You know the greatest advice is the kind you take too late. In the haste and excitement of new, not taking the time to be more methodical. I'm new. 
My name is Eli Thomson http://www.facebook.com/apoet I've been running a collaborative blog called Bleedpoetry www.bleedpoetry.com for 9 years now. I enjoy honest and informed writing that has stylistic quality, I hope to offer the steemit community the same by supporting literary artists who realize that buzz words, inspirational quotes and remember berry lists are nothing more than pagefilling click bait. My writing idol is Andy Rooney. Over the years I have invested a lot of time into my writing and very little into its polish or marketability. For money I build things, this is my passion. 
I'll be five years married this summer, we have a three year old son and plans for a sibling hopefully next year.
I look forward to this adventure and any advisement on how to make our mutual experiences together more creatively fruitful.
Much love,
Eli
Great to have you on board. As you know, I've been a fan of your writing for years and now everyone on Steemit will have a chance to share in it! Good on you.
Thank you Brian for introducing me to the format and forum. I look forward to sharing my artistic endeavors with a broader community.
Welcome to the platform, I wish everything work out for you. It’s not easy here but not difficult neither but just ask an extra effort, engagement is the key good luck I’m @goodaytraders
Thanks for the advice @gooddaytraders, still learning how large and diverse this community is. I have grown so accustom to the walls of Facebook, it is nice to find a place that values original content over the constant reposts of others work.
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Welcome to Steem @bleedpoet I have sent you a tip
Thanks @bottymcbotface. Did I just fail the Turing test or did you just pick the best handle ever?
Maybe I am half bot half human :]
Left-Right or top-bottom half? Judging by your profile pic, you would have to be human from the waist down.
Welcome to Steemit!
I see great potential here :D Checked the blog, loved it!
Happy face, beautiful family! Followed :D
Thanks Penny, I'm flattered. I really enjoy your photography and writing, great stuff.
Thank you as well! As a multi-functional artist -as I call myself haha- steemit is the place where I can show everything I like doing, photography, painting (coming up!), poetry (also coming up soon!), writing... For me, this is the real art space! :)
Welcome to Steemit! Pretty interested on what you have to offer with your writing. I really liked your idea about being honest, since genuity seems lacking these days. Best of luck! I'll keep an eye on your posts.
Thanks. I joined here to share my art. I'm not here for popularity or money, I've been out of pocket for years trying to find like minded individuals to share my work with. If I can't be honest, then what good are my words. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain when you speak truth. I enjoyed your article about Venezuela. It must be hard to be disenfranchised with the place you were born and raised. I was fortunate to be born in Canada, but I try not to take it for granted, I stay informed, vote. It is not a perfect system, but perfection is unrealistic and unobtainable, even a paper utopia is anothers dystopian horror.
Welcome to Steemit. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do! :-)
Thank you, I'm glad you found me, your photography is beautiful. My Oma and Opa migrated from Holland after the war, and I still have many relations there, many I got the chance to meet this April when I visited. It is a beautiful, vibrant country, I look forward to seeing it through your eyes.
Welcome to steemit my friend! Following hope u follow me too
Pleasure to make your acquaintance @errymil
Same here!
Welcome to steemit.
Thanks @dogfried
Hey there! Welcome to steemit!
Thanks @nickelnerds
Welcome to Steemit @bleepoet My first upvote for you.greets from germany
Danke dir. Freu mich schön zum Treffen. Entschuldigung wenn meine deutsch schlimm ist, nicht zu viel Übung.
Kein Problem ich verstehe sie..
Hello!!! welcome to this platform! you will love Steemit platform!! Its such an amazing community here, and everyone is so lovely! If you ever get hungry... dont look on my page :P hehe Alla x
You weren't kidding, that beer and cheese sandwich looks awesome, I saved it to my wall so I can come back to it.
hahaha ;P
I am new here as well...welcome to the community :)
Thanks @kitcat, I look forward to more of your beautiful photography.
Welcome to steemit! Follow me and I'll follow you back :)
Fellow carpenter, how could I refuse. Thanks @cryptohustler
Great to meet you @bleedpoet
Welcome aboard !
Thanks @gmuxx, look forward to seeing more of your 3-D renders.
Thank you
Hello! It's nice to see you here! I joined yesterday and would be glad to subscribe to you and upvote your posts! Hope you'll do the same!)
Great introduction , nice family, and welcome to steemit @bleedpoet. Here is a cool tip to get you going. You can track your upvotes and stats here on this page.
https://steemstats.com A fellow steemit user made it way back when it first started. Just open it in a separate tab while you are on steemit to see who is engaging and upvoting your content. Welcome again. Cheers! @runrudy
Thanks for the compliment and the tip. I'd tip you back to tip the hat but I've yet to figure that one out. So up voted and followed, love the VR stuff, hope to set up a nice rig for the kids when they're older.
Hi there, welcome and I hope to learn from you :D
best of luck on the platform here and give @dan-atstarlite a shoutout for resteeming your post :)
Somehow this one slipped by my responding to replies, in a case of better late then never, thank you, I hope you've enjoyed my work thus far.