{"id":2942,"date":"2010-12-30T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T21:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2010-12-31T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T23:15:21","slug":"milestone-250-posts-reached-now-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/12\/30\/milestone-250-posts-reached-now-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone: 250 Posts Reached&#8212;&#038; Now Passed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t remember to check my post statistics very often, but I have just realized that yesterday&#8217;s post <em>Black Magic<\/em>, was my 250th post since beginning <em>&#8221; &#8230; Anything, Really&#8221; <\/em> on 31 May. So by posting this now I have just surpassed the 250 milestone&#8212;so closing on 500 and well on my way to 1000! \ud83d\ude09 (I think reaching that might have to be another party!)<\/p>\n<p>Highlights for me, during those 250 posts have been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/05\/31\/and-so-it-begins\/\">Starting<\/a>! (Go figure.)<\/li>\n<li>Keeping it going. (For sure &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>The blog parties for the <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/09\/28\/here-at-last-publication-date-in-the-usa\/\">USA\/Canada<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/10\/07\/the-heir-of-night-launched-in-australianew-zealand-today-im-celebratin\/\">Australia\/New Zealand<\/a> launches of <em><strong>The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/10\/06\/celebrating-f-sf-the-heir-of-night-f-sf-author-guest-series\/\">Fantasy SciFi Guest Author Series<\/a> to celebrate the Australia\/New Zealand launch of <em><strong>Heir. <\/strong><\/em>You can check out the full series by clicking on <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/fsf-guest-author-series\/\">F-SF Guest Author Series<\/a> in the sidebar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/06\/08\/tuesday-poem-2\/\">Joining<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com\/\">Tuesday Poem Blog<\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/08\/25\/an-interview-with-cheryl-morgan\/\">Interviewing Cheryl Morgan<\/a>, long time fan, F-SF non fiction writer and Hugo Award winner, ahead of Worldcon in Australia.<\/li>\n<li>Being able to link through to my <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2010\/10\/22\/big-idea\/\">Big Idea guest post<\/a> on John Scalzi&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/\"><strong><em>Whatever<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s more, but those are the ones that immediately spring to mind &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Another very big part of the fun for me though has been seeing my visitor numbers increase and reading and responding to your comments. So thank you for being part of the blog journey! And I would love to hear what have been highlights for you as blog readers! Have there been any aspects of the blog that you have particularly enjoyed? Topics you would like to see more of? Topics that you haven&#8217;t seen yet that you would like to see? Let me know and I&#8217;ll see what can be done.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2947\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmaspostcard-600px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2947\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2947\" title=\"Xmaspostcard-600px\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmaspostcard-600px-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmaspostcard-600px-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmaspostcard-600px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book covers postcard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just to stay with that mood of celebration, anyone who comments on this post before my next post goes up tomorrow will go in the draw to win a gift set of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a signed <em>Heir of Night <\/em>chapter sampler from Worldcon, together with<\/li>\n<li>a signed &#8216;blue&#8217; USA cover flat,<\/li>\n<li>a signed book plate, and<\/li>\n<li>a &#8220;Helen Lowe&#8221; book covers postcard, and (last but not least)<\/li>\n<li>a signed <em>Thornspell<\/em> cap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And there &#8216;may be&#8217; a random giveaway as well &#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t remember to check my post statistics very often, but I have just realized that yesterday&#8217;s post Black Magic, was my 250th post since beginning &#8221; &#8230; Anything, Really&#8221; on 31 May. So by posting this now I have just surpassed the 250 milestone&#8212;so closing on 500 and well on my way to 1000! 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