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I'm not new to talking, sharing ideas, or stating my opinion, especially stating my opinion! After all, I taught elementary school for 30 years! However, my audience has typically been smaller,just family, the classroom, or just talking to myself!

My blog has two goals: be an outlet for sharing thoughts on writing children's books and the path to publication (got my fingers crossed that I'll get there) and a place to chronicle my journey of losing my sight. Sometimes I imagine these two paths will overlap .


Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Write From The Soul

Oh. My. Gosh!  The blogosphere has the greatest people. I asked for your help inceasing my followers to 50 by June 4th and with 3 weeks to go, I'm at 48! [doing the happy dance by my computer, now fist pumping-so glad you can't really see me!]

Thank you new friends and long time friends (I hate calling people you already know 'old friends', especially because most of you are younger than me :-D ) I am so excited to see where I end up!

 Here are some reasons why new blogger friends are great to have:
  •  You'll have more people entering your blog giveaways (and don't forget mine goes until June 4th. Find out about it here.
  • You'll have more contests/giveaways to enter yourself and here's one from Tricia J. O'Brien and from The Alliterative Allomorph 
  • Now that you have more blogger buddies, there will be more people to find and meet in person @ the SCBWI LA Summer Conference! I'm going, are you?
  •  Something you post might actually help out another person, and as a former educator, I love that idea.
  • Since bloggers usually reciprocate by following their followers' blogs, there's a wealth of, and I do mean humungous, opportunities to enjoy the creativity, talent, and knowledge of others (and maybe borrow a few ideas? Isn't that what friends do...share?)
So keep spreading the news for me, a little tweet, maybe a sidebar mention, I'm not greedy. Anything will do! 

10 comments:

  1. You'll make it to 50 in no time! See, you're already at 49! I'm so jealous that you're going to SCBWI!

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  2. so that's the way to do it, huh? I'm trying to double my blog each week. I racked up 24 followers in my first week - I want to be at 48 by Monday the 17th, 96 by the 24th and so on...(insert shameless plug) http://absintheroad.blogspot.com/

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  3. I'm number 50 Gail! Woo Hoo, your WAY ahead of schedule!

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  4. I'd so like to go to SCBWI-LA. It's still up in the air right now. So glad to be here with you!

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  5. Yay you hit 50 followers. Congrats. :)

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  6. Alexis: Thanks for joining, I'm surprised and thrilled to be ahead of schedule.

    Elana: Oh please, please come to SCBWI-LA. You're such a character and i want to hang with you!

    Lindsay: Thanks soooo much for signing up:-)
    Marinela: what a beautiful name! Thanks for starting me to my next 50!

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  7. Gail, it's OK if you have a web cam on while you're doing that happy dance next to your computer -- it could make somebody's day! I feel like I'm crashing an all-female club by following your blog ... but I like reading your posts :-)

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  8. You're at 53 now, so huge congrats! :)

    All the best,

    Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

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  9. Hey, I see you are at 59 followers! CONGRATS Gail!

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