Now is is the end of May and the end of the Newbie Blogger Initiative. Thanks to Syp for setting all this up, thanks to all the participants of the sponsor blogs for the volume of great advice, and thanks especially to all the new folks who took the plunge and started blogs of their own!
New Blogs
- Lotro Family of Flosiin Nightsong
- Red Neckromonger
- Casual Aggro
- SWTOR from Scratch
- Elfkina vežička
- Unwavering Sentinel
- Windy Acres Ranch
- TL-DR
- Saali in Taborea
- Bad Tauren
- Musings of an Altoholic
- Neurotic Girl
- Geo’s Ironman Challenge
- Crafty’s Corner
- Scattered Thoughts
- The Poison Mushroom
- My Staff is Bigger Than Yours
- Vagabond Goes for a Walk
- EVE All Night
- Dreadblade
- Priest All The Things
- Brazokie’s Blog Space
- Warp to Zero
- Altaclysmic
- Winniekin’s Adventures / Winnie goes F2P
- Diminishing Returns
- World’s End Tavern
- Warrior Needs Time Badly
- We do it the WASD Way!
- Middle-earth Initiative
- That Was An Accident!
- Aggrolicious
- Conveniently Placed Exhaust Port
- Adamant Nomad
- Toastman’s Blog
- Ravalation
- Gaming for Introverts
- The Incidental Analyst
- Funsponge
- Bloodthorne
- AntiPlasmaFrequency
- Kemwer Game Blog
- The Adventures of Danania, Supergirl of Lorien
- Unliving a Death Knight
- Deathstomp
- MMO Juggler
- White Charr
- Not Too Heavy
- Flask Half-Empty
- Raspberry Jammed
- Click to Loot
- Kaw Kaw! Get in the Bag!
- Mistress of Illusions
- Malefic Incantations
- MMO One Night a Week
- Omens of Onterion
- The Blue Haired Geek
- TFScribbles
- Glimpses from Middle-earth
- Goetia’s Letters
- /con mmob
- Gaming Abroad
- Backseat Game Design
- Divinity’s Reach
- Big Numbers
- Trippin Tyria
- Eons and Eons Away
- Horrible Ball of Fire
- Image Heavy
- Casually Vicious
- The Frugal Gamer
- Gaming Brew
- The Roaring Silence
- MMOARprz
- Game Delver
- The Diverted Muse
- Newbie Hobbit
- Battlemastered
- thenotsonewnoob
- Auction House on Farm
- Giddeon’s Hammer
- Noob Raider
- The Altoholic
- stnylan’s musings
- The 10th Level of Gaming Hell
- commentarilies
- Inside the Magic Shop
- Beyond Tannhauser Gate
- Argus or Bust
- Lotro Cinna
- Warlockery
- Stabby McStabStab
- Healing Mains
- The Loony Bin
- Warcraft Street
- Real Adventures in Fake Worlds
- GnomeGates.com
- Hipstalotro
- The Butterfly Gamer
- The Mighty Viking Hamster
- Why I Game
- Wald’s Wanderings
- Ald Shot First
- Sephora’s Closet
- Donovan Drones
- Beyond Reproach
- The Horn & Ivory Gates
- Landroval Style
- MMO Asylum
- Renai Hunter
Sponsor Advice Posts:
- Stropp’s World: Being a blogger superstar, Just do it, The pros and cons of self-hosting
- StarShadow: Some blogging advice, Themes and widgets, Screenshots, Menus, categories and tags
- In An Age: Advice for new bloggers
- Tish Tosh Tesh: Who Am I?, Blogging is a social activity, For love or money,Thinking linking, Traditions
- Tastes Like Battle Chicken: Build your own boss, Week 2 challenge, A few words of wisdom, Week 4 challenge
- Tales of the Aggronaut: The Google Reader blogroll, Getting started, Be open-minded (unlike me)
- Wadstomp Gaming: The importance of social media, Submit a guest post, The best advertising payouts, Be sure to burn your blog to feedburner, Create your own voice
- Beau Hindman: General advice, Indie games and bloggers
- Games and Geekery: Why you should blog, Learning about blogging from perfect strangers
- Skycandy: Blogging wrong, blogging right
- Shards of Imagination: Choosing the subject of your blog
- MMO Compendium: Keeping up with the industry and bloggers
- Contains Moderate Peril: Some general guidance, Mind your language, Stats,Episode 61
- Lotro Fashion: Screenshots make your blog interesting
- High Latency Life: Finding your voice, You need a thick skin
- Scary Worlds: Mobile blogging, Creating a good title, Advice you don’t want to hear
- ETCmmo.com: General advice
- Nerdy Bookahs: Why do you want to blog?, Why haven’t you started your blog yet?
- World of Matticus: WordPress plugins, Finishing your blog setup, Making connections
- World’s End Tavern: General tips
- Parallel Context: The best advice
- Tremayne’s Law: Read Think Write Edit
- Jaded Alt: So you wanna be a blogger?, What’s in a name?, If you remember nothing else… write!
- Avatars of Steel: Curling up with a good blog
- Blog de la Burro: Why I started blogging, Some advice on blogging, Does traffic matter?, How to deal with writer’s block, What you should blog about, Are comments important?, Is it ever okay to rant?, How to get noticed
- Inventory Full: How the Bhagpuss came to be, Take a moment, Backing up your blog
- Gamerlady: Tips to start
- Just One MMOre: How to be consistent and make it painless and easy, One question high-traffic blogs ask
- Spinksville: Picture manipulation tools and copyright
- T.R. Red Skies: Quick tips, Objectivity, relating and heart
- Live Like a Nerd: WordPress plugins for bloggers
- I Have Touched the Sky: Avoid barriers to commenting on Blogger, Blogs lists and RSS
- Thade’s Hammer: Advice for the new bloggers
- Levelcapped: Tell me about yourself, None of my business
- Psychochild: What makes your blog special
- Bullet Points: The worst advice you’ll ever receive about blogging, You are your blog
- A Casual Stroll to Mordor: Learn how to podcast, Writing for the web
- Contains Moderate Peril: Episode 58, Fine-turning your blog
- A Green Mushroom: Blogging tips and hints
- Too Many Annas: Picking a name
- Grimnir’s Grudge: It feels good to be a blogger
- Gankalicious: Never tell the truth, Meeting interesting people, Who the hell reads this?
- Herding Cats: Creating a podcast on the cheap with WordPress
- Distilled Willpower: 8 blogging tips they won’t tell you
- Vicarious Experience: From there to here
- TL-DR: Protect your blog!, Tags and Categories
- Multiplaying: You should be blogging
- Blue Kae: Advice is a strong word
- Screaming Monkeys: Top five tips
- Caer Morrighan: Get started with WoW blogging
- Hawt Pants: New blogger advice
- Tiger Ears: Why I started blogging
- Berath’s Brain Burps: Sage words, How to get lots and lots of hits
- Just One More Unlock: Newbie blogger tips, Opportunity
- Hunter’s Insight: An idea is formed, What not to do
- ALT:ernative: Starting at the beginning, The first idea
- Epic Slant: Tips and links, Guest post
- MMOGC: 3 little things
- A Journey through the Mind: My 0.2 ISK
- Red Cow Rise: What and why to post, Blog setup and community building
- Epic Slant: Writer’s block
- Creeping…: So you think you can blog
- The Ancient Gaming Noob: Playing blogroll breadcrumbs
- Dragonchasers: How not to build an audience
- Welcome to Spinksville: What you should write and how to write it
- The Stories of O: Top 4 tips
- A Ding World: Blog posting
- The Wild Boar Inn: Blogging tips
- Professor Beej: Stop writing!
- Nomnom.info: 4 blogging tips
- Gamer BC: A solid foundation and a step forward
- Casual Is As Casual Does: Tips, tricks and who am I kidding
- Roll One Hundred: Managing screenshots
- Bullet Points: I refuse to call it a blogosphere
- KIASA: Good advice
- Pumping Irony: Before taking the plunge
- Life is a Mind-Bending Puzzle: Wrapping up advice all in one place
- Rikna’s Rants: The blog rings, By this keyboard I rule!, Guests and cross posts
- Sheep the Diamond: Advice from an old bull
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