Today Just the Fiction Ma’am is turning two years old! Isn’t that cute!
(Actually, its real birthday was yesterday, but I was busy dealing with a crisis coffee cake situation and didn't have time to post this. Don't tell it, okay?)
To celebrate, I put together a “Best of” post. If you want
to catch up on a year’s worth of my blogs without actually reading the 104 of
them from this year, here’s a great summary. (And here's last year's roundup if you want a few more.)
Most Popular Post:
The Problem with Sexy Disney Princesses. This was the runaway winner, with almost 1,800 views, mostly
because it was posted on the Facebook and Twitter of Christians for Biblical Equality. But also because comparing Disney princesses to porn stars is interesting.
Although, in a surprise dark horse candidate rush at the last minute, A Letter To the Church From the Lonely is trying to surpass this one. We'll see...
Best Keywords That Sent Someone To My Blog:
“Why sarcasm is a sin.” Three people have searched for this, only to be directed
to Christian Satire: Is Sarcasm a Sin? To give you a sense of their great
disappointment, the first sentence of that post is “No.” Maybe they learned not
to prooftext their opinions via Google search. Or maybe I’m just being
optimistic.
Best Title:
Go Shopping, Fight Nazis. Who says Hitler and Black Friday
don’t mix? Also, I am seriously considering naming my hypothetical first
daughter Julie because of the awesome old lady in this blog post.
Most Informative:
By all rights, given the topic of this blog, it ought to be
something related to writing. But no. The winner in this category is: Bacon in World Religions, where I explain why I think Christianity is the only major
world religion that allows its adherents to eat bacon. It’s based on the final
paper for my Eastern World Religions class, so I actually did legitimate
research instead of looking stuff up on Google. That helped up the informative
quotient.
My Top Three Posts:
Based entirely on blatant favoritism, in no particular order.
Mourning Inspector Javert: In which I talk about my favorite
character from Les Miserables and why his story had such an impact on me.
Seeking a Homeland: My way of coping with change. Turns out,
our early 20s are a time of instability and insecurity. Actually, a lot of the posts I've written over the past month have been my favorites, probably because I have more time for introspection than I did while in college.
Most Controversial:
You’d think this would be the one where I talked about gay marriage. Or the one about bikinis. Most of that debate took place via
Facebook and private messages, so you can’t see it. But not everyone agrees
with me on these two. Which is fine with me.
But, really, my most controversial post was Four Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Write Letters. I had over a dozen concerned people ask me
via Facebook message and in person if I was really boycotting sending mail.
Sometimes I forget that satire doesn’t always translate over the Internet.
Most Unusual Format:
Be a Heretic Monday Starter Kit. Where I basically ask a ton
of perplexing faith questions and don’t answer any of them. Let me tell you,
that was fun.
It's been a good two years. There might be changes in store in the future. Because, as you might have noticed, almost every single post that I really enjoyed was not about writing, the ostensible subject of this blog.
Let's just say that I might have a new blog in mind. Still in the plotting...I mean, planning stages. But I'm looking forward to what comes next.
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