In which Eris claims credit that may or may not belong to her (From Bucks Free Press)

In which Eris claims credit that may or may not belong to her

8:39am Tuesday 6th October 2009

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Yes, I am going to take at least partial credit for the Bucks Free Press’ sudden interest in new bloggers. Overinflated ego? Maybe. But it’s so much fun.

Just after Edna’s wildly successful guest blog, I received an email from a member of the Bucks Free Press team, asking me to call him. So I did, only to be informed that I was breaking the Terms and Conditions of the site that I had been sent when I first started a blog. At which point, of course, I felt duty bound to point out that I had never been sent the Terms and Conditions; when I started I was told ‘ok, write what you want, we’ll check in with you in a few weeks’. I have been sent the T&C’s now (and will return them, I promise!), and slightly disagree that I was breaking the rules, as I did have the express permission of the individuals involved, blah blah, but I digress.

After Melanie, demoness & Edna’s very well-received blogs, and the idea being bandied around the site that maybe fresh blogger blood is what is needed, suddenly for the first time, as far as I can recall, the BFP are actively seeking new bloggers, encouraging people to get involved.

We have a couple of new blogs now; Ollie’s blog, which I am ridiculously excited about, as I think, judging from the comments he leaves, it will be very interesting and entertaining; Bucks Bites, which I am enjoying reading, it’s nice to have another female on here; and Dave Hampton, which I think will be very informative and hopefully inspire debate and discussion. Demoness I believe has mentioned that she is also starting a blog, which I eagerly await.

I would like to ask the BFP though, please can you ensure that Ollie, Rebecca and demoness (when she is up and running) all appear on the main Blogs page. All bloggers (even the hopelessly irregular ones such as myself) deserve equal standing on the website, and it is unfair if one blogger is far more easily accessible than others.

So yes. The Guest Blogs are no more, but the BFP appear to have taken my idea and run with it on a far grander scale. So huzzah! The aim of the Guest Blogs was for a wider variety of people blogging on the site. And this aim has been achieved. Thanks again to Melanie, demoness and Edna, you guys wrote awesome blogs.

And congratulations and welcome to the new wave of bloggers. Just what this site needed, and long may you all continue to air your views!