The End of a Great Year

Another year has come and gone. This has been an exciting year for me as publisher of PoeWar.com. I made many changes this year, such as moving to a blogging format and adding the Fast Fiction section.

I have spent more time on the site this year than in any previous year, but still not as much time as I would have liked. I do also work a full-time technical writing job and I carry a full course load as I pursue a graduate degree in English. On top of all that, I am actively planning for my wedding next May. Suffice to say I rarely have too much time on my hands.

I hope you have enjoyed the web site this year. I am proud to say that the site received over one million page views, and that is a relatively stingy estimate from Google. My statistics package puts the number much higher, but I prefer to err on the side of caution.
So, what about next year? What would you like to see more of? Leave a comment and let me know. Here are a few possibilities:

• More writing news
• More how-to articles
• More academic articles
• More personal observations
• More of my own creative writing
• More freelance and publishing information
• More employment leads
• More exhibitions like Fast Fiction
• More book reviews
• More “Dear John” questions and answers
• More links / site reviews
• Better navigation tools
• Better search tools
• A better look / design
• A million things I have not thought of

What is important to you? Speak now or wait until next year.

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