One of the things that regularly inspires me is the information and insight that I get from blogs. (You can check out forty of my favorite writing blogs here.) So I’m always inspired when someone leaves a comment here and it has a link associated with a blog that I haven’t heard of before. It’s a little bit like cracking up a new book that you just received as a gift; you’re already excited to enter that new blog even though you’re not quite sure what it holds inside. Often, what it holds is magical but even if it’s not, the act of getting excited about a new blog is often inspiring in and of itself.
I’ve had a chance to check out a few great new blogs in the last couple of weeks simply because people left their comments here with links to them. Here are a few examples:
- Poetry4Kids - What a fun idea to create a site with poetry for children and the holidays related to children. Unique idea and a great site.
- Blogsessive - Interesting blog posts such as blogging tips from Top 100 songs. Love it!
- Candleday - Beautiful artwork that I wouldn’t otherwise have discovered.
- John Baker’s Blog - “Reflections of a working writer and reader”, something that’s always enjoyable for writers to read.
- The Last Whale - Many people joke about “saving the whales”; this blog actually does it.
- Touched by Madness - Thoughts about life and living told in an original and entertaining way.
Blogging is all about writing within a community. Links from blog comments help to build that community. Feel free to leave more here anytime!
Question of the Day: What is the best blog that you’ve come across after seeing the link on your blog comments?
[Tags] blog, comments, writing, links, resources, inspiration [/Tags]
April 17th, 2008 at 3:32 am
Hello Kathryn and thank you for listing Blogsessive here. I’m glad you enjoyed the 10 tips from 100 songs post. Seemed like a nice idea at the time, and very funny to write. It’s nice to look around and seek advice in everything around us.
@ Alex - I think it was a genius blog post. It’s definitely true that the things that are around us can provide advice for the things that we’re doing. Pointing out things like that is what my daily column here, Inspired!, is all about. -Kathryn