Hello Friends! I recently received a note from Maria Duffy of Dublin, Ireland, inquiring about a submission. I answered Maria’s question, then I thought to myself, “Wow, people in Ireland have heard about Dream of Things!” (By the way, thank you to Vanessa O’Loughlin of the INKwell Writers’ Workshops in Ireland for mentioning Dream of Things in Inkwell News.)
Maria’s note got me curious, so I looked at Google Analytics. Turns out a lot of people around the world have heard about Dream of Things. In fact, since the Dream of Things website launched on Thanksgiving Day 2009, 5,418 visitors from 77 countries speaking 31 different languages have visited the site. I think that’s very cool! And the 665 fans of the Dream of Things Page on Facebook include folks from every continent except Antarctica. Again, pretty cool.
A few interesting tidbits…about 80% of visitors are from the United States, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom. Rounding out the top ten: Philippines, Australia, Ireland, India, Japan, Germany and Bangladesh.
Who spends the most time on the site? People from South Korea average nearly 16 minutes per visit. (I suppose it could just be a slow Internet connection.)
Who visits the most pages per visit? A visitor from Hong Kong visited 11 pages. (I didn’t even know there were that many pages on the site.)
Most surprising visitors: I had a visitor from Myanmar/Burma, which is a little surprising—until I recall that my friends, John and Julie Rember, were recently in Thailand and had to cross the border into Myanmar on a Visa technicality. There were also visitors from Nepal and Mongolia.
For a complete list of countries and visitors, see Dream of Things Visitors.
Now I’m even more curious…where are you from and how did you hear about Dream of Things?
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Hi there, I have been following you for a few months now and am planning to submit some writing to a variety of things you have planned. I am based in Ireland and Maria Duffy follows me on Twitter and vice versa. I think that’s how I discovered you; through Inkwell Writer’s Workshop in Ireland. I am currently in Toronto and will be here for the next 6 months or so. I have a lot to write about and am planning to make your anthologies a priority over the coming months. Love what you’re doing!
Hi, Maya. Thanks very much for the note. I took at look at your “sound of the night” blog and became a “follower.” I’ll look forward to reading more of your writing!
Hi – what’s happening. Where have you gone? Come back to us!
Hi Jane! Thanks for asking. Been swamped with submissions, which is good, but it’s keeping me very busy! I’ll be back with new blog posts and newsletter updates this week. Thanks for asking!
I’m so excited I’ve found your website! There was an article in the April edition of the UK Writers News magazine saying how you were looking for anthology submissions. I’ve sent my first one off already for the holiday season category and just hope that I have a chance to send more before you get swamped with submissions and decide to close any particular category. Just looking at the number of hits you’ve had on the website must tell you that you’re on to a winner. Well done!!