You write very well and that to translate to some success here.

The things that I wish people had told me when I first started are too numerous to lay out for you here but I will say that engaging with the communities that you decide to post in will help grow your blog and will yield the best quality of follower. Plus, when you are new, commenting is often more profitable than posting. Stay away from spam followers. There are people who will comment things like "great post" or "nice picture" and they will follow you but they do that to everyone and are unlikely to ever interact with your content ever again.

I went ahead and followed you because you seem interested in producing quality content (judging by this post).

Welcome and good luck.