Looking Back - How I Started Blogging , 2007 Highlights, and More

I can't believe it's been a year since I first started blogging. At the very end of 2006 I was surfing the Internet for freelance writing jobs, at the time I was writing and selling articles, stories, and poetry. I came across Deborah Ng's writing website, and after visiting there for about a week I figured out that it was blog.


At the time I thought that blogs were personal diaries, not real websites. I had no idea that you could actually have your own website that others would read. I decided I had to have a blog of my own!

I could hardly figure out how to post. I had no idea what words like "archive" and "template" meant. It took me three days before I figured out how to download a picture. It was a completely foreign area to me but I was determined to figure it all out.

It took a few months but eventually I did get the hang of blogging, and now I have quite a few blogs on the go, but I'm still learning, and I'm still working on figuring out how best to add value to the blogoshpere.

This past year has gone by quickly and I already have some great blogging memories, so here's a look back at the Coffee Break Highlights of 2007:

January 2007 - Erryn Barratt, from Surrey, British Columbia wins the Cute Pet Photo Contest with this adorable picture:


January 2007 - Lisa Timpf from Everett Ontario, wins the Poetry Contest with her poem:

Other Green Worlds

Do other green worlds roam
Around some far-off sun
That men, of sorts, call home?
Do other green worlds roam
Where oceans surge and foam
And thinking has begun?
Do other green worlds roam
Around some far-off sun?

April 17, 2007 - One of my Coffee Break winners sends me a very inspiring email.



February 2007 - Lorette Luzajic wins the Love Story Contest with her amazing short story, The Fall.



February 18, 2007 - I discovered the Law of Attraction when I heard about the book, The Secret on Oprah. I can't tell you how these principles have changed my life, it's amazing.




May 3rd 2007 - The day I figured out that the higher your page rank is the better. (I thought zero was the best) - Can you believe it?







May 8th 2007 - I created my first Meme, In The Spotlight, I'm sure it annoyed many people but hopefully it entertained a few too!



August 6th 2007 - I finally reached the Top Ten Thousand at Technorati, I even went on to become an A-List blogger reaching the magical number of 500. I then got tired of 24 hour day blog promotion, lost links, and went back to being a B-Lister where I now blog in peace. (I'm not giving back the A-Lister badge though - no way).


Best of all, I've met some great friends this past year, like Judy, Mike, Ann, Tish, Mark, Polli, Markk, Misty, Jo, Daniel, BetShopBoy, Bobby, Dawn, Roger, Brown, Aaron, Andrew, Jos, Princess Haiku, Santa, Bucky, Robert, and so many, many more!!!!

Happy New Year to all of my friends and readers, thank you to everyone who comes by to visit, may all of your dreams come true in 2008!