Well, year two came and went in June, and I was so busy I forgot to stop and reflect. We regularly get 3000 hits a month. Even if I post nothing new for several days, the hits will top 150 in the intervening days, so clearly the blog is developing a reputation for solid posts, and I thank you for your support. For kicks, here’s the top 22 posts this past year ( a few pages got interspersed so it’s not 25). As you can see, my Write Tips, which are a regularly weekly feature (either Mondays or Thursdays) dominate the list. And people keep finding them long after thanks to retweerts and other boosts. Some great stuff. Leah Petersen’s Guest Post put us on Huffington Post Books for the first time, which, as you can see, really drives traffic. Thanks to her and so many others for contributing in various ways. The blog is about to hit 50k all time hits in just over 2 years, so I’m glad it’s not just me writing for the sake of writing. I’m glad it’s contributing in some way to my larger community, as that’s my goal.

Title		Views
Guest Post: Your Punctuation Personality Type by Leah Petersen		8,744
Write Tip: 10 Tips For Writing Dialogue Better		2,468
Welcome (Page)		2,286
Write Tip: 10 Tips For Writing Good Action Scenes		1,322
Home page / Archives (Page)		1,154
9 Great Urban Fantasy Series You Don’t Want To Miss		1,112
Write Tip: Why Your Book Needs A Sell Sheet & How To Make One		1,021
10 Mistakes SFF Writers Make With Research		774
The Worker Prince (The Saga Of Davi Rhii, Book 1) (Page)		768
Write Tip: 9 Tools For Character Development		738
Blog (Page)		685
Write Tip: 10 Tips For Doing A Good Interview–As Both Interviewer and Subject		680
18 Holiday Themed Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories		595
An Alternative To A Song Of Ice And Fire		567
Eleven SFF Series I Read And Was Surprised To Love		528
Write Tip: Cat Rambo’s Developmental Editing Checklist		526
Thoughts On The 99 Cent Pricing Debate		482
Write Tip: 9 Free Ways To Market Your Book		463
5 Great New Epic Series For Your Summer Reads		460
The Importance Of Reaching Beyond Female Stereotypes		426
About Me (aka The Dirt) (Page)		394
70 Most Memorable Science Fiction & Fantasy Books I’ve Read (to date)		357
Write Tip: Things Pros Wish New Authors Knew About Publishing And Don’t		354
Write Tip: How Screenplay Structure Can Help Plotting & Pace In Your Novels		294
Write Tip: How Not To Use The 9 Free Ways To Market Your Book		282
Write Tips: 8 Copyediting Tips For Writers		262
Write Tip: Thoughts On Choosing Point Of View		259

Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and editor of adult and children’s speculative fiction. His debut novel, The Worker Prince (2011) received Honorable Mention on Barnes & Noble Book Club’s Year’s Best Science Fiction Releases for 2011. A sequel The Returning followed in 2012 and The Exodus will appear in 2013, completing the space opera Saga Of Davi Rhii. His first children’s books, 102 More Hilarious Dinosaur Books For Kids (ebook only) and Abraham Lincoln: Dinosaur Hunter- Lost In A Land Of Legends (forthcoming) appeared from Delabarre Publishing in 2012.  His short stories have appeared in magazines, anthologies and online. He edited the anthology Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6 (2012) and is working on Beyond The Sun,forthcoming. He hosts #sffwrtcht (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer’s Chat) Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on Twitter and is an affiliate member of the SFWA.