January Blog Chain. Theme: "Writing"

[L M Ashton]

THE LIST IS CLOSED. THANKS EVERYONE FOR JOINING IN!


Yeah, I'm adding a theme. Since, after all, this is a writer's site, I thought it would be appropriate. I'd like us to start next Sunday.

For the uninitiated, here's how it works.

1. As each person signs up (and provides me with the name of their blog and their blog URL), I put them in a list.
2. Once the list is closed, the person at the beginning starts with a post about writing.
3. As you write your entry, please remember to provide the permalink to the person's entry before you and link to the person after you.
4. When the post is up, that person posts in here to announce it's done and gives us the permalink and PMs the next person in line.
5. That next person takes some element from the first post and incorporates it into his or her own. Then s/he posts in here to announce it's done and PMs the next person in line, and so on.

As well, I'll provide a list of all the blogs and participants. Please post that list to your blog. When the chain is over, I'll provide an updated list of links which provides the permalink for each post in the chain. Using the permalink will give us better ranking in Technorati and with search engines than a link to the main page. You can either post the updated list in a new entry or update the old entry. Either way is good.

Each of us who signs up here also agrees to comment on each and every post in the blog chain within a week of that post going up.

And that's about it. Any questions, let me know.


If you prefer the beginning, middle, or end, please let me know and I'll do my best to accomodate.

So, who's in?

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Here's the list of participants. The order can be changed, so please let me know if there's a problem. Also, please check to make sure I didn't make any mistakes - like, I put the wrong URL with the wrong person, or spelling mistakes, or the like.

living my life all over again - escritora (beginning)
Spontaneous Derivation - Ava Jarvis (Beginning)
Jenn Hollowell: Working Writer - jennhollowell (beginning)
Peregrinas - L M Ashton
Techtainment - razibahmed
Anything That Pays - CatMuse33
Polenth's Quill - Polenth (middle)
wfg thinks out loud - wfg (I put you a little later so you have a good idea of what's happening before you have to jump in. )
Spittin' (out words) Like a Llama - colbymarshall1 (middle)
A Thoughtful Life - Kat Frass (middle or later)
The Speakeasy - MrsCogan
Virtual Wordsmith - wordsmyth
The Writer's Round-About - laffarsmith
Copious Notes - Slider10
Tennessee Text Wrestling - Thomma Lyn
Writings - bunnygirl
Twisted Fantasy - MRasey

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And here's the code you need to enter in your blog that shows the URLs for every participant.

<a href="http://www.auriacortes.com">living my life all over again</a>
<a href="http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/">Spontaneous Derivation</a>
<a href="http://www.jennhollowell.blogspot.com/">Jenn Hollowell: Working Writer</a>
<a href="http://lmashton.com">Peregrinas</a>
<a href="http://techblogbiz.blogspot.com/">Techtainment</a>
<a href="http://allcotmedia.blogspot.com/">Anything That Pays</a>
<a href="http://polenth.blogspot.com/">Polenth's Quill</a>
<a href="http://wfgthinksoutloud.blogspot.com">wfg thinks out loud</a> 
<a href="http://www.colbymarshall.blogspot.com/">Spittin' (out words) Like a Llama</a> 
<a href="http://theblog.frassrand.com/">A Thoughtful Life</a>
<a href="http://speakeasy1935.blogspot.com/">The Speakeasy</a>
<a href="http://virtualwordsmith.blogspot.com/">Virtual Wordsmith</a>
<a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com">The Writer's Round-About</a>
<a href="http://blog.aaroncrocco.com/">My Copious Notes Blog</a>
<a href="http://thommalyn.blogspot.com/"> Tennessee Text Wrestling</a>
<a href="http://ampfiction2.blogspot.com/">Writings</a> 
<a href="http://twistedfantasy.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Twisted Fantasy</a> 

<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/awchain" rel="tag">awchain</a>

As each of you posts your entry and posts the permalink here, I'll update this to reflect those change and I'll let you know at the end when I'm done with changing everyone.

 

[escritora]

name of blog - living my life all over again
blog url - www.auriacortes.com

i'd like the beginning

 

[Ava Jarvis]

Spontaneous Derivation

http://www.arachnejericho.com/ <-- old, don't use

http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/ <-- new one

Beginning, I think.

 

[Polenth]

Polenth's Quill
http://polenth.blogspot.com/

I'd prefer the middle.

 

[jenngreenleaf]

I'd like to be in the beginning, please:

Jenn Hollowell: Working Writer
http://www.jennhollowell.blogspot.com

(This is my first time doing this, so I'm afraid of screwing it up . . . but, since it meshes well with the theme of my blog, I couldn't pass it up! )

 

[Kat Frass]

A Thoughtful Life
http://theblog.frassrand.com/

I'd like to be middle or later, please. I'm STILL trying to get caught up from Christmas and New Years!

 

[razibahmed]

Techtainment
http://techblogbiz.blogspot.com/
I took part in 2-3 chains and I enjoyed.

 

[wfg]

Name of the blog: wfg thinks out loud

URL: http://wfgthinksoutloud.blogspot.com

I don't have a preference for position...but this is my first time doing one of these, so be kind!

 

[CatMuse33]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, I'm in. With Anything That Pays. I don't care where you put me. I'm flexible.

Thanks so much, looking forward to it!
Dawn

 

[wordsmyth]

Name of the blog: Virtual Wordsmith

URL: http://virtualwordsmith.blogspot.com

I'm in.

 

[MRasey]

Me! I like the middle.

M

 

[L M Ashton]

Yay! I have people to play with ! Yay!

So, who else is in?

 

[MrsCogan]

Sign me up!

http://speakeasy1935.blogspot.com/

put me wherever you want me.

 

[Dragonfly45]

Sign me up:

www.colbymarshall.blogspot.com

somewhere in the middle, por favor!

 

[L M Ashton]

Thanks for playing!

 

[laffarsmith]

Ok, I'm just about crazy enough for this one. No preference on location.

Blog's Name: The Writer's Round-About
URL: http://www.writersroundabout.com

 

[MrsCogan]

escritora's link is broken in the list above.

And thanks for adding me!

 

[L M Ashton]

MrsCogan, thanks - escritora's been corrected.

 

[Thomma Lyn]

Sounds like fun -- sign me up!

The name of my blog is Tennessee Text Wrestling, and the url is:

http://thommalyn.blogspot.com/

 

[bunnygirl]

Oh, what the heck. I'll let a few folks here twist my arm.

Here's my Writings blog: http://ampfiction2.blogspot.com/

I have no preference as to where I'm listed.

 

[escritora]

okay does this mean i'm first?

on edit: never mind, the answer is yes. i'll post on monday.

btw, i started a new thread on blogging. check it out: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89659

 

[L M Ashton]

escritora, that's where I have you at the moment, but if you'd really prefer not being first, you don't have to be - just let me know. If you do stay at the beginning, you can post on Sunday.

 

[escritora]

i'll go first. this is my first time participating so i don't understand all the rules. i'll write a post today. stay tuned...



on edit: oops, i'm supposed to post on sunday. will due. until then

 

[escritora]

Okay, my post is up. Go check it out! Here's the link: http://auriacortes.com/random-thought-find-your-voice-as-a-writer/

 

[L M Ashton]

...and we're off!

escritora's written an excellent post to get us started. Yay!