Here is a complete list of the approximately 110 writers and bloggers participating in the 2010 WordCount Blogathon:
- Rebecca I. Allen – 356 No More, A journey from couch to fit
- Andi, Misadventures with Andi, Merry musings of a feisty foodie slash lit-chickie slash globe-trotting wannabe Frenchie!
- Anjuli – bhulbhulaiyan, a complicated entanglement of zigzag pathways
- Christa Avampato – Christa in New York, Curating a Creative Life
- Joan Lambert Bailey – PopcornHomestead, Gardening, place and my life in Tokyo
- Karen Bannan – Natural as Possible Mom, Because natural isn’t always possible — or easy
- Linda Barnby, TheNEA.org, Taking Entrepreneurs from Where They Are to Where they Want to Be
- t.a. barnhart – Left Coast Foodie, Damn, that’s good: a foodie blog by someone who knows what he’s doing
- June Bell – Enough is enough! Advice and support
- Teresa Bitler – Forty Firsts, A Midlife Crisis in the Making
- Athena l. Borozon – Altar Valley Daily Orb, The Desert Rat Dialogues
- Jane Boursaw* – Film Gecko, Cool movie news and reviews
- Alisa Bowman – Project Happily Ever After, Marriage advice from a recovering divorce daydreamer
- Carson Brackney – Carson Brackney, Consultant, Copywriter, Content Provider, Factotum
- Ben Bradley, Ben’s (Not Quite) First Ever Presence on the Interweb, Blog of an aspiring human being
- Sheena Brockington – Greenhouse Advertising, Cultivating ideas for small businesses
- Danielle Buffardi* – Horrible Sanity, Going into the mind of a mother and freelancer
- Beverly Burmeier – Going on Adventures, Travel stories from near and far
- Diane Calhoun – Violet is My Color, Life just happens, deal with it
- Danielle Carter – Live and Love Life VA, Helping you do more of what you love, and less of what you don’t!
- Fiona Chan – Candy Prison, A typical teenager
- Joy Choquette – One Year. 156 Fears. Life Changing. One woman tackles her fears
- Bernard Chung – Green Tea World, It’s more than just a cup of green tea here
- Caroline Clemmons – A Writer’s Life, Writing tips, interviews and miscellaneous ramblings
- Shelley Clunie – ShelCluzo’s Blog, Healthy, wealthy and wise at 62
- Cocotte – Leaping into Life, Uncommon stories to nurture body, mind & soul
- Christianne Cook – A Day in My Mind, The world through my eyes
- Sue Dickman – Life Divided, Food, garden, books . . . and India
- Jackie Dishner – Bike with Jackie, Using my special brand of BIKE to teach you how to turn obstacles into opportunities
- Tracy Doerr – Tracy Doerr, A chronicle of ideas and things that inspire me
- Ron S. Doyle* – Blog Salad, All the blog that’s fit to eat
- Dana DuGan – Chick with a View, It’s good to live on the edge. The view is better.
- Dan Eldridge – Labor Party, A Young Pioneers Media blog for Creative and Alternative Entrepreneurs
- Cindy Elsberry – Doodle9, Paddling down the stream…of consciousness
- Heather Faesy – Blame it on the Full Moon, My kids, writing and reading
- R. Jill Fink – My Opera, Musings about writing, food, weight loss and other hilarious things
- Jennifer Fink – Blogging Bout Boys, All about boys — raising them, educating them, learning with them
- Damaris Fish – Damaris Fish on Genealogy, Researching my family history and helping others with theirs
- Dylan Fogle – Discordianzen, The map is not the territory
- Katie Foote – Littlefoote’s Lab, A chronicle of what the unemployed girl in NoPo is up to.
- Barb Freda – Babette Feasts, Feast with Me (Food, Wine, Travel and Photos)
- Heather Frendo – Thrifty Knee Socks
- Andrea Genevieve – Andrea Genevieve, Where social medium, technology and higher education meet
- Janet Goldstein – Janet’s Publishing & Strategy Blog, Tips, insight, and inspiration for launching books and ideas
- Alexandra Grabbe – Chezsven’s Blog, Life as a green innkeeper on Outer Cape Cod
- Elyse Grau – My Garden to Table, Growing what you eat, eating what you grow
- Wendy Korn Heppt – Budget Style on a Shoestring, Budget savvy fashion, beauty and related news and ideas
- Katie Hinderer – Write Beyond the Cubicle, A freelance writer’s thoughts on the industry
- Amanda Hirsch – Tastee Pudding, In the search for creative life, the proof is in the Pudding
- Lisa Jaffe Hubbell – Eat, Read and Be Harried, Making it through life one book at a time
- Nancy Mann Jackson – Growing Food and Kids, Gardening, harvesting, cooking and preserving with kids in tow
- Robert Janelle – Without an Apostrophe, Ottawa freelance tech journalist
- Elizabeth King Humphrey – The Write Elizabeth, Writing. Creativity. Play. Life.
- Walter L. Johnson II – Georgia News Beat, An inside look at what’s happening in the state of Georgia
- B.J. Keeton – Professor Beej, Pop culture commentary with an academic slant
- Joey Khuvutlu – Sh*t I Find Worth Sharing
- Amy Kocur – AmyLizK, Maryland/ DC Metro area arts and analysis
- Courtney Koschel – Finding My Muse: A New Writer’s Journey,
- Sara Lancaster – No.2PenBlog, Resource for my clients and others interested in marketing communications
- Bill Lascher – Lascher at Large, A contemplative, pondered and unrushed thought banquet.
- Mary Dixon Lebeau – In the Boom Boom Room, Remember staying out until the street lights came on?
- Pooja Lohana – Brown-eyed Mystic, On writing and more!
- Sarah E. Ludwig – Parenting by Trial and Error, The learning curve in raising kids
- Jenny Lynes – Welcome to the Good Life, A student environmentalist exploring responsible, cheap, and fun living
- Su-sieee! Mac – This and That. Here and There. Now, Sometimes Then., Rambling about anything and everything that interests me
- Harry Marks – Curious Rat, Chewing at the tech industry’s wires…nom nom nom…
- Joanne Mason – English Idioms, What they mean, how we use them, where they came from
- Kim McNeill – Kim’s Play Place, An active parent trying to make sure my kids are educated
- Teresa Mears – MiamiOntheCheap, Discounts, deals and free events in Miami
- Rose Medlock – RFM, Rose Flores Medlock
- Melanie – 365 days: A different thing everyday in 2010
- Heather Minton – Stumbling into Grace, The adventure of following God and figuring it out in Portland
- Kathy Murray – Out and Employed, News, career advice and job resources for ex-offenders
- Alexis Neely – Life, Business and the Pursuit of Truth, A blog about the intersection
- Charles Newbery – Pine Tree Paradise, The life of a work-at-home writer and father of three
- Andrew Nielsen – A Green Mushroom, My take on the world of gaming
- Eric Novinson – Costing a Green Future, A green business blog
- Tracy O’Connor – I Hate My Message Board, Humor, crankiness, a museum of snack foods and the odd motivational piece
- Andrea Parker – Autism Fundraising Guide, For parents of children with autism
- Lilac Penafiel – What Have You Learned Today, Life lessons learned everyday…
- Tara Phillips – Two Hands and a Road Map
- Jennie Phipps – WalletPop, AOL’s personal finance blog
- Ed Pilolla – Ed Pilolla, What the f*** is love?
- Sue Poremba – I Breathe, Therefore I Write
- Michelle Rafter, WordCount, Freelancing in the digital age
- Rah – The Daily Panda, A panda that goes to law school learns things
- Kate Reilly – Polka Dot Suitcase, Family fun through creative living
- Meredith Resnick – The Writer’s [Inner] Journey, Bestselling authors, professional creatives and emerging voices in quirky dialogue about how they write and why it works
- Vanessa Richardson – Way Out West Texas, City girl from California moves to Way Out West Texas, what will happen?
- Rebecca Robinson – Rebecca Robinson, Updates on freelance projects, reflections on journalism innovation in Portland and beyond, and brainstorms from the wee hours
- Carey Rossi – Thank You Everything, Appreciate the little things
- Natasha Rogue – The Writing Blues, Little tips on how I find motivation to get past the difficulties of writing life and the road to publication
- Joe Romano – Blogging Perspectives Daily, Blogging News Tips and Views
- Andrea M. Rotondo – Luxury Cruise Bible, Your source for unbiased luxury cruise reviews
- Melissa Sais – Digital Mom, Raising kids in a digital world
- Lisa Samalonis – Single Parent Savings
- Sami – Stonerpreneur, Stoner antics as they relate to my business and personal growth
- Ovetta Sampson – Musings of a Writing Princess, A Look Inside the Mind of a Professional Griot
- Dina Santorelli – Making Baby Grand, And I thought giving birth to real babies was hard…
- Lacey Savage – Tips and WIPS, Talking about writing fiction
- Lilian Schaer – Food and Farming Canada, A blog about the farming side of food
- Kristie Sloan – mkBeautyZone, Skin care and makeup information training and products
- Matthew Smith – Smidgen PC, Big news about tiny PCs
- Michelle Smith – Law Office of Michelle R. Smith, Because it’s your life, your family and your choice
- Stephanie Suesan Smith – Stephanie Suesan Smith PhD, Information Central
- Christa Sofinowski – Life Being Short, You Should Be Interesting, Documenting my quarterlife crisis
- Claire Splan – Alameda Garden, Gardening issues in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond
- Margarita Tartakovsky – Self-ish, {Sorta} Sage Advice on Being a Better You
- Thinkingtoohard – Thinking too hard, This is where I empty my head
- Blake Thompson – Black Thompson daht Net, “I’m just saying…”
- Jodi Torpey – Western Gardeners, Your online guide to gardening in the West
- Paul Tullis – Grim Tidings- True/Slant, My rants about politics & policy
- Jan Udlock – Imperfect Mom
- Brandi-Ann Uyemura – Brandi-Ann Uyemura, Rather be freelancing: tips for the beginning writer
- Beth VanHoose – Writing in Sand, My adventures in freelance writing, and other stuff
- Rachel Vidoni – East Coast Musings, A humorous look at kids, family and life
- Jen Walker – My Morning Chocolate, Writing, experiments, culture and adventure in food
- Katie Jett Walls – One per Week, 52 posts on things that matter to me
- Sarah Webb – Webb of Science, Connecting science and life
- Rebecca Weber – Newstilt SAfrica, Dispatches from South Africa
- Susan Weiner – Investment Writing, For investment and wealth managers who want to communicate more effectively with clients and prospects
- Rashida Williams – Really Rashida, Urban lit author blogging about my life and times
- Jennifer Willis – Jennifer Willis, Thoughts on religion, sustainability, media and culture
* These awesome participants are also WordCount Blogathon 2010 sponsors.
You don’t have the link right for 356 No More — it goes to the word press login site.
Thought you might like to know!
Lisa
Lisa, the owner of 356 No More has the site password protected right now; I expect that she’ll uncloak it soon.
Michelle
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I didn’t see our blog on there. I regsitered last night so it just might not be on the list yet. I am a bit worried that I registered too late though since it was May 2nd. Our blog is melandken.blogspot.com “A different thing every day”.
Melanie: I got your registration earlier today, but am just now updating the list. Had other (paid) deadlines to take care of today first.
Michelle
I’m a few days late into the game, but figured I’d join in anyway!
The more the merrier. You won’t be eligible for the giveaways at the end of the month, but that’s secondary to the discipline and fun of blogging along with the crowd. Welcome.
Michelle
I jumped in late, too, but glad to be here. The results will be my reward. Now, time to go look for some images for tomorrow’s post.
j
Glad to have you on board, your blog looks great, lots of good tips.
Michelle
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Though I enjoy discovering the work of new writers, I have grave misgivings about this event. More writing is not better writing. It’s also no indication of discipline to develop a habit of textual defecation just to prove you can be “regular”. There’s a reason why pulp fiction is not regarded as highly as literature.
I’ve written 108 posts since Jan. 8th, and I sweated hard over the majority of them. Sometimes it takes more than a day. At least as far as good writing goes, there’s never a point in publishing something that isn’t finished. Of course if you are writing gossip, news trivia, market updates or selling products that serves a different purpose and doesn’t take as long.
Thanks for your take on the blogathon. Obviously it’s not for everyone or even more writers would have signed up. And you’re right, if you’re blogging just to put up any old thing then you’re defeating the purpose. But if you looked at the Blogathon by the numbers post I did earlier this week, you’d see people have varying motivations for participating. Some are starting a new blog, some are going back to one they started but hadn’t kept up, some are blogging for pay various places and the more they post the more traffic they attract and money they potentially make – and I’m not talking about content mill writers here, I’m talking about professional journalists writing for legitimate news organizations. I don’t think many blogathon participants continue to post 7 days a week after the event is over, but for this short time it’s a big push in the right direction.
As for “More writing is not better writing” – my former daily news editor bosses would have disagreed with you on that one. As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect.
Michelle Rafter
I love you more after reading this reply. Amen, sister.
Back atcha
Michelle, should we be using the Google group that was setup as a way to showcase any articles we’ve written for the WordCount Blogathon?
Thanks!
You can use it or tweet about it using the #Blog2010 hashtag.
Michelle
@Michelle,
I appreciate your detailed reply and am satisfied that we may agree to disagree. You are right that I characterized the motives of participants without sufficient examination. On the other hand, your statement about news, especially the state of news as it exists today, is easy to dismiss.
I’ve been married to a 5-time Emmy-winning TV news writer for 15 years. She’s been a journalist there and in print for over 30 years. I was also a print journalist in major market newspapers before moving on to motion picture work. News used to be written to a much higher level of quality in every media outlet. Facts and assertions were routinely double-confirmed before publishing, and they rarely are now. Innuendo, gossip and opinion routinely masquerade as news now. Car chases pre-empt coverage of major legislation. If it bleeds, it leads. More is not better. It’s just more.
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