This is a great thread!
I agree with msanchez & Preacher - everything they have said is exactly what I think too. I've also been doing freesites for a year, more full time in the past 6 months or so. I started a LL way too soon when I first started, and didn't know close to enough to keep it going, so had to keep it on the back burner for a while. Once I really started learning more (mostly from here

) it only made sense to open it up again. You start to know who's who around here, who the good submitters are and other LL owners just starting out & become part of things. That's when you start to grow, get your LL started, trades etc. - once people know who you are & you can all grow together
I certainly don't know where I'm headed with this, I seem to learn some new way of doing things every day!
I can't remember where I heard this, but I've adopted it as a personal mantra - "persistence & determination are omnipotent". This has got me through a few $0 weeks lol
-oh ya and of course "build, submit, forget"
msanchez - I think it's a great idea, I've got a handful of good submitters & think we should encourage more to submit to us "starting out" guys
ok, I'll shut up now
Ponygirl