you made a difference: a tag {about blogs}

Me: look at all those tags I was supposed to do like a year ago
Brain: that's a lot
Me: if I'm back to blogging again, one of those would be perfect-
Brain: no
Me: what
Brain: *hands me a new tag* 
Me: how exactly are you helping

So this tag is a little different to most.

You know how you normally answer questions and then tag someone else?

For this one, the answers to the questions are the people you're tagging. (Well, some of them. Some might not be around anymore.)


It's sort of a shout-out to the cool people who have influenced your blogging journey.

forgive me if this is already a thing. I'll blame Brain.

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| Old friends | 

Who was the first blogger you followed?

Note: If you don't remember the exact answer, throw up all the names that were significant to you when you started!

Firstly, I'd like to thank myself for putting the above loophole in. Truly inspired.



Well, Go Teen Writers, I think? Andrea at asurgeofthunder (has she moved blogs? I can't find her!), Micaiah at Notebooks and Novels, {TAG, Micaiah!}, Audrey (who is now K.M. Small), and Gray Marie (who has moved to The Worthy Beloved).

Who was the first person to comment on your blog?

Miss March, from Sunshiny Corner! {TAG, Miss March!} She was so sweet - as is her blog, which is full of period drama and classic stuff like Winnie the Pooh (the original, which is The Best and not at all just for kids). And... yeah, it's hard to describe, but "sweet" is the absolute best word for both Miss March and her blog. Also "sunshiny", which I suppose makes sense??

Sometimes bloggers stop blogging or go on indefinite hiatus - who do you miss now they're gone?

Hannah Rodriguez at furiouseverafters. I loved her blog; I thought she was cool (and for some reason she made me think of a female Cisco Ramone from Flash??) and she was one of the earlier bloggers I got to know.

I never got to read her explanation post before she took her blog down - or the comments which might have provided some backstory? - but from the little I can see in my Blogger reading page preview, it sounded like a messy situation. Her Goodreads and NaNoWriMo profile became inactive too and I didn't have any other way to contact her.

I always wished I had a chance to check on her, make sure she was okay??

Who started blogging around the same time as you?

Faith, from R.F. Gammon, Author (previously A Writer's Song). {TAG, Faith!} We were both March 2017 babies. xD She was also one of the first blogs I remember following!

| Current bloggers |

Do you have a blogging friendship which has extended beyond the screen?

I dooo! Kenzie from Smudged Thoughts and I are now penpals! {TAG, Kenzie!} If you ask her nicely, she might tell you what I sent her in the letter that started it off.....

I also, a long time ago, received a really encouraging and lovely note from Jessica at Apples of Gold, who is, like me, an Aussie blogger!

Which blogger has most influenced your current blogging or writing style?

I'd like to say Kenzie again! She has such a wonderfully whimsy blogging style that I WANT to say she's a big influence on my blog. Go read hers and see. *prods you with a pitchfork* No, seriously, if you don't follow her you, absolutely should. She's hilarious.

Also I think we all secretly want to be Cait from Paper Fury. But I TRY not to absorb her writing style too much (it's a genuine problem because I really want to). {TAG, Cait!}

Who was the last person who tagged you?

R.J. Catlin from bekreations on Wordpress. Unfortunately: this was so long ago (back before I, uh, hiatus-ed?) that the blog no longer exists. WHOOPS. This is why I shouldn't procrastinate so severely. Sorry, R.J. (Have you changed blogs?)

So the person before R.J. was Julia at Litaflame {TAG, Julia!} with a Forging the Fellowship tag she invented herself! which I have got on my to-do list, because it sounds fun, even though I am over a year overdue.

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So to recap:

| Old friends |

• Who was the first blogger you followed? (or the first few you remember)
• Who was the first person to comment on your blog?
• Sometimes bloggers stop blogging or go on indefinite hiatus - who do you miss now they're gone?
• Who started blogging around the same time as you?

| Current bloggers |

• Do you have a blogging friendship which has extended beyond the screen?
• Which blogger has most influenced your current blogging or writing style?
• Who was the last person who tagged you?

You can use the graphic at the top of this post if you like? or make your own, whatever suits. And as far as tagging goes... I love flexible rules, so for your answers, tag as many or few of the bloggers as you like!

And I've tagged:

• Micaiah at Notebooks and Novels 
• Miss March, from Sunshiny Corner
• Faith at R.F. Gammon, Author
• Kenzie at Smudged Thoughts 
• Cait from Paper Fury (if she's like? not busy?? she is a Big Blogger and I am intimidated)
• Julia at Litaflame

But of course, if I've mentioned you and not specifically tagged you, do join in! I might not know your current blog address, orrrr I might have thought you were busy/on hiatus/not interested. Yes, I am that socially awkward.

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Anyway, so, uh, that's another day when I haven't disappeared on an unannounced hiatus!
 *ticks box on habit chart* Three more and I get a sticker!!

Me: you will be responsible and reliable
Me: and not flake out on this blogging thing  a g a i n
Brain: absolutely
Brain, silently: ...one day
Brain, silently, and with eyes as wild as Aragorn's:

Me: NO. BAD.

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Who's a blogger you remember fondly from when you started out? What questions would you have added to this tag? And would I have been anyone's answer to the "missing blogger" question, because I may or may not have been thinking of how I randomly disappeared. Are there any bloggers you'd like to shout out for just being awesome??

Also is it annoying how much I keep referring to my random hiatus. because it's annoying me and I will stop now. xD

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In other news: keep me updated on how you're going! or if you need a word of encouragement! I'm in a very fortunate position, at the moment - an introvert living with my family - and if I can help or encourage anyone, I'd love to, so let me know.

- Jem <3