sakura_16_16
Thanks so much for your comments! This is all very helpful and I'll work on the things you pointed out!
I cited the photo source at the bottom of each post, I'm not really sure if there's a better way to go about that to be honest haha
I'm writing primarily for myself, but obviously having readers would be nice as well, the goal isn't necessarily driven by being marketable but i do understand/ wouldn't mind if that's where this went.
I liked the description of a "slice of life" blog, seems fitting as it's really whatever hits me as important or inspires some sort of writing. I'll work on having a more solid theme as the blog grows!
Are you sure about the 10k? I really don't mind!
wink 200% sure.
hmm... okay, knowing where to look, i see the photo credits. ...again, there is something streamlined and clean about the way you've set up the blog and i don't want to alter too much about it, but the reason why folks may not see the photo credit is because it's at the bottom of a post, right above an advertisement. it "blends in", you could say. even if a reader gets down to the end of the post, have you noticed that you tend not to see the text nearest an ad? especially when the text is a highlighted "
press me" or something or another? the only places i might relocate credits at that point may be a single, separate "credits" page (like an "about me" page), a link as you've got it but at the very beginning of the post (under tags, before the prose), or the link as text on the image itself. my personal vote is with the second, as it seems least intrusive.
haha- well, if the blog is more for pleasure than profit, you don't necessarily need a "theme", but a theme will make any blog extremely cohesive. i'm of the opinion that there are two types of marketable blogs: the content blog and the blogger's blog. either the blogger's content is the focus (wherein you have a theme- like cakewrecks, cat GIFs, or politics)... or the blogger him-/herself is the focus (the "slice of life" journal, where the blogger is an interesting person whose life we want to learn more about). i've read the latter in the form of bloggers learning to overcome some life obstacle or another (e.g.: being single, being depressed/ill, being ____ and misunderstood by the world, etc.), which could also be read as a theme, although the blogger is given greater leeway to diverge from the "theme", in this case.
if you like "slice of life", i'd suggest going the personal/personable route. use specific anecdotes from your daily life to drive home a point. they will sure engage the reader's interest.
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