"I was told that there was not a link by an administrator, and said I would re-post. There is not a function for me to delete the first post."
Apparently, it's not sufficient to pimp your blog by posting a link to it in the body of the thread. For full pimpage, the blog must be pimped right from the get-go, no matter how redundant and confusing that renders the forum.
If it were me, I'd proffer a simpler solution -