Blog Comment Chain #8 Sign up by 28 Feb 07

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Blog Comment Chain No. 8 is going to start on 1 Mar 07. Please signup and we will start once 15 participants are onboard or on 1 Mar, whicever comes first.

This has been working really well. It is a quick process and you get to have some fun intereacting with commenters and visiting new and interesting blogs.

Following the new format, general rules for the comment chain are listed below:

Format:
The purpose of the comment chain is to introduce new readers to your blog and to get some feedback and support from other writers.
The new format - Instead of taking turns to comment on blogs, we have a set time period during which you make your way to each of the other blogs on the list and make comments.
The idea is to make a minimum of one comment on each of the blogs listed below. You can comment on any of the posts. Depending on the nature of the post you can give the blogger feedback on their writing or opinions, share your thoughts and experiences, add new ideas or debate the ideas. Witty comments are always welcome

Timing:
Registrations will be open until 15 participants (including moi) have signed up or until 28 Feb 07, whichever comes first. First in, first served!

You will have seven days to make your comments on the other blogs once the process is started during the period 1 Mar to 7 Mar 07 inclusive (PST zone).




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This means you have to commit to
commenting on up to 15 blogs during a 7 day period (2+ per day).
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Rules:


  • If you are participating in a blog writing chain on AW then you have to make a SEPARATE comment for the blog comment chain (i.e. one comment for this and another on the entry in the blog chain)
  • No excuses (except a bona fide death certificate :D)
  • When you have completed comments on all the blogs in the list please return to advise us that you have finished
  • Please try to make your comments supportive, encouraging or constructive. Witty comments are also appreciated
  • Please complete all your comments by Midnight PST on 7 February 07
  • To sign up please list your blog name and url in a reply to this thread. I will list them all below in the order they arrive
  • Anyone who is unable to complete their comments will be automatically excluded from future comment chains (or at least the ones I run LOL)
How to sign up:
To sign up please list your blog name and url in a reply to this thread.

Participants
  1. Centre for Emotional Well-Being - http://taliamana.blogspot.com [TaliaMana]
    [*]The Goat's Lunch Pail - http://thegoatslunchpail.blogspot.com [Suirattigas]
    [*]The Soup is Getting Cold - http://thesoupisgettingcold.blogspot.com [scarletpeaches]
    [*]Food History - http://www.foodpast.com [Gillian]
    [*]Ghost Stories - http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com [sthrnwriter]
    [*]Does This Mean I'm Published? - http://doesthismeanimpublished.blogspot.com [NCRomanceWriter]
    [*]Life, Writing, and Other Things - http://tjwriter.blogspot.com [tjwriter]
    [*]Nancy's Baby Names - http://www.nancy.cc [Nancy02664]
    [*]The Road Less Traveled - http://thoughtsontheroad.blogspot.com [Peggy]
    [*]Mrs. Write Right, Word Therapist - http://www.temlynwriting.com/blog [TemlynWriting]
    [*]EREC - http://www.erecsite.com/blog.html [veinglory]
    [*]Kappa no He - http://kappanohe.blogspot.com [madderblue]
    [*]Standing Rule - http://www.standingrule.blogspot.com [robeiae]
Here is a time zone converter for anyone that wants one
 
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Note to self:

8am 1st March - 8am 8th March.

(Now that I've worked out the time difference I want it down in writing so I know where I am).

Thank goodness the clocks don't change just yet; that would mean more calculations.
 

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Peggy - you're added

scarletpeaches - there is another screen where you can put in future dates and places and it will convert times according to scheduled changes in daylight savings. It's pretty cool
 

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Me me me!!

Mrs. Write Right, Word Therapist - http://www.temlynwriting.com/blog

... or just "Mrs. Write Right" for short.

Or "Mrs. Write Right: Musings of a Writing Wife."

Or "Hey You!" ;)

(I keep changing the name of my blog. I've been "Mrs. Write: Musings of a Writing Wife" for years, but that doesn't quite fit my writing style much nowadays. Now I'm "Mrs. Write Right, Word Therapist (aka Writer-Editor)."

~Julia
 

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we have room for 5 more bloggers

I think in future I'll have a shorter sign up time seeing as people seem to all sign up at once

3 more days to go...
 
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I'm looking forward to it. :)

As I've never joined in before, I'm assuming names and links will all be posted in one message before kick-off, so we know where to find everyone's blogs?
 

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Some extra suggestions during the comment chain...

You can comment on any of the posts on the blog (it doesn't have to be the most recent)
You can do all your comments in one day or take the week to go through the posts and make comments

Comment Settings
I strongly suggest that you allow everyone to make comments. If you have set your comments to only allow comments from people with a blogger account or a live journal account etc then some people may not be able to comment. [Gillian might be able to add more to this as she is the one that often strikes this obstacle]

It really helps if you allow comments from anyone and everyone. If you have comment moderation turned on then it is a good idea to check in regularly and approve comments so that the next person who visits your blog can interact with the other commenters and get a conversation going
 

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p.s can someone please write a 'bog chaining for dummies' of what one is specifically meant to do? I've read it 5 times and am still a bit perpexed because I don't know how some of the nouns in the instructions are being used :(