Absolute Write Blogchain No. 9

asorum · Jun 1, 2007

Williebee said:
Hi Gang-

Apologies for missing the question.

I'll use williebee.blogspot.com for the chain.

ifoundaknife is an ongoing, online novella. (shameless plug intended)

It's fixed...

valeenc · Jun 2, 2007

Well, hopefully I haven't screwed this up. Who knows? :Shrug:

The permalink to my blog entry is: http://virginialeenc.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#4663837493329407043

I take instructions well, so if it's messed up but fixable I'll do my best.

Meanwhile, I had fun.

Have at it, y'all.

Cath · Jun 2, 2007

Nice post, valeenc. I'll try to get something up today.

asorum · Jun 2, 2007

HTML Code for Blog Pages

Here is the code you can use for your blog...

Code:

<a href="http://virginialeenc.blogspot.com/">Virginia Lee: I Ain't Dead Yet!</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.cathsmith.com/">[email protected] </a><br />
<a href="http://www.andreapeck.blogspot.com/">hunt & peck</a><br />
<a href="http://tjwriter.blogspot.com/">Life, Writing, and Other Things</a><br />
<a href="http://www.periodically.org/">periodically.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.foodpast.com/">Food History</a><br />
<a href="http://www.harboradvice.com/blogger.html"> A View From the Waterfront</a><br />
<a href="http://chaostitan.blogspot.com/">Organized Chaos</a><br />
<a href="http://williebee.blogspot.com/">Willibee</a><br />
<a href="http://thoughtsontheroad.blogspot.com/">The Road Less Traveled</a><br />
<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/awchain" rel="tag">awchain</a>

Cath · Jun 2, 2007

OK, mine's up here: http://www.cathsmith.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/02/on-courage/

And I've PM'd Andrea.

valeenc · Jun 2, 2007

Going to read it in a moment, Cath.

I've added the Blogchain Gang #9 to my left sidebar and edited (again!) to add it to my post. Thanks to asorum for giving us the tags.

*curtsy*

Williebee · Jun 2, 2007

Well said, Cath.

Courage or Crazy... sometimes, staring at the screen, or sitting "off to the side" while a stranger reads what came from all those hours of staring at the screen? It seems like a coin toss.

Peggy · Jun 2, 2007

Nice post Cath.

Any chance you might open up comments to non-Wordpress users?

valeenc · Jun 3, 2007

We do have courage. Writing IS scary. On stage you get immediate feedback. With writing you are never quite sure what most readers think. It is so much easier for me to get on a stage than to hit that publish button on my blog or to send off my work to editors. So Cath's message about writers being courageous is spot on. And yeah, we're likely all a bit nutty too. I know I am!

Cath · Jun 3, 2007

Peggy said:
Nice post Cath.

Any chance you might open up comments to non-Wordpress users?

Oh shoot - let me take a look. I hadn't realised they weren't.

**does some fiddly stuff**

Ok, should be working now.

asorum · Jun 3, 2007

Cath said:
Oh shoot - let me take a look. I hadn't realised they weren't.

**does some fiddly stuff**

Ok, should be working now.

I was able to comment. Great post and good thread. We're off to a good start!

Peggy · Jun 3, 2007

Thanks for opening up the comments!

Cath · Jun 4, 2007

I've sent an email to Andrea, I see she hasn't been on the forum for a few days.

andrea mara · Jun 6, 2007

It seems that I am pushing buttons, but none of my posts are showing...I'm hoping there is just a long lag-time.

Just in case my last reply doesn't show up - I posted on my blog, following cath and emailed tjwriter.

andrea mara · Jun 6, 2007

Yeah! It worked! Cath, your blog was really great. A hard act to follow!
andrea

valeenc · Jun 6, 2007

Andrea, is there a permalink for your post?

andrea mara · Jun 6, 2007

Is this what you mean by permalink? Sorry, I'm new to this...

http://andreapeck.blogspot.com/2007/06/comfort-zone.html

valeenc · Jun 6, 2007

Yup. No need to be sorry, btw. asorum had to hold my hand through the process and even so, Cath had to help me even more.

ETA: Did you send TJ a PM saying you'd posted? I totally didn't PM Cath but she figured it out anyway. I was sooooo embarrassed!

andrea mara · Jun 6, 2007

You are so nice! Having a tough time today - my son wants to go outside and is frustrated with me! (He's 16 months, so he doesn't understand blogging!) Thanks for the help. Yes, I believe I did send TJ a PM, if that is the same as emailing her? (I clicked on her name on the left side of her post (for example, yours would be valeenc and it gave me the option to email).

Thanks again for being so understanding! It is much appreciated on this end!
andrea

Cath · Jun 6, 2007

valeenc said:
I was sooooo embarrassed!

No, no, no. Everyone has to learn sometime!

Honestly, no one expects folk to pick everything up the first time out. You did great.

tjwriter · Jun 6, 2007

I got the email, which is not quite the same as a PM, but since I get PM Notifications in email, I figure they all work out the same way in the end.

Now I'm just thinking about something to write about.

andrea mara · Jun 6, 2007

Whew! Thanks TJWriter!

tjwriter · Jun 7, 2007

Blogged my entry, Brave New Adventures.

Permalink: http://tjwriter.blogspot.com/2007/06/brave-new-adventures.html

Up next is NiteOwl.

Niteowl · Jun 7, 2007

I'm on it like Tom Swift on a often used and poorly executed adverb!

Niteowl · Jun 7, 2007

All done, thanks for the material tjwriter

Here's the permalink. Next up is Food Past.

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