The Most-Read “…on Anything, Really” Posts of 2016
It’s the time of year for lists and I can think of no better day to share the Top 10 posts that featured here “…on Anything, Really” this year.
To mix things up a bit year I’m listing them chronologically, so I hope you have fun with that. 🙂
Now, here’s that list.
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The 10 Most-Read Posts of “…On Anything Really”, 2016:
1. January 26 — Here At Last: Let’s Welcome Daughter of Blood!
Now, that was a moment: so glad it made it into the “most-read” list for the year. 😉
2. February 5 — Daughter Of Blood: Deleted Scene — Malian & Raven In Aralorn
Delighted, too, that some of you wanted moar!
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3. February 23 — Leaving The Red Zone: Poems from the Canterbury Earthquakes — An Anthology Edited by James Norcliffe & Joanna Preston
I felt honoured to have work (poems) included in this very important publication.
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4. July 4 — An Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay
Yes, doing that interview was definitely a ‘moment’, as I am a longtime fan of the great GGK.
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5. July 21 — Guest Post: Kim Falconer on “Narrative Point Of View”
Kim’s guest post was part of her blog tour celebrating publication of The Blood in the Beginning — and her insights into narrative point of view appear to have rocked “…on Anything, Really” readers’ world. Great stuff!
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6. August 1 — Trees in Fantasy Fiction
Trees were something of a theme this year, but this post put them into a Fantasy context. So glad you all seem to have enjoyed the exercise.
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7. August 12: The Wall of Night Character Series: Kristen Blount Features Raven
This series arose from a mystery giveaway I did here on the blog — and decided to let everyone who entered be a winner. (Why not?) Readers seem to have felt Kristen Blount’s guest post on Ser Raven, International Man of Mystery, was a winner, too. 🙂
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8. August 27 — Use of Names, Part 2: Character and Identity — When Names Have Deeper Meanings
This post was part of a Use of Names post series (or mini series) but although its fellow instalments were popular this is the one that seems to have really struck a chord.
9. October 20 — The 50th Anniversary of Dune & Why It’s Still Significant
Invoking the title, Dune, is probably a case of “enough said.” But although the actual 50th anniversary was last year (2015), I wanted to expand a little on why I think the book remains significant and still speaking to us, 50 years after it was first published.
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10. December 8 — An Avid Reader Special: Paul Weimer’s Top 5 Reads of 2015
It’s always a thrill when a blog contributor makes the Top 10 & ‘three times counts for all’ — so I’m delighted that Paul’s Top 5 SFF reads of 2016 have found favour with readers. A post that well repays the investment of your reading time if you havena read it already.
Enjoy — both the list above and your New Year’s Eve!