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The Cool Kids of WordPress

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The Cool Kids of WordPress

I’ve been collecting a list of WP bloggers with an insane amount of followers who focus primarily on writing. No doubt you’ve come across most, if not all of these writerly scholars who meander about WordPress, affecting us with their Hollywood connections, best seller success, dreamy wordiness or their delicately composed poems that touch on the otherworldly.

The curiosity of cats dictates that we want to know all about them. Who are they? What’s their cat’s name? Do they even have a cat? Why are they being so cryptic in their About page? And how on Earth did they get so many followers? There are a variety of reasons why they got to where they are, reasons which you will no doubt uncover if you visit their blogs. So far my list only includes bloggers I’ve stumbled across since 2015. I’m sure there are plenty more out there… just waiting to be found!

Name Link WP Followers

(if total for website is unknown)

 Website Total 
Cristian Mihai Cristian Mihai 128,165
Opinionated Man HarsH ReaLiTy 56,518
Kristen Lamb Kristen Lamb 50,359
Allison K. Williams Brevity 39,496
Donalyn, Colby, Katherine & Cindy Nerdy Book Club 64,595
John Scalzi Whatever 27,410
Ryan Lanz A Writer’s Path 24,766
Luther M. Stiler Infinite Free Time 20,965
Peter Edwards Sableyes 20,642
Morgan Booknvolume 17,571
Peter Edwards Little Fears 16,944
Kent Wayne Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 15,434
Sue Vincent Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo 14,528
Sarah Doughty Heartstring Eulogies 14,323
Hugh W. Roberts Hughes Views and News 13,514
Mike Allegra Hey Look A Writer Fellow 11,994
Jenny Jenny in Neverland 10,872
Michelle Terry Lipstick and Laundry 10,799
Austin L. Wiggins Writings By Ender 10,520
Bitter Ben Ben’s Bitter Blog 10,461
Lynette Noni Lynette Noni 10,038
Ryan Lanz All Romance Reads 9,519
Dina Honour Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 8,962
Clare A Little Blog of Books 8,004
Chuck Wendig terribleminds 7,094
Richard M. Ankers Richard Ankers 7,023
Parnassus Books Musing 6,893
J.S. Park J.S. Park Blog 6,094
Lynz Lynz Real Cooking 6,335
C.p. Singleton Madstoffa’s Crunchy House 5,964
Phil Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge 5,945  
sjhigbee Brainfluff 5,855
CN Lester A Gentlemen and a Scholar 5,814
D. Wallace Peach Myths of the Mirror 5,283
Patrick W. Marsh What the Monster Said  4,816
Neha Forgotten Meadows 4,460  
Luanne Castle Writer Site 4,260
Tim Miller Word and Silence 3,920
Jacquelineobyikocha A Cooking Pot and Twisted tales 3,693
Kristen Twardowski A Writer’s Workshop 3,678

 

Honourable Cat Mentions

Nicola L Robinson Katzenworld 48,916
Caroline Beauty is a Sleeping Cat  2,973
Bailey Blue Bailey Boat Cat  2,154

Last Updated August 28th 2017

 

 

 

162 responses to “The Cool Kids of WordPress”

  1. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    Very niice blog you have here

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  2. theryanlanz Avatar
    theryanlanz

    Hi Milly. I own All Romance Reads as well as A Writer’s Path, so you can put my name instead of Unknown, if you like. : )

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  3. The Cool Kids of WordPress #2 | Milly Schmidt

    […] may remember I blogged about ‘The Cool Kids’ back in March of this year, which went on to spawn a terribly endearing group called the […]

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  4. superwifeandmummy Avatar
    superwifeandmummy

    Hi,thanks for following my little bloggy blog. I just had to quickly say- I thought your blog byline said, “The Cat’s Wife. ” I just saw what it actually says now!😂😂Oh dear..it’s very early here in London. ..

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  5. The Outcast’s Bloghouse Welcomes… Millie Schmidt – Jessica Bakkers

    […] Millie wrote her now infamous piece ‘The Cool Kids of WordPress’ she inspired my childish, rebellious side to counter with taunts of starting up an […]

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  6. The Outcast’s Bloghouse; no cool-kids allowed! – Jessica Bakkers

    […] If you’ve been following my blog for a while you’ll remember my recent post The Social Outcasts of WordPress. This was my response to Millie Schmidt’s lovely homage post, The Cool Kids of WordPress.  […]

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  7. rjbritten Avatar
    rjbritten

    Fascinating read, thanks! It’s always interesting/helpful to see what people write, how they conduct themselves online and how many followers they manage to attain by doing so! This is a challenge for me. Up until recently, I’ve been using twitter, but I find it can often be like a social cocktail party, i.e lots of noise and not a lot of interaction. It’s good for fast posts regarding new material, or thoughts, but not so much connecting and being a part of a community of link minded people. After reading your post, I want to make a change by being more interactive, and hopefully, I will learn a thing or two along the way!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar
      Milly Schmidt

      Sorry RJ, not sure why I didn’t see this message earlier!! (Like from waaaaay back in good old April ’17. I really want to try and be more interactive as well – focus on liking and commenting on articles that I am genuinely interested in etc… I know what you mean about twitter, it is so hard to engage and make friends over there! I think that’s why I love blogging on WordPress: it’s slower, more genuine, more engaging, more ‘community’ minded 🙂

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  8. Amy L Sauder Avatar
    Amy L Sauder

    Hey Milly, you should think about contacting each of these bloggers and creating a follow-up curated post of their advice on how to build a following for a writerly blog. Just ask for like 2-3 sentences from each blogger. We all would eat that up!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar
      Milly Schmidt

      That’s a wonderful idea! I’m just updating the list – I’ll definitely have to do this!!

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  9. Mahevash Avatar
    Mahevash

    Great list! 🙂

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar
      Milly Schmidt

      Thanks!!

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  10. jrose88 Avatar
    jrose88

    So is the “name” column for the names of the bloggers, or the names of the cats? *has three cats*

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar
      Milly Schmidt

      hahahah lol 🙂

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  11. Soul Gifts Avatar
    Soul Gifts

    So tell me, how do you go about getting the Total numbers as opposed to just WP ? I’ve always wondered. Nice list BTW – recognise and follow several on the list.

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar
      Milly Schmidt

      To get the total numbers I search through their actual website (as opposed to the wordpress platform) until I see a ‘Followed by 10,000 people’ etc… 🙂 If I can’t find that I’ll just use WP followers

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      1. Soul Gifts Avatar
        Soul Gifts

        Oh – I’ll have to have a peek. Thanks 🙂

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  12. -Eugenia Avatar
    -Eugenia

    Thank you for following BrewNSpew. 🙂

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  13. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Hey, I made the list. That’s sort of shocking. Ha ha. I’m far from some of the huge blogs you have listed, Milly, and I’ve never actually “tried” to grow my blog. I just have fun, visit, and I always reciprocate. It is a nice community. Happy Blogging!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      I think the biggest key to being on my list is being really friendly and super involved in the WordPress community (or blog a lot), which you are! And that’s crazy that you’ve never tried to grow your blog, you must just be a natural blogger! ☺ half the time I don’t have time to respond to people on here, though it’s my absolute favourite thing to do in the world. I love so many people on here ❤️ if I didn’t have a full time job and part time study I’d be on here all day ☺☺

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      1. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
        D. Wallace Peach

        It takes a huge amount of time, Millie, and I’m constantly struggling for balance. I have no idea how people with tens of thousands of followers keep up with everyone. That would be a great post. 😀

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  14. Opinionated Man Avatar
    Opinionated Man

    My point is that being premium doesn’t build an audience. An active blogger does. I’ve built blogs with thousands of subscribers just by going out and meeting people. Conversing like you and I. 🙂

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  15. jazzytower Avatar
    jazzytower

    Nice piece of work you’ve done here. The top 2 I’ve known about for a while. And Sue Vincent. I have to go through and see who is who and what is what. Thanks 🙂

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Thank you! hope you have fun exploring their blogs ☺☺

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      1. jazzytower Avatar
        jazzytower

        Will do:)

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  16. mariemclean Avatar
    mariemclean

    I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for doing all the hard word and curating those blog sites!
    BTW, I have 1&1/4 cats. The 1/4 is for our cat who decided to leave his brother and move in next door. We only see him occasionally 😹

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      I had so much fun making the list, so I thought I’d share it, glad you enjoyed it! Yay another cat person!! Isn’t it funny how cats really do choose their owners? Haha

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      1. mariemclean Avatar
        mariemclean

        It’s a bit of a concern for us – it’s not the first time one of our cats has preferred a neighbour! Lots of lovely stories about that though.

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  17. -Eugenia Avatar
    -Eugenia

    Reblogged this on BrewNSpew.

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  18. -Eugenia Avatar
    -Eugenia

    Excellent list. I see several of my friends on the list, which makes me smile. I would add https://lynzrealcooking.com/ and https://haddonmusings.com/. I am reblogging this post.

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Thanks so much for the links! I’ll have to go check them out ASAP!

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      1. -Eugenia Avatar
        -Eugenia

        🙂

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  19. jacquelineobyikocha Avatar
    jacquelineobyikocha

    Reblogged this on a cooking pot and twisted tales and commented:
    Woot! Woot! I saw this list of Cool Kids of WordPress and just wanted to admire my fellow bloggers only to find little me in this list 🙂
    I am wearing a big, fat, silly smile 🙂

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  20. jacquelineobyikocha Avatar
    jacquelineobyikocha

    I practically almost fell out of my chair when I saw my name on the list. Oh wow! Thank you for making this list. You just planted a huge smile on my face and encouraged me this morning 🙂

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Oh that’s awesome!!! ☺☺ you absolutely deserve it

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      1. jacquelineobyikocha Avatar
        jacquelineobyikocha

        🙂

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  21. bensbitterblog Avatar
    bensbitterblog

    Thanks for including me on the list. It’s been 5 years and a lot of work, but blogging is the best, though every thing else makes me bitter. Thanks for the shout out!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Wow 5 years is such a long time! I’ve only been here for a small fraction of that. Thanks so much for providing a good laugh! Your blog is genius haha

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      1. bensbitterblog Avatar
        bensbitterblog

        Why thank you, I didn’t even know that people read mine to be that honest. Thanks for sending people my way!

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  22. Dominic Sceski Avatar
    Dominic Sceski

    I think you should be on the list!!!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Hahaha you are too kind ☺

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  23. annabellefranklinauthor Avatar
    annabellefranklinauthor

    Why are there no dogs on this list? 😉

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      My poor dog, she’s probably appreciate an honourable dog section too hahah

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  24. Joshua Gayou Avatar
    Joshua Gayou

    I have a long…uphill…slog ahead. 😛

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Me too! But we can do it 😉

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      1. Joshua Gayou Avatar
        Joshua Gayou

        You have a bit of a head start on me. A bit 😛

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        1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
          Millie Schmidt

          Just a year and a half head start ☺ I wonder where you’ll be in September 2018!! If we could get there like magic ✨💫

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    2. mariemclean Avatar
      mariemclean

      Yep. Me too!

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  25. Jim Avatar
    Jim

    great post. I don’t ever wanna make the list. I’m a rebel like that.

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Awesome ☺ stay a rebel ✌️

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  26. lvgaudet Avatar
    lvgaudet

    Reblogged this on The intangible world of the literary mind.

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  27. The Social Outcasts of WordPress – The Written Word

    […] Schmidt’s great blog post, The Cool Kids of WordPress awoke the inner anarchist in me and I simply had to create a post in the same spirit but with my […]

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  28. tcriggs Avatar
    tcriggs

    I follow more than a few of these! 🙂 Great blogs all! I’m always humbled when they stop by to like one of my blogs. (How DO they do it?) Awesome post!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      I really have no idea how they do it! D.Wallace peach in particular is an absolutely champion, she always replies and pops round to your blog to leave a message. She’s amazing!

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  29. Notes from a small dog – The gloating mole | Sue Vincent's Daily Echo Avatar
    Notes from a small dog – The gloating mole | Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

    […] So, what with the weather warming up a bit and her raiding the fridge all the time, I thought that’s what she was talking about when she was gloating about being cool. But no… I did some ‘vestigating and found someone with a cat had called her a ‘cool kid’. […]

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  30. Kally Avatar
    Kally

    Hey, thank you for popping by MiddleMe!! I’m a meow person too! I have 3 cats that I’ve adopted them and they are my everything.

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Yay there are so many cat people coming out of the woodwork! And three cats? How on Earth do you manage? My cat is my everything too (well, my dog is too, just don’t tell that to my cat…)

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      1. Kally Avatar
        Kally

        Well, Sunny (ginger cat) strolled into our house and refuse to leave after that so we sort of adopted him. Then he was bored and lonely so we adopted Matcha (another ginger) from the SPCA. Minka (tabby) was rescued by us when she was stuck in a drainpipe.

        They love us as much as we love them (and maybe more)! We have an automated feeder and poop machine so the work is easier.

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        1. Soul Gifts Avatar
          Soul Gifts

          I’m curious – what is a poop machine? Does it suck the poop out and automatically bag it for hygienic disposal?

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          1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
            Millie Schmidt

            I was wondering what on earth it was too!!

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          2. Kally Avatar
            Kally

            It’s actually automated cat litter box. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/EOsMIIMRAQ8

            Damn cool gadget for my 3 cats. No regrets buying it!

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          3. Soul Gifts Avatar
            Soul Gifts

            Cool!

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  31. Luanne Avatar
    Luanne

    LOL, I’m cool–yay!!!! And most of these blogs are new to me, so thanks! BTW, I have FIVE cats: Pear Blossom, Felix ScoobyDooby Man, Tiger Queenie, Kana Bear, and Sloopy Anne. No better combo than writing and cats. I’m so sorry about your cat Moet (I saw the pic on your bio). My oldest cat died two years ago this coming summer, and I still miss him.

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      You have FIVE cats? I just asked Kally from MiddleMe how on Earth she manages with three… hahaha I absolutely LOVE the name Pear Blossom. I hope you don’t mind if I steal that name one day! And I’m sorry about your cat too, it is so tough losing a pet, I didn’t realise how much I loved Moet until he vanished!

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      1. Luanne Avatar
        Luanne

        I didn’t intend to have 5, but the 5th one had been at the shelter for two solid years, and I couldn’t stand that idea. She’s an adorable little calico with a tortie back. You can have Pear Blossom haha. It comes from the children’s book The Korean Cinderella.

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        1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
          Millie Schmidt

          Oh she sounds so pretty! That’s a really long time for a cat to be at a shelter. My kitten was six months old when I finally adopted him, he’d been advertised since he was a kitten by the RSPCA. He is the most beautiful cat !! I’ll have to look up Korean Cinderella ☺ I’d love to rename Sven to pear blossom but I’m not sure he’d agree hahah (I just kept his name from the shelter, but I wish I’d thought of something cool!)

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  32. dickens116 Avatar
    dickens116

    Their writing is pretty good and the other advantage is that their blogs are premium unlike free. free blogs have limited features compared to premium.

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    1. Opinionated Man Avatar
      Opinionated Man

      Other than being ad free and owning a domain, premium is the same. We still have to pay for our themes.

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      1. Aura Gael Avatar
        Aura Gael

        Isn’t a blog or site recognized more so by google (and maybe other search engines) and more likely to come up on the first page of search results, if there is no subdomain?

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        1. Opinionated Man Avatar
          Opinionated Man

          Yes, but 99% of my traffic is from WordPress so that analytic doesn’t mean much to me. 🙂

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          1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
            Millie Schmidt

            Yeah I’d say 99% of my traffic is from WP too! I’d have only about 4 email subscribers.. all the rest are from WP

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      2. dickens116 Avatar
        dickens116

        cool. So whats your point @Opinionated man?

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        1. Opinionated Man Avatar
          Opinionated Man

          My point is that being premium doesn’t build an audience. An active blogger does. I’ve built blogs with thousands of subscribers just by going out and meeting people. Conversing like you and I.

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          1. dickens116 Avatar
            dickens116

            wow…wow awesome. Am gonna take that as advise, Am new to this and trying to grow.

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          2. Opinionated Man Avatar
            Opinionated Man

            I am giving it as advise! You can do anything and reach anyone with a blog! All it takes is the will and want. 👍🙂

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          3. dickens116 Avatar
            dickens116

            word!

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    2. Opinionated Man Avatar
      Opinionated Man

      I use a free template, nothing fancy.

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  33. Daria Kill Avatar
    Daria Kill

    Reblogged this on Let me give YOU the Moe-down.

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  34. Jessica Bakkers Avatar
    Jessica Bakkers

    Awesome post. Inspires me to write “the social outcasts of Word Press” – about the noobs who don’t have many followers (erm, I mean me here). 🙂

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Hahahaha that’s the best!! That’s exactly something I would do! Hahaha omg you’ve totally made my day. You absolutely HAVE to write that post. Good luck in the Sully Award Competition by the way 🙂

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      1. Jessica Bakkers Avatar
        Jessica Bakkers

        Thanks Milly! I think I actually will write that post now 🤔😜

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    2. Opinionated Man Avatar
      Opinionated Man

      We all start at one! 😄

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      1. Jessica Bakkers Avatar
        Jessica Bakkers

        So true!

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    3. iwannabealady Avatar
      iwannabealady

      I love this response. I laughed out loud. I’m in your court darling!

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      1. Jessica Bakkers Avatar
        Jessica Bakkers

        Us miscreants must stick together *wink*

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    4. mariemclean Avatar
      mariemclean

      I like your post idea! My numbers are very sad, but I’m quite the newbie, so that’s fine!

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      1. Jessica Bakkers Avatar
        Jessica Bakkers

        Come on over to my blog Marie; I wrote that post and we noobs are meeting behind the shelter sheds away from the prying eyes of jocks and teachers 😉

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    5. Amy L Sauder Avatar
      Amy L Sauder

      Social outcast here! ❤ hahaha, love it 🙂

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  35. SarainLaLaLand Avatar
    SarainLaLaLand

    I hope one day I make that list!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      You have a wonderful blog!! You will not believe how many bloggers I’ve found over the years with 1k-2k followers who have AMAZING blogs. No doubt in a few months to a few years they’ll have tens of thousands of followers too – as it’s the content of the blog that really matters the most 🙂

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      1. SarainLaLaLand Avatar
        SarainLaLaLand

        Thank you. I think content is most important. That’s why I don’t post everyday. I’m very happy with my progress though. Thank you. 🙂

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        1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
          Millie Schmidt

          Yes me too, I only post 2-3 times a month. I don’t know how everyone else manages to post more often !

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  36. Febry Avatar
    Febry

    “I wish I could be like the cool kids/Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.” That lyric describes how I feel reading those numbers. WOW! I love how you have an honourable cat mention list. That’s so you!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Omg you are so spot on with about the Cool Kid’s song! Hahaha I’m imagining the lyrics right now! And yes, couldn’t do a post without throwing in a few cats for good measure! I’m well on my way to being a crazy cat lady 🙂

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      1. Febry Avatar
        Febry

        Hey man, there’s no shame in being a crazy cat lady! It’s totally okay. I’ll probably end up with like, ten puppies if I don’t marry, so…yeah.

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        1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
          Millie Schmidt

          Hahaha thanks. Crazy dog lady just sounds more respectable for some reason 🤔

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    2. Amy L Sauder Avatar
      Amy L Sauder

      That song is ❤ my life lol.

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      1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
        Millie Schmidt

        Yay ❤️❤️

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  37. anotetohuguette Avatar
    anotetohuguette

    Wow, what a cool list! I love wandering through WP and I love how you describe the journey!

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Thank you 🙂 I love wandering about WP too! Especially when you uncover those fantastic little gems when you’re least expecting 🙂

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      1. iwannabealady Avatar
        iwannabealady

        Such as this post 🙂

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        1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
          Millie Schmidt

          Oh gee, thank you 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  38. ambroseandelsie Avatar
    ambroseandelsie

    I’m glad you included Sarah Doughty. 😀 She’s awesome.

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      I know I absolutely love Sarah too! She was one of the first writer/bloggers I found here on WordPress 🙂

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  39. True George Avatar
    True George

    Yeah, you’ve brought up the questions that I have especially how on earth they get so many followers….

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      I’m thinking they find a great little niche, fill our feeds with awesome content, and voila! They suddenly have 50k followers!! Ok, it may be a little more complicated than that, but that’s my theory 🙂

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  40. Marc-André Avatar
    Marc-André

    Thanks so much for listing our blog. 😀

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Anything for a cat friend! Seriously though, I absolutely love your blog – a go to spot for anything and everything cat related! I could spend hours trawling through your website and the posts your wonderful group of bloggers present – and on such a regular basis too 🙂

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      1. Marc-André Avatar
        Marc-André

        Awwww thank you 😀

        And if you ever fancy adding an article let us know. 🙂

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  41. Kellie Avatar
    Kellie

    This is great Milly. I’ll definitely be checking out several of these blogs. Maybe I’ll discover the secret way of getting loads of followers.

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      If you do discover the secret, let me know ASAP!! Hahahah 🙂

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  42. Sue Vincent Avatar
    Sue Vincent

    I don’t think I’ve been called a cool kid for the last few decades… if ever 🙂 Thanks for including me in your list, Milly. Sad to say, I have a dog and a load of fish, but my cat is only a part-timer… I get to look after my son’s cat, Boots, every day.

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    1. Gradmama2011 Avatar
      Gradmama2011

      you really need a full-time cat Sue….congrats on making the cool list… 🐱

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      1. Sue Vincent Avatar
        Sue Vincent

        I doubt if my dog would be happy…unless she could have a kitten… 😉

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          Gradmama2011

          she might like a kitten. My ancient cat is in her 19th year, and she loves dogs. I do not, so I have cats. Mrs. Tinky does not like kittens, but bring a puppy around and she adores it immediately.

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            Sue Vincent

            My dog does not like cats…but any baby creaturs she is immediately taken with… if I didn;t travel so much with the School, I would get a kitten for her. Or another dog… 😉

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          2. Gradmama2011 Avatar
            Gradmama2011

            I think the age has a lot to do with bonding

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          3. Sue Vincent Avatar
            Sue Vincent

            Yes, I agree.

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            Gradmama2011

            I have photos of a raccoon eating out of a cat dish with an opossum. no threat, I guess

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          5. Sue Vincent Avatar
            Sue Vincent

            We don’t have either of those here…but we could probably learn a lot from those animals.

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            Gradmama2011

            we live in a wooded area, and have all sorts of critters. I do not feed them, but they help themselves to the cat food and the cats don’t mind. Young kittens will even eat from the same dish.

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            Sue Vincent

            I am in open fields… and any small creatures stay clear of the houses, most of the time.

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            Gradmama2011

            actually the critters are nice, and the deer at gorgeous…as long as they don’t run into a car, they cause a lot of damage.

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            Sue Vincent

            I see plenty of wildlife here when we are out walking, the dog and me, and there are always kites flying overhead 🙂

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            Gradmama2011

            sounds lovely. I walk in the back in my tree garden which I have developed over the past decade. Peggy the black and white cat will accompany me usually. She loves the camera…thinks she’s a model.

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            Sue Vincent

            I have miles of fields here.. as long as we avoid the livestock 🙂

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            Gradmama2011

            this is an old lake ridge from the ice age, difficult walking the field up toward the road

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            Sue Vincent

            Mostly flat fields here… I milss the hills of the north.

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            Gradmama2011

            where are you? I am in Ohio

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            Sue Vincent

            England 🙂

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            Gradmama2011

            I have very close friends in England, and my family roots are there.

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            Sue Vincent

            I have close friends in the US too.

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            Gradmama2011

            🙂

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    2. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Boots is the COOLEST name. On that alone you deserve to be on this list 🙂 Or your son does? Hahaha.

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      1. Sue Vincent Avatar
        Sue Vincent

        We’ll blame my son for that one…
        He’s way cooler than I ever was 🙂 https://nickverron.com/

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        1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
          Millie Schmidt

          Wow what an inspiring blog sue! He sounds amazing

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            Sue Vincent

            He is 🙂 But don’t tell him I said so 😉

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    Opinionated Man

    Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
    I made a list! Finally! ☺️ -OM
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      Gradmama2011

      woot I see you are SECOND on the list….I am sooo impressed and I know Jason personally (more or less) so can bask in the reflected glory. way to go Jason!!!

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      1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
        Millie Schmidt

        Hahaha lucky you 🙂

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          Gradmama2011

          really…OM is one of my favorites…he is SO irreverent. I like that in a person. 🙂

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      Millie Schmidt

      How on Earth could you not have made a cool kid list already? Hahaha. Thanks so much for the reblog!

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        Opinionated Man

        😄😉

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  44. Nishita Tamuly Avatar
    Nishita Tamuly

    Check out Little Fears 🙂

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      Mindfump

      I second that!

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      Millie Schmidt

      Awesome! Any chance you’d be able to send me a link?

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        ambroseandelsie

        http://littlefears.co.uk/

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          LittleFears

          Thank you for posting a linky. I recognize quite a few in that list. We grow mostly on WordPress by talking, not just about ourselves, but going out and talking on other peoples blogs. Just saying ‘Great Post’ and liking alone will get you nowhere, but reading what others say and leaving genuine comments accounts for 90% of my subscribers and regular commenters .Most of the people i recognize are prolific commenters, as am I. 🙂

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          1. Milly Schmidt Avatar
            Milly Schmidt

            Thanks so much for the input! I’ll have to write a blog post soon with tips from a few bloggers on the list 🙂

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  45. Oliver Brennan Avatar
    Oliver Brennan

    Thanks for the list. I’m always looking for crime writers to follow. I’ll let you know if I find any.

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      Millie Schmidt

      Yes that would be great! I’d love to add a crime writer to the list. As I have a degree in Criminology (funnily enough) I always fancied myself to be a forensic scientist hahaha

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        Oliver Brennan

        I got one for you. http://therapsheet.blogspot.com

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        Oliver Brennan

        Mine isn’t so bad either. 😏

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  46. Amy L Sauder Avatar
    Amy L Sauder

    How cool! Now I have plenty more to follow and study. Thanks for the list!

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    1. Amy L Sauder Avatar
      Amy L Sauder

      Also, consider adding Kristen Lamb, who was 31k followers: http://authorkristenlamb.com/

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      1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
        Millie Schmidt

        Thank you so much for the wonderful suggestion! I’ve just spent the last hour making my way through Kristen’s blog! She has so many amazing and instructive blog posts on writing that I’m surprised I haven’t found her yet! Thank you! I love the last one she just posted: http://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/03/do-some-people-lack-the-talent-to-be-authors/ – this one has definitely inspired me to try harder. I’ve just added her to the list and I’m personally really happy to have a girl in the top 5 🙂

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          Amy L Sauder

          I think she is the perfect balance of personable, entertaining, and educational. She kicks butt and is great inspiration!

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  47. Felicia Denise Avatar
    Felicia Denise

    NICE post! Thanks for putting in the time to build this list! 👍

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    1. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Thank you!! I absolutely LOVE making lists!!

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  48. doctorinspe Avatar
    doctorinspe

    These blogs are going on my to-read-list!

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    1. Gradmama2011 Avatar
      Gradmama2011

      mine too….

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    2. Millie Schmidt Avatar
      Millie Schmidt

      Awesome, hope you enjoy! Most, if not all of these bloggers, have inspired me on my own blogging journey 🙂

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