There are millions and millions of bloggers out there.
That must mean there are a huge number of talented people beavering away writing posts that would really interest me, but who I have never heard of. And looking through the list of those I do follow, I can see that a large proportion of them have not posted for six months or a year or more. I hope that’s nothing to do with me…
But that must mean it’s time to track down some more to follow.
So if you have a particular favourite or two you would like to suggest I go and take a gander at, please leave a link in the comments box.
In particular, I like to read posts on India and Nepal, creative writing, and environmental issues, but my interests are by no means limited to these. I also follow quite a few others who post about the most diverse things.
I tried this exercise a year and a half ago, and the result was half a dozen splendid new (to me) bloggers to follow.
So, let’s do it again!
My contribution, then, are the following two bloggers:
Delhi-based artist Prenita Dutt blogs as Indian Saffron here and really deserves a much wider audience for her beautiful paintings.
Ellen Hawley is an American living in Cornwall, England, who blogs about the eccentricities, madness and just plain weirdness of much of British life. Full of dry humour and always very readable, her blog can be found here.
Mick Canning 
Greenlifebluewater.wordpress.com Pam Lazos talks about environmental issues
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She’s remarkable, Geoff! Thank you!
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It kind of you to start a blog hop journey, Mick. Yes, a lot of bloggers lose interests, get busy, or life “happens”! Luckily, a lot of bloggers I follow are still active.
I’m not sure If you are following these two great travelers but here they are:
https://ramaarya.blog/2019/07/05/the-ancient-art-of-tibetan-thangka-painting-in-dharamshala/
and
https://footloosein.me/2019/07/09/bishnupur/
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I haven’t come across either before, Arv, but I’m following them now. Thank you! I especially like the first one – absolutely superb!
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Have just looked at Ellen Hawley’s blog; you’re right, what a wonderful writer. Thanks for the introduction! I shall have a ponder on bloggers for you!
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Thanks, Katie. I’m glad you like it.
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I’m impressed you’re looking for more to read. There are so many writers sharing good work out there who I want to read, but can’t always get to — like you! Here’s one I admire. She “releases” poems she admires as a sort of secret public fun. I suspect you might like it.
https://poemelf.com/
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Thanks, Laura. Yes, I’ve had a look at a few posts and really like those. Now following!
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Ellen is the greatest.
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She is!
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I know what you mean – too many just give up. Here are my two although they are so popular you may have already run across them. Jet Eliot writes on wildlife and environment and the pictures she posts are amazing https://jeteliot.wordpress.com/ . Cinda MacKinnon (who also happens to be my neighbor) is an environmentalist who also writes about multi-cultural subjects. https://cindamackinnon.wordpress.com/blog/
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Those are both splendid blogs. Thank you! I am now following both!
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Mick, I enjoy reading your thoughts. You have a certain spice to your descriptions that only comes with age and many years of sobriety. There’s no hidden agenda with you, that is you are not trying to sell me something. I also like the fact that you don’t post all the time, as though you were on facebook telling us all the needless details that render a person shallow. You are a pillar of Saturn.
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Ha, thanks, Jason. Many years of sobriety? Those must have been the childhood years! But thank you! No, I hope I have no hidden agenda.
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I agree about Ellen’s blog: I discovered her a while ago, and loved it, but somehow lost touch. That’s the hard thing about blogging, it is so easy to become disconnected. I strongly suspect that not all the posts of blogs we follow show up in our readers or our inboxes.
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I’m rather lazy when it comes to reading other people’s posts. Might be because my computer’s running slow, though that might also be a convenient excuse. Glad I read this one, though, because it may galvanise me into fresh effort – blogging is, after all, a reciprocal process! I always enjoy reading https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/23513010/posts/19838
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Thanks, Dave. She looks rather fun!
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Hi Mick!
Thank you for sharing these blogs, and for starting the chain!
Thank you also for following and commenting on my blog. 🙏🏼 I like writing for my own pleasure, but the interaction really makes it special. 😊
One of my favorite people to follow is Ozan Varol. You can find him at http://www.ozanvarol.com. He sends a weekly email newsletter that includes a concise and engaging blog post on challenging conventional thinking. He also hosts Famous Failures, my very favorite podcast. Ozan is humble, his topics are resonant, and his context is Goldilocks balanced in volume and frequency. He is not what you describe you usually follow, but if you enjoy my stuff I bet you will like his, too.
Thank you again! 😊
Cathy
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Thanks, Cathy. I took a look at his blog and, yes, I like it. I have subscribed, although normally I prefer blogs I can ‘follow’ rather than receive emails. It looks like it’s worthwhile, though!
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Oh I’m glad, Mick!
I get stingier about what I sign up for anymore, and I unsubscribe easily. But I find myself really looking forward to Thursdays at 9:00, when Ozan’s email hits my inbox. Then I save it for dessert reading after the day’s work is done. Please let me know what you think! 😄
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I will do, Cathy, although you might have to remind me!
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👍🏼😁
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Hi Mick – Not sure if you’ll be interested, since these are generally about life in the U.S.A., but you might take at look at Linda Leinem’s sites, her WP label is “ShoreAcres.” One is called “The Task at Hand,” and the other, “Lapniappe” (a useful Creole/Cajun word). She has an eclectic and lovely mixture of nature photography, poetry, reminiscence, travel, etc. And Lynn Wohlers, a fellow refugee from New York, now living in the Pacific NW, is a simply wonderful and creative photographer, on WP as “BlueBrightly.” Their posts are heartening – – permeated with their positive, and unpretentious philosophies. Cheers & I’ll check out Dutt and Hawley, RPT
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Thanks, Robert. I’ve followed all three of those – some wonderful nature photos and info and a selection of good poetry. Just what I needed!
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Great idea Mick, I’ll certainly take a look at Ellens as it sounds interesting. Anything slightly out of the ordinary with a touch of humour is always good to read.
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I don’t think you’ll be disappointed, Jonno.
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Hi Mick if you like a smile try this one https://coffeeandcreatures.co.uk/?wref=bif
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Yes, excellent. Thank you!
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This is a great idea Mick. Am going to try this out too. A number of people I follow too have simply disappeared ( hopefully they are busier and happier elsewhere). Will check out the blogs you suggested.
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Thanks, Smitha. People do come and go, of course.
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Loved Prenita Dutt’s blog. Couldn’t find the ‘follow’ button. Not sure why. Her art is beautiful.
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It’s lovely, isn’t it. She’s very talented.
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Yes she is 🙂
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I would suggest you check out “Poems By Lena” It has just 30 followers, but I think her poems deserve much more
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Thanks, Ishaan. I will take a look.
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Also, I had a doubt. How long should a Young Adult novel be? In terms of word count and no. of chapters.
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I mean for a manuscript
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They’re usually between 55,000 and 75,000 words. the number of chapters is up to you!
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Thanks. That makes stuff easier for me.
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Just an observation: There are millions of blog. But each blog which has been around for atleast a month will have one follower you know already.
Of course, I might be wrong, but I have seen this on almost all blogs.
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If you know quite a few other bloggers, this could well be true!
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I know a lot. I follow a few. The rest should read your post “Why did I follow that blog?”
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So I just searched poetry, and found a blog I had never heard of. Sure enough, five people I follow had commented there.
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