Though Shards of China is no longer an active blog, I thought it might be appropriate to share the annual review report from WordPress. I’d like to thank all of those of you followed me during the year and to apologize again for the demise of Shards of China (and for never really getting going with my other projects). 2013 will be different… (really). If there’s anyone still out there please keep your eyes peeled for a series of announcements coming soon about what’s happening for me in the New Year.
Here’s an excerpt:
19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 140,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
The Wanderlust Gene said:
Shame Shards fell by the wayside – especially as I wasn’t the only one who enjoyed your blog! Best wishes for 2013 π
shardsofchina said:
Thanks. It really is a shame. I very much enjoyed writing Shards but I really couldn’t have predicted how much my life was going to change (some for the better and some for worse) in the 2nd half of this year.
I did manage to finish writing my first book (publication details to come later) and have nearly finished a second… in amongst writing hundreds of thousands of words for my clients. I’m hoping to refocus my blogging efforts in 2013 but it’s going to be a very different project from Shards to reflect my very different life now.
Cheers for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic 2013 and keep on blogging. π
Nick
The Wanderlust Gene said:
Congratulations on the book (s) π
Madhu said:
Amazing stats despite the hiatus! Have missed you Nicholas. Good luck with all your plans for the future. Have a great year π
shardsofchina said:
Thanks Madhu. π I hope you and yours have a great 2013 too.
smkelly8 said:
Best wishes for 2013. Shards has been great, but life calls us to change.
shardsofchina said:
Thanks π The next blogging effort will also focus on Asia, just not China… have a great year. π
allysonyj said:
I enjoyed your Shards of China blog and look forward to your next effort – you had quite a following to walk away from!
shardsofchina said:
Cheers! Have a great new year. π