I discovered on Wednesday morning that my Monday post had been ‘freshly pressed’. Cool.
‘Hey,’ I said to my wife. ‘Now everybody in the entire world will realise I’m a beer-swilling geek who does physics problems for fun.’
‘You are,’ she said ‘And so are all your friends.’
‘Only on Thursdays.’
This is me doing my ‘writing getaway’ impression on Rarotonga.
I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to look at Monday’s post – and a warm welcome to all new readers. And a very big thank you to all my regular readers. Thank you! I wouldn’t be doing any of this without all of you.
Coming up – more ‘kindness’ posts, 60-second writing tips, ‘write it now’, the A-Z of a writing life, and ‘inspirations’ – mainly photographs I’ve taken. More humour, stuff about Tolkien, music and more science geekery. I think science is pretty cool. And fun.
Who am I? I’m a New Zealander and live in the land of Tolkien movies. I was trained in fiction writing. studied the sciences. classical music (Royal Schools), switched to history, which I took past post-grad level, though I kept my science hand in with an undergrad degree in anthropology. I’ve been writing and publishing – among other things – for over 30 years, writing books mostly for Penguin or Random House. A few years ago the Royal Historical Society at University College, London, elected me a Fellow.
It’s been an interesting ride. And it ain’t over yet.
Of course this blog isn’t about me. It’s about you – my readers. I’d love to hear from you. Tell me about yourselves. What’s happening your way? And if there’s something you’d like me to post on – something scientific, historical or just plain interesting… let me know.
It’s all good. And interesting. Life’s like that.
Copyright © Matthew Wright 2013
Congratulations, Matthew! That is wonderful! Your new readers are in for such a treat. Again, congratulations.
Karen
Thank you. It was a wonderful surprise – especially this week, which has been a tough one. I always figured FP was something that happened to other bloggers!
Congrats, Matthew! Well-deserved. Now the world has discovered you. Cheers! Susan
Thank you!
So glad I started following before Freshly Pressed. To think, I knew you before you were famous. Well, a few days before, but who’s counting?
Congrats!
Hi – thank you! I very much appreciate your follow. It’s been an interesting experience, being ‘freshly pressed’ – never expected it in a million years. It’s all good.
Big congratulations! And of course you deserve it!!!!
I look forward to your upcoming content.
Thank you!
Congrats!!
Thanks. It’s been an interesting experience, being FP’d. And really good to make contact with some great people.
Whoot! This week Freshly Pressed, next you’ll be trending!
Thanks! Fingers crossed…:-)
From a geek without the beer, (prefer Vodka) I too enjoy physics. Look forward to seeing you are up to. -Best
Thank you!
Well done. Your always interesting blog deserves it.
Plus there is always the possibility of some rub-off from my site now being in the Blogroll of a Freshly Pressed site
Thanks. Yes, you never know – I get a lot of clicks on those links.
Congratulations and jubilations!
Thanks. It was one of my more flippant posts…but comedy’s fun. So’s science.
Well done, sir and long overdue!
Thank you – and many thanks, too, for your interest and support of what I’m doing online! Very much appreciated.
I am glad you were featured, I love finding interesting new blogs to connect with! Right now, I am working on my typing skills and wishing I had not cheated in typing class in high school. It would make adjusting to keeping up with 2 blogs instead of 1 sooo much easier. They are both truly labors of love, though, so I don’t mind THAT much…
Thanks. Yes, all blogs are labours of love – and a lot of labour at that, sometimes. I’ve heard of people trying to ‘monetise’ them, but I doubt it’s worth it. For me the plus side is being able to be in contact with some great people.
Amen to that
And about time too that you were freshly pressed! Well deserved. Hope it brings more people to the breath of fresh air that you are on the interwebs!
Thank you – and I’ve very much appreciated your interest in and support of what I’m doing. All the best for your own endeavours!
I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
Requires more beer (there must be a way of turning the empties into a bubble-chamber particle detector).
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed, Matthew! I missed that post of yours but I’ll check it out now
It is my pleasure to inform you that you’ve been nominated for the Very Inspirational Blogger Award!
Have a look at this page to see the rules of participation: http://momusnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/a-very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Thanks for being inspiring!
Thanm you – and much appreciated!