My Poetry blog isn’t really a blog I am looking to make money on, I am just sharing my creative writing with the world and have received lots of feedback.  I don’t heavily promote this blog as much on Entrecard as my other two sites so naturally I had lower expectations for the month of October.

These were my October Goals for Wanderer Thoughts

• <5000 IzeaRank

I managed to get my IzeaRank under 2,000 and is in the 1300’s currently which is pretty good and much better than my goals.

• 30 Unique Visits Per Day

I have attained an average of  81 visits per day and 1755 Unique Visitors for the Month.

• 10 Backlinks

I actually managed to get 30 backlinks to me in the month of October, but this is mostly due to the fact that I participate in the WOOF contest and many people repost the winners and submitters, so I get 3-5 backlinks per week just from participating in this writing contest.

I don’t put my poetry blog on PayU2Blog, PayPerPost or any of the sites, I would take advertisers who want to sponsor literature, writing or some like theme, but this blog isn’t really a for profit blog.  I have two other blogs for that, this blog is more of a creative outlet.

Here are my blog goals for November

• 50 Unique Visitors Per Day
• 4000 Unique Visitors Total
• <1500 Real Rank
• 15 Back Links

Thank you for reading my writing and works.

-Dragon Blogger

Congratulations to the WOOF Contest winners for October 24th 2008.  One of the stories “Is that a Dragon” was in my top pick and it made the winning list this week.  Look forward to next weeks submissions.

WOOF Contest – Top 5 Picks:

Poetry

Romeo - “The Natural World” - A short poem about nature and its beauty.

Jennifer M Scott - “Seeking Sun” - An avant garde poem about fall.

About Words / Writing

Kimota (Jonathan Crossfield) - “Time, Productivity and the Writer” - A look at how writing isn’t necessarily as quick to produce as many outsiders believe. Taking three hours to produce 100 words might seem odd, but is perfectly legitimate to produce quality copy.

Fiction

Ferox - “Is that a Dragon?” - Things must be observed to exist. Otherwise, they can be anything.

~willow~ - “it’s all a matter of perspective…” - …where a young girl knocks a new perspective into an otherwise downcast boy on a bright autumn day…

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Suspense “Intervention”

Other WOOF Contestants for 10/24/08

Poetry

Chungyen Chang - “last night” - Memories from a survivor.

Mary Graziano - “Our Little Game” - My post is about child abuse that I went through growing up.

Penelope Anne Bartotto - “Equality” - An Acrostic poem on equality in the world today.

Dragon Blogger - “Cherish” - Appreciate the ones you love.

Dragon Blogger - “Breaking the Mold” - About a woman so perfect.

Dragon Blogger - “The Fork” - Playful poem about a simple dining fork.

Dragon Blogger - “The Chef - Part 1” - Poem written for my wife while she was in Culinary School.

exquisite corpse - “Halloween Magick” - A collabrative poem about Halloween.

About Words / Writing

Amritbir Kaur - “Brevity is the Soul of Wit” - This post is about the origin of the phrase ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’, the change in its meaning over the years and its implication. Read and enjoy!

Writing Nag - “Why I’ll Continue to Journal” - How journaling can benefit your daily writing habit. Includes a “found” poem on journaling.

Non-Fiction /Philosophy / Essay

Harneet Singh - “Have We Changed?” - We, as human beings are losing our humane qualities and moving backwards to being animals again. Let us analyse the situation a bit.

Justin Germino - “Why Does Life Have To Be So Hard” - Thoughts, Insights and Belief in Friendship.

Jennifer M Scott - “Edge of Equality” - A 100 word essay written for the 100 word challenge about equality and the need for war

One of my favorite poems that I wrote for my wife a few years ago won the WOOF top 5 this week.  Everyone’s work is incredible and I love participating in this contest every week.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks:

Fiction

Jenn - “In the Morning Light (Part Two)” - The conclusion of a two-part short story about a man who has lived a life of regret. The first installment is found here.

About Writing

Writing Nag - “Collage to Inspire, Reduce Anxiety and Have Fun” - Facing the blank page can be overwhelming. How to use another artistic outlet to prompt your daily writing.

Ferox - “Vindictive Poetry” - Writing a poem for the wrong reasons sometimes earns you a reward.

Poetry

Dragon Blogger - “In This Age” - Poem I wrote for my wife years ago.

Jennifer M Scott - “Mrs Butterworth” - A poem about Mrs Butterworth.

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Thriller “Dead Play”

Other WOOF Contestants for 10/10/08

Poetry

Dragon Blogger - “A Baby’s Power” - Wrote this Poem after the birth of my first son.

Dragon Blogger - “Your Soul Belongs To Me” - Poem inspired by the Sting Song “The Soul Cages”.

Dragon Blogger - “The Angels Sleep in My Heart” - Poem I wrote after seeing my wife and baby sleeping in bed one afternoon.

Dragon Blogger - “The Wind and Us” - Love is above all material issues, this poem is inspired by hope and was written when I was dealing lots of financial issues that strained my relationship.

Jennifer M Scott - “Victoria” - A personalized poem using the name “Victoria”.

dragon blogger - “Robbery Gone Bad” - A poem about a robbery gone bad.

Non-Fiction

Mike Fried - “Calling Joe The Plumber! Calling Joe The Plumber!” - A realistic view of the media infatuation of Joe The Plumber.

Wanderer Thoughts is listed on the BlogNet Awards and nominated for the Best Poetry Blog Category.  Support Dragon Blogger and his poetry.  If you enjoy my poetry and you enjoy my site, go ahead and cast your vote.  Or if you haven’t voted for any blog, cast your vote for your favorite blogs.

Vote Wanderer Thoughts as Best Poetry Blog

-Dragon Blogger

I enjoyed reading all of the poetry and stories from this contest and encourage my readers to participate whenever possible.  Here are the winner’s for this week and total submissions beneath.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks:

About Writing
Lisa Alber - “What I Will NOT Do in the Next Few Days” - How I met an anthology deadline in under four days.

Poetry
Chungyen Chang - “when birds breathe” - Visual verse on flight and despair. Please read from the bottom-up.
Robert Bourne - “The Middle years and My Paradoxical Soul” - An inner reflective poem,

Fiction/Prose/Artistry/Monologue
Puneet Kaur - “Standing still…” - The post is a simple painting that has many colours, many shades… time, music, ecstasy, hope…. life in general…. the course that life would take….. and much more!!
Jennifer M Scott - “495 to Baltimore” - Two monologues about illicit love.

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Thriller “Dead Play”

Other WOOF Contestants for 10/10/08

Poetry
Romeo - “Lost in Dreams” - A Short poem about the love of my life.
Kelly D. Tolman - “When Change Ripples Like Algae” - An original poem.
Dragon Blogger - “Essence Of Love” - Love Poem
Dragon Blogger - “With a Touch and a Kiss” - Love Poem written for my wife years ago.
Dragon Blogger - “Roads of Life” - A Poem about making decisions and sometimes you make painful or wrong decisions.
Sanjay Chhabria - “The Eternal Depression” - A poetry conveying extremely sad and intense feelings undergone. This can be very touchy, if it’s read in the right way.
Penelope Anne Bartotto - “Penelope” - Penelope’s lament to Ulysses on his constant travel.
Dragon Blogger - “Your Suicide” - Poem about someone who contemplates suicide and decides to make the horrid choice.
Dragon Blogger - “Passion Between The Sheets” - Poem about bedroom passion, ’nuff said.
exquisite corpse - “Autumn Mystic” - Collaborative poem about fall.
Jennifer M Scott - “Insomnia” - A poem about not being able to sleep.
Dragon Blogger - “Revenge For Hire” - Poem about a Hired Gun.

Non-Fiction/Editorial
Mike Fried - “ Holy Smokes!!!!!!!!” - A Rant on my two favorite topics of the day.

Fiction/Prose/Artistry/Monologue
Penelope Anne Bartotto - “On Being a Mother “ - Mother’s response to seeing her son kissing a girl.

-Dragon Blogger

I posted a guest blog on my friends website “Dragonfly Poems” I wrote this poem specifically for it to be guest hosted somewhere else.  This poem is written about a Robbery Gone Bad, I am interested to know what my readers think of it.

So go ahead and head over to Dragonfly poems and read Robbery Gone Bad, and let me know what you think.

-Dragon Blogger aka.  Justin Germino

Wanderer Thoughts had several submissions this week but did not win a slot.  I enjoyed submitting and reading the others submissions.  I encourage anybody who runs a writing, literature or poetry blog to enter the weekly WOOF Contests.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks:

Fiction/Short Story/Serial Fiction/One Act Play

Romeo - “A Boy of Doubt” - A short story about a boy trying to come to terms with himself, and love.

Jennifer M Scott - “Goodbye Baby” - A young woman tells her boyfriend she is pregnant, is he happy?

Henry Petrie - “Social Networking” - A second-person account of killing time by trying to meet people over social networking sites.

Poetry

Penelope Anne Bartotto - “The Moral” - 100 words in haiku format on good versus evil.

Sanjay Chhabria - “Let me Love” - Ever fell in love; had a crush or engaged in any kind of infatuation… If yes, then this is a must read.

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Thriller “Dead Play”

Other WOOF Contestants for 10/03/08

Fiction/Short Story/Serial Fiction/One Act Play

Penelope Anne Bartotto - “Where Have All the Children Gone?” - Short Story, Part I in which an entire town’s children disappear.

Jennifer M Scott - “Firefly Chapter 21” - The last chapter of Firefly.

Jennifer M Scott - “Legolas’ Destiny” - A story about Legolas, a character from the Lord of the Rings.

Poetry

Dragon Blogger - “Excaliber I am Not the One” - Poem I wrote while thinking about how the other knights felt when trying to pull excaliber from the stone.

Dragon Blogger - “Connect the Heart” - Poem I wrote for my wife several years ago.

Dragon Blogger - “Sets me in Motion” - Love Poem.

Jennifer M Scott - “September” - A poem about September.

Jennifer M Scott - “Sweet Infringence” - First line: wild flowers grow through the garbage/ a blue splashed sky sinks into a black ground.

Jennifer M Scott - “Bejeweled Leaves” - Abstract poem of fall.
Dragon Blogger - “Two Lovers in a Tree” - Another Love Poem by Dragon Blogger.

-Dragon Blogger

You know there are many creative artists out there, and yes I think people who write poetry or any other writing are literary artists.  The poem is our oil painting on a canvas of digital medium.  I want to point out one poetry site in particular that inspired me to turn my poems into my own poetry blog.  This site is Dragonfly Poems, and they have a beautiful poem called “September” which I nominated for in the latest W.O.O.F. Contest.

Thank you for inspiring me to put my works into an online blog, I had written hundreds of writings, never showing them to anyone but my family of course, and I have decided to share them with the world.  (Not that I think that they are that good, but I just like sharing and getting peoples opinions).

I love reading other people’s poetry as well, and sometimes reading something else inspires me.  You never know what can strike inspiration, sometimes I write a poem about nothing, but most of my poetry has emotional inspiration.

This post is turned into a Social Spark Opportunity, I would be happy to check out and read some other poetry blogs out there if you would do the same for me, review one of my poems that you like, or dislike and write a post about it, I will review a like poem on your site and blog about it here.

Thank you my friends.

-Dragon Blogger

Here are my blog goals for Wanderer Thoughts this month, this blog is rapidly becoming my 2nd most popular blog behind Dragon Blogger, primarily because many people love poetry and literature, and I am able to create so many posts so quickly.

• <5000 IzeaRank
• 30 Unique Visits Per Day
• 10 Backlinks

This blog isn’t primarily used to post paid content, but may occasionally as supplemental just to divide some paid content around to keep Dragon Blogger under 10% paid content.

Stay Tuned, I publish a minimum of one new poem every day, and will have additional short stories with the occasional post about blog stats and myself.