Friday, October 14, 2011

Welcome, Pay It Forward Blog Hoppers!

Wow!! This is like a flashmob on the web!
(Late breaking news: the day has just started and I'm already almost at my goal of 100 followers!!!!
@2p.m.:Thanks guys: Goal well and truly busted!!)

Howdy, and all that. I'm excited to be part of Matt and Alex's Pay It Forward Blogfest/hop. As of yesterday, there were 201 of us. We are a MOTORCADE, people.



Here's a quick bit about me. I'm a writer in Portland, Oregon. I started blogging about a year and a half ago. Now I have three blogs: this one, Middle Grade Mafioso, and the group blog, PROJECT MAYHEM.

Of course, I would list Matt MacNish's QQQE as the greatest blog in the history of the known universe, but since you already know that, here are a trio of other blogs I love that you really should visit when you have a spare millisecond:

Sarah Fine's The Strangest Situation: "Where psychology and YA literature/media meet. Collide. Meld. Fight to the Death. Snuggle." Sarah's "a practicing child psychologist with an unapologetically empirical orientation. (She's) also an author who writes unapologetically fantastical YA fiction."

Lisa Ricard Claro's Writing in the Buff: "The naked truth about, well, pretty much everything." Lisa "excels as a laundress," but also is busy "working on my YA novel, editing my women’s fiction novel, plotting a short story, writing an essay, or researching new markets."

Barbara Ann Watson: "Middle grade book reader. Middle grade book writer. Juggling those while balancing my other roles as a wife, mom, teacher, professional lover of chocolate, and walker of my big dog everyday no matter the weather."




I hope you'll pay these three great bloggers a visit.


(And if you leave a comment here, I'll love you to pieces. If you just dip in and dash, please take the time to click the follow button. I'd love to make it past the 100 follower mark.)

And believe me, I will visit and follow in return.

HAPPY HOPPING!

24 comments:

  1. Great choices, Mike! And thanks for posting early. Half the blogs I've visited so far don't have anything new up.

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  2. Great choices. I added this blog to my list so hopefully it'll help get above 100 followers. I agree with Matt. Lots aren't up yet.

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  3. Ooooh, some of those are already my favorites!

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  4. Hopped your way, great blog, will check the others out and follow too.

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  5. Awesome! The only one I recognized was Barbara. Off to make some new friends. :-)

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  6. I don't follow any of those, thanks for the links.

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  7. I almost made 100! One more to go for you :-) I love your site! I will also check out your links. Happy Hopping back at ya.

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  8. I'm #100 on your Followers! Congrats! Where's my door prize? Just kidding.

    Great choices. Sarah is a good friend and a wonderful blogger/writer!

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  9. Another Oregonian! I was already following this blog, but gave your other a follow, too.

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  10. I was following two of these bloggers. I've added Barbara.

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  11. Happy to be your 104th follower. Glad you made your goal and I am hoping to reach 100 before too long as well. Liking this Pay it Forward blog :)

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  12. I'm loving this blogfest. Thanks for the great recommendations!

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  13. Congratulations on reaching your Blogfest followers goal. Love your website. Two of your favorites have been my favorites for awhile, too.

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  14. Congratulations on 100+ followers! I'm your 107th. :)

    Thanks for the links!

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  15. I know Sarah and love her blog. (Psst I'm the guest blogger this coming Monday). :D

    I'm off to check out the other two links.

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  16. You've named one of my faves, I'll have to check out the others!

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  17. New follower courtesy of the blogfest. Gonna check out the blogs you mentioned now, thanks!

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  18. Those are all new to me! Thanks for participating in our blogfest.

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  19. Thanks for the suggestions. Nice to meet you. Congratulations on making your goal.

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  20. Congrats on reaching (and surpassing) 100! And thanks for the great links :)

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  21. i missed the pay it forward hop, so stopping by fashionably late! nice to meet u :)

    and congrats on passing 100!

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  22. The Strangest Situation sounds intriguing; thanks for sharing.

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  23. Thanks for the mention. I appreciate it! I offered up a thanks to you for doing so, to post Monday morning. :)

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  24. I am new follower and by now i can see that you are way beyond 100 followers! :) Found you through the blogfest.Great blog :)

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