I’m not a statistician. I’m not a mathematician, nor even a magician.
I’m a writer, which does take more magic than math. Yet, Word Press (my blog server) sent me the stats for my most popular posts the past couple of years. I’m going to use those post headings in this tiny tale (below), and see if you can guess which was the #1 post for Roughwighting.
Sex and food seem to be the driving force to draw in a reader. I’m not so happy about this, but facts are facts, and stats are stats.
So, I’m setting aside the novel that I’ve been spending days, weeks, months on, and moving to a new set of characters. They all have big feet, particularly the main male character, and he only eats one meal a day: Spaghetti.
My character’s name is, well, I don’t know his first or last name, but his middle name is …What? What’s in the middle of his name is the clue to the plot of my new, new book.
You want another clue? Well, if you guess Cold, you’re way off, and if you guess Lukewarm, you’re getting closer. Ah, Luke can be his first name. Man can be his last name.
Did you figure it out yet? You want another clue?
Of course, Luke is HOT. But, the age-old question, and the post that got me the most viewers, is titled …. well, can you guess?
While you’re contemplating the response, perhaps you can also solve the perplexing question all writers ask: What makes a reader happy?
According to my STATS, it’s…
A Hot Man with Big Feet and a Middle Name that He’s Not So Happy About, but Spaghetti Makes His Life Worth Living.
Thanks to Google Images.
You gotta love those WordPress end-of-the year reports.
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At first I thought the reports were kinda boring, but then I looked deep into them, and realized they’re really quite educational! 🙂
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A New Year a New Book!! Luke sounds like a perfect character. Work your magic!
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Better yet, I’m going to let Luke spread his magic in my next book. So far, he’s causing a lot of havoc, which I think is a good thing…!
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I love your stat report, Pam!
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Thanks, Jill. Thought I’d have a little fun with it. I’m discovering that bloggers have a great sense of humor. Yay!
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Love the report. 🙂
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I love that you love my report. THANKS!!
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Any chance the new, new book will be ready for me to read on the plane going or coming home from Antigua? Or even just on the beach….I don’t care what the guy’s name is – I just want to read his story 😘
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Well, the publishing process is way too slow for your first vacation this year. (And it seems, the writing process is even slower.). But plan on it for NEXT February. :-0
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Now that conglomeration of top post titles serves as the perfect writing prompt for a new novel. It’s too bad reports like these only come out once per year 🙂 Best of luck with all your writing endeavors in 2016, Pamela!
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I’m not sure my ego could take more than one Word Press report a year. Plus, I don’t have that many hot male characters in my pocket. Ha Ha. But at least I’ve figured out the name for the main character in my next book! And somewhere in there, I’ll make sure that Luke is enjoying a bowl of spaghetti. 🙂 Thanks so much for your support this past year, Dave. Here’s to both of us writing up a ‘storm’ in 2016.
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LOL! Isn’t it funny what people will read? My stats were interesting also. I think the most comments I received was on my Friday Fictioneer posts because I always go to everyone else’s to visit and comment. Folks are really great about reciprocating 🙂
Congrats on a great year! I look forward to more of your stuffs.. 😉
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You hit the nail on the head, Courtney, as the old but perfect cliché goes. We bloggers are such great supporters to each other, and that’s what keeps us going.
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I wasn’t surprised by your top post (yes, sex sells . . . lol) but I was surprised on my top one. I don’t remember my stats on this blog–didn’t pay much attention because I haven’t had this one going very long–but on my old blog, my top viewed post had nothing whatsoever to do with writing. Go figure . . .
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I’m sure the tags we use make some difference in who visits a particular post – you think? Perhaps we should tag each of our posts ‘hot male’ and ‘spaghetti’ and see how the numbers grow, even on a post about, say, planting tomato plants in late spring. 🙂
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Lol . . . And maybe so not to be accused of false advertising, include an image in the post of a plate of spaghetti topped by a burning letter. 😀
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“Spaghetti Makes His Life Worth Living”—Ha, he’ll be easy to please in the kitchen then. 🙂
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I don’t know about in your household, but in mine, spaghetti keeps all my males happy in the kitchen.
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Most definitely. 🙂
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Happy New Year Pam:-) Oh I love this, soooo clever, and of course hilarious, and all the playful rhyme, poetry, running through it – brilliant! Whoever thought facts and stats could inspire such creativity! Well you’ve sure proved they can. Hugs and blessings for 2016, Harula xxx
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You always ‘get’ me, Harula. Stats made me fall asleep in the college classroom. This felt like revenge. Fun revenge, of course. 🙂 🙂
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I love what you did with your report Pam, very clever . Happy New Year and happy writing. I can’t wait to read about Luke!
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I’m starting to have a great time WRITING about Luke; my stats have inspired me. 🙂 xo
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Clever way to share your stat report!
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Always trying to be creative. 🙂
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Ha ha ha. Some stats! I’ll take Luke if you like. ❤ ❤
Happy New Year.
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Nope, Luke is all mine. 🙂 But I’ll still give you lots of good wishes for a spectacular new year!!! xo
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Ha ha. Thanks for the good wishes though. Drat. I was looking forward to an interesting year with Luke. To be fair, you found him first. 😀 -D 😀
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Not a bit surprised! Are you?
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Welll, perhaps disappointed is a better word. My best blogs to me didn’t include hot men slathered in spaghetti. But perhaps I need to change my focus. 🙂 :-0
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Looks like other people’s focus is different to yours alright (and mine, though watch out!)
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Stats are never wrong, right? Especially your stat synopsis…:) Besides spaghetti is always money..:)
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I never quite appreciated spaghetti enough. I have learned my lesson. 🙂
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heh heh! Those stats are interesting, aren’t they?
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Stats are meant to be viewed with a huge dose of humor. That’s my take on them, anyway.
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This post SIZZLED! Who doesn’t’ like a hot man and spaghetti? So now where will you go?
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Good question. I’ve checked off hot men, spaghetti, and big feet. Quite a challenge to come up with some good topics for 2016!!!!
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I love the stats report, Pam. Some lovely person (I have no idea who they were) put a link to my blog about two years ago in Wiki – ‘How To Write a Blog that’s Funny and Interesting’ and I get a lot of traffic from there. I hope I don’t disappoint 😉
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WOW – that’s wonderful! I think that ‘lovely’ person really knows his/her blogs; yours truly IS a fun and interesting one. I know I enjoy reading it every week. Fun – thanks for sharing this.
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Your stats report is disturbing. You lucky thing.
Loved the way you wrote about it. Hilarious!
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Humor gets us through the long nights of blank pages and worn-down writing fingers. Humor keeps us honest, too. THANKS for your support!
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You just can’t tell where the visitors will visit and what they will comment on……….except for the fact it will be what you least expect.
xxx Huge Hugs Pamela xxx
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And I suppose that’s one of the fun things of blogging, right David? I love being surprised (in nice ways) from comments on my blog, but I’m just as thrilled to read the comments on other great blogs, like yours. Quite entertaining!! Hope you’re feeling well, grandpa. xoxoxhugsgalorexoxox
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Love it! Great job in 2015. Here’s to 2016!
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I’m raising my glass (of sparkling water, right now) to you and toasting to our writing success in 2016.
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And to you! Clink
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I can understand why spaghetti gets a lot of viewers Pam! But fear of big feet….? You have some great titles!
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Interesting, isn’t it, what topics interest some. On the other side of big feet and spaghetti, I’m always pleasantly surprised when my random poem posts get great viewership also. We’re a complex crew, we humans….
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I have never seen such a clever beat of the year review! I laughed and laughed. All the best in 2016 and happy writing!
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I LOVE thinking of you laughing as you read my review. What a spectacular compliment. You inspire me to challenge myself, if not physically the way you do with different outdoor adventures, at least creatively in my head.
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Here’s to a great year ahead then for both of us!
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For me, it is never a mystery as to which of my posts will be the most popular: it’s always the doodle contest. Always.
In your case, your readership is made up of foot fetishists.
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Wellll, your doodles are first class masterpieces of fine drawing with a tinge of a smile in the edges and a wink of conspiracy in the background. No surprise they’re so popular, except that I love those smiles and wink winks in your writing also.
Now, I challenge you to write a post (or perhaps, better, doodle a picture) aimed toward the reader who loves to sink his/her feet in a bowl of spaghetti…..!!!
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Ew. Tell you what; I’ll draw it if you win the next doodle contest.
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NO DEAL. If I win the next doodle contest, I’ll think of something much more provocative… I promise.
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Oh, dear.
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You know when I have 1000’s of emails I deleted many without reading. This may have been better for my own state of mind, Pamela.
Hope the sexy man who has a nice torso will allow your heroine to whisper his middle name while slurping spaghetti off his taut tunmy. This works for me. Forget the feet, that was just a fluke. . . Ha ha 😀
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Wow – I think you just began a hot bodice-ripping romance novel !!!
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This is without a doubt the best and most creative post I’ve ever read that uses the WordPress end of the year stats! 🙂
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I must admit, it was really fun to find a way to ‘play’ with these stats. xo
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Too funny! I haven’t been blogging for very long, but I am noticing that sex / relationship posts do seem to generate a lot of interest. I’m missing out on the hot guy boat though…maybe I need to remedy that!
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I figure I don’t want to draw in the ‘wrong’ readers with my headings, but then again, maybe someone who thinks they’re reading about sex and instead finds a funny story about, say, spaghetti, might stick around…. even a hot guy.
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I didn’t worry about this until just recently. Then you’ll be left wondering why they were searching for hot guys eating spaghetti…but you never know 😉
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Big feet and pasta? Welcome to my world. BTW thanks for your comment. It was lovely too.
Jean-Paul
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You’re funny, and fun. Like your blog. GREAT meeting you.
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Cute post. I have to check out the link now!
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Thanks much for reading about my hot (magical) blogs. 🙂
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Nice blog and attractive information. I like your blog and your work.
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Thank you so much! Looks like you do a different kind of magic. 🙂
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Thank you- great having you visit here.
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