Take THAT, Insecurity!

(cc) Douglas CooteySo much for believing that nobody liked my blog...

Sometime last night my 50,000th visitor dropped by. This is amazing to me. For a blog that isn't about technology, porn, or politics I consider myself quite lucky to have come this far in such a short time. I want to thank all my readers, all my subscribers, and especially all my commenters. That you take time to read and comment on my writings simply blows my mind every week. I promise to keep the articles coming.

In fact, I've been thinking about this blog's fate over the upcoming busy Summer and instead of cutting back on articles and postings I believe I will cut back my word count. Currently, articles are limited to 900 words. This has been an artificial challenge of mine to help me not rant for eons over here. It keeps me on topic, keeps my writing tight, and helps me develop those editing skills I will need when I finish my 75,000 page novel and have to cut it back a bit. I believe my new limit will be 600 words. This will be difficult, but hopefully it will force me to write even tighter, and perhaps a bit lighter. I'm hoping you won't mind that over the Summer. We all get so busy.

Speaking of being busy, if you simply remind yourself to visit my blog from time to time I know I will lose you over the Summer. You'll come back in the Fall to your blog reading ways and will have forgotten all about me. It happens to a lot of my readers every year. May I recommend that you take advantage of my email subscription option? It's at the top right of my blog and you won't be spammed. You can also use a service like Google Reader or Bloglines to subscribe or you can use RSS reading software to keep track. I usually use Safari, my browser on the Mac, but Internet Explorer has RSS abilities now and a search at Downloads.com will offer you many other dedicated RSS readers.

Once again, thank you for your support. Here's to the next 50,000 visitors!


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Comments

Claire said…
Thanks for your reply to my comment. I have to say I'm feeling much more up all of a sudden. The interviews are rolling in (although no job offers). God still has his plan carefully hidden! My DH still hasn't gotten his act together, but our new psychiatrist has him hopping! He is using fewer pharmaceuticals, eliminated caffeine, and the doc has him exercising daily, eating lower GI foods, taking vitamins, getting off the computer earlier, and is now forcing him to READ for FUN! YeeHaw! Stuff I've been wanting him to do for years is finally coming to fruition, thanks to a $200 per hour doctor!! Praise the Lord for health insurance. Thanks for your kind words. I can't tell you enough how much you have helped me with your timely columns. God has put you and your columns in my life to help me stay positive in a decidedly stinky time in my life.

Blessings to you, and congratulations on the 50,000th hit (PS- You are my home page, so I may be artificially inflating those numbers :)).

Claire
May 26, 2007 1:28 PM
Anonymous said…
Congratulations on the milestone!
I like the 600 word idea. I enjoy your writing very much and would like to read all of it, but somehow I always manage to faze out about halfway through. Maybe the 600 word limit will help that!
May 28, 2007 12:39 AM
Anonymous said…
Thanks for pointing out the subscription option. I forget how many reminder options are available these days :)
May 29, 2007 4:42 AM
Jean Bauhaus said…
Congrats, Doug! I just wanted to drop a comment to let you know that even though I don't comment that often anymore, I subscribed to your feed a long time ago via Google Reader, and I'm still a fan. Glad to hear you're not planning on going anywhere, despite the extreme busy-ness.
May 29, 2007 10:02 AM
Susan Och said…
It's unusual for a solo blog to reach the level of consistency of authorship and readership that The Splintered Mind had attained. Congratulations!
June 03, 2007 7:11 PM
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