a blog! All it takes is the will and want. 👍🙂
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word!
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I use a free template, nothing fancy.
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Awesome post. Inspires me to write “the social outcasts of Word Press” – about the noobs who don’t have many followers (erm, I mean me here). 🙂
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Hahahaha that’s the best!! That’s exactly something I would do! Hahaha omg you’ve totally made my day. You absolutely HAVE to write that post. Good luck in the Sully Award Competition by the way 🙂
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Thanks Milly! I think I actually will write that post now 🤔😜
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We all start at one! 😄
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So true!
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I love this response. I laughed out loud. I’m in your court darling!
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Us miscreants must stick together *wink*
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I like your post idea! My numbers are very sad, but I’m quite the newbie, so that’s fine!
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Come on over to my blog Marie; I wrote that post and we noobs are meeting behind the shelter sheds away from the prying eyes of jocks and teachers 😉
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Social outcast here! ❤ hahaha, love it 🙂
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I hope one day I make that list!
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You have a wonderful blog!! You will not believe how many bloggers I’ve found over the years with 1k-2k followers who have AMAZING blogs. No doubt in a few months to a few years they’ll have tens of thousands of followers too – as it’s the content of the blog that really matters the most 🙂
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Thank you. I think content is most important. That’s why I don’t post everyday. I’m very happy with my progress though. Thank you. 🙂
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Yes me too, I only post 2-3 times a month. I don’t know how everyone else manages to post more often !
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“I wish I could be like the cool kids/Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.” That lyric describes how I feel reading those numbers. WOW! I love how you have an honourable cat mention list. That’s so you!
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Omg you are so spot on with about the Cool Kid’s song! Hahaha I’m imagining the lyrics right now! And yes, couldn’t do a post without throwing in a few cats for good measure! I’m well on my way to being a crazy cat lady 🙂
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Hey man, there’s no shame in being a crazy cat lady! It’s totally okay. I’ll probably end up with like, ten puppies if I don’t marry, so…yeah.
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Hahaha thanks. Crazy dog lady just sounds more respectable for some reason 🤔
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That song is ❤ my life lol.
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Yay ❤️❤️
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Wow, what a cool list! I love wandering through WP and I love how you describe the journey!
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Thank you 🙂 I love wandering about WP too! Especially when you uncover those fantastic little gems when you’re least expecting 🙂
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Such as this post 🙂
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Oh gee, thank you 🙂 🙂 🙂
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I’m glad you included Sarah Doughty. 😀 She’s awesome.
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I know I absolutely love Sarah too! She was one of the first writer/bloggers I found here on WordPress 🙂
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Yeah, you’ve brought up the questions that I have especially how on earth they get so many followers….
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I’m thinking they find a great little niche, fill our feeds with awesome content, and voila! They suddenly have 50k followers!! Ok, it may be a little more complicated than that, but that’s my theory 🙂
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Thanks so much for listing our blog. 😀
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Anything for a cat friend! Seriously though, I absolutely love your blog – a go to spot for anything and everything cat related! I could spend hours trawling through your website and the posts your wonderful group of bloggers present – and on such a regular basis too 🙂
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Awwww thank you 😀
And if you ever fancy adding an article let us know. 🙂
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This is great Milly. I’ll definitely be checking out several of these blogs. Maybe I’ll discover the secret way of getting loads of followers.
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If you do discover the secret, let me know ASAP!! Hahahah 🙂
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I don’t think I’ve been called a cool kid for the last few decades… if ever 🙂 Thanks for including me in your list, Milly. Sad to say, I have a dog and a load of fish, but my cat is only a part-timer… I get to look after my son’s cat, Boots, every day.
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you really need a full-time cat Sue….congrats on making the cool list… 🐱
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I doubt if my dog would be happy…unless she could have a kitten… 😉
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she might like a kitten. My ancient cat is in her 19th year, and she loves dogs. I do not, so I have cats. Mrs. Tinky does not like kittens, but bring a puppy around and she adores it immediately.
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My dog does not like cats…but any baby creaturs she is immediately taken with… if I didn;t travel so much with the School, I would get a kitten for her. Or another dog… 😉
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I think the age has a lot to do with bonding
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Yes, I agree.
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I have photos of a raccoon eating out of a cat dish with an opossum. no threat, I guess
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We don’t have either of those here…but we could probably learn a lot from those animals.
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we live in a wooded area, and have all sorts of critters. I do not feed them, but they help themselves to the cat food and the cats don’t mind. Young kittens will even eat from the same dish.
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I am in open fields… and any small creatures stay clear of the houses, most of the time.
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actually the critters are nice, and the deer at gorgeous…as long as they don’t run into a car, they cause a lot of damage.
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I see plenty of wildlife here when we are out walking, the dog and me, and there are always kites flying overhead 🙂
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sounds lovely. I walk in the back in my tree garden which I have developed over the past decade. Peggy the black and white cat will accompany me usually. She loves the camera…thinks she’s a model.
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I have miles of fields here.. as long as we avoid the livestock 🙂
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this is an old lake ridge from the ice age, difficult walking the field up toward the road
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Mostly flat fields here… I milss the hills of the north.
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where are you? I am in Ohio
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England 🙂
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I have very close friends in England, and my family roots are there.
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I have close friends in the US too.
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🙂
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Boots is the COOLEST name. On that alone you deserve to be on this list 🙂 Or your son does? Hahaha.
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We’ll blame my son for that one…
He’s way cooler than I ever was 🙂 https://nickverron.com/
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Wow what an inspiring blog sue! He sounds amazing
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He is 🙂 But don’t tell him I said so 😉
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I made a list! Finally! ☺️ -OM
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woot I see you are SECOND on the list….I am sooo impressed and I know Jason personally (more or less) so can bask in the reflected glory. way to go Jason!!!
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Hahaha lucky you 🙂
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really…OM is one of my favorites…he is SO irreverent. I like that in a person. 🙂
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How on Earth could you not have made a cool kid list already? Hahaha. Thanks so much for the reblog!
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😄😉
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Check out Little Fears 🙂
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I second that!
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Awesome! Any chance you’d be able to send me a link?
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http://littlefears.co.uk/
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Thank you for posting a linky. I recognize quite a few in that list. We grow mostly on WordPress by talking, not just about ourselves, but going out and talking on other peoples blogs. Just saying ‘Great Post’ and liking alone will get you nowhere, but reading what others say and leaving genuine comments accounts for 90% of my subscribers and regular commenters .Most of the people i recognize are prolific commenters, as am I. 🙂
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Thanks so much for the input! I’ll have to write a blog post soon with tips from a few bloggers on the list 🙂
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Thanks for the list. I’m always looking for crime writers to follow. I’ll let you know if I find any.
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Yes that would be great! I’d love to add a crime writer to the list. As I have a degree in Criminology (funnily enough) I always fancied myself to be a forensic scientist hahaha
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I got one for you. http://therapsheet.blogspot.com
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Mine isn’t so bad either. 😏
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How cool! Now I have plenty more to follow and study. Thanks for the list!
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Also, consider adding Kristen Lamb, who was 31k followers: http://authorkristenlamb.com/
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Thank you so much for the wonderful suggestion! I’ve just spent the last hour making my way through Kristen’s blog! She has so many amazing and instructive blog posts on writing that I’m surprised I haven’t found her yet! Thank you! I love the last one she just posted: http://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/do-some-people-lack-the-talent-to-be-authors/ – this one has definitely inspired me to try harder. I’ve just added her to the list and I’m personally really happy to have a girl in the top 5 🙂
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I think she is the perfect balance of personable, entertaining, and educational. She kicks butt and is great inspiration!
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NICE post! Thanks for putting in the time to build this list! 👍
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Thank you!! I absolutely LOVE making lists!!
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These blogs are going on my to-read-list!
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mine too….
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Awesome, hope you enjoy! Most, if not all of these bloggers, have inspired me on my own blogging journey 🙂
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