Wednesday, January 12, 2011

What I Love About You Wednesday

My new feature for 2011 is called "What I Love About You Wednesday". As of today 1/9/11, I have 87 wonderful followers. Each and every one of you has added something unique and wonderful to my life, and I want to reach out to each of you and share what I love about you and your blogs.

My plan is to go in order starting with my very first followers, and each week, highlight someone new. If you're a follower of my blog but haven't blogging for a while, I'm going to wait until you get back into it. If for some reason you are following my blog, but I'm not following yours, please let me know. I tried to make sure I was reciprocating, but there were a few people I couldn't find.

So without further ado, I'll introduce my very first follower:

Lisa Maliga: Notes From Nadir She also has a blog for her new book Leaving Nadir.
Lisa started following me when I was a baby in the blogging world and didn't even know what a follower was. She is a writer who has the courage to put her work on the internet. And now she's followed up Notes From Nadir with Leaving Nadir.

Thank you Lisa for being my first follower. Stop by and check out her blog, I dare you not to get hooked.
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26 comments:

  1. Joy Tamsin DavidJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:16 AM

    What a sweet idea...and a very ambitious project. I can't wait to check out your followers. :)

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  2. JEJanuary 12, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Cool idea! Andl ike Joy said, what an undertaking. I can't wait to "meet" all your followers!

    ~JD

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  3. TaraJanuary 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    Wow - I had thought of doing something along the same lines, but never got around to it - love the idea!

    I have an award for you at my blog.

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  4. WritingNutJanuary 12, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    This is such a lovely idea! I can't wait to "meet" everyone. And you're right... Lisa rocks! :)

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  5. notesfromnadirJanuary 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    Thank you so much, Melissa! It's very kind of you to feature me! :) This is a noble idea & it'll be fun for all your readers. Guess you'll be very busy this year!

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  6. JEMJanuary 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    What a great idea! I get stuck in the patterns of following the same blogs every day, so I'm glad to see a feature on new blogs to check out. Thanks!

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  7. PattiJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    What a great idea. I've often thought of doing a spreadsheet of my followers so I remember who everyone is. I'm a big spreadsheet kind of person.

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  8. Melissa GillJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Thanks for the feedback guys. I really feel close to my followers and want to share the love.

    I'm a big spreadsheet person too Patti, but I've been stuck with MS Works at home, but now that I have a new computer, I'm going to buy an office package. I think I'll do a spreadsheet.

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  9. SouthpawJanuary 12, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    What a fun idea. Hi Lisa.

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  10. Old KittyJanuary 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    I love Lisa Maliga and her writing - particularly her Nadir books - is amazing!!!
    Yay for Lisa!! Take care
    x

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  11. Alex J. CavanaughJanuary 12, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    I follow her! And cool you remember your first follower.

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  12. StinaJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    What a cool idea. I'm off to check out her blog. :D

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  13. Anna BanksJanuary 12, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Yeah, awesome idea.

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  14. Lydia KangJanuary 12, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    What a great idea! Lisa is chock full of awesome!

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  15. Alison Can ReadJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    What a cool tribute to follower! It's always nice to remember that celebrating the blogging community is in many ways as important and fun as celebrating books/writing.

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  16. WriterJanuary 13, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    Hi Melissa,
    I think it's a lovely idea. Good blog karma! I visit your blog very often but was surprised to see I hadn't signed up as a follower :( you've even left messages in my blog. hmmm, I could have sworn I was in your followers list. Anyway, I will check out the "featured" blogger every Wednesday.

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  17. Lynda R Young as Elle CardyJanuary 13, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    What a great idea for a blog post. I'll head on over and check out her blog

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  18. Rick WatsonJanuary 13, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    Dang! Wish I'd thought of that.

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  19. NicoleJanuary 13, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    I love this feature! You know - there a bunch of people following my blog that I don't even know. I should ask, huh?

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  20. Jai JoshiJanuary 13, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Lisa's a blogger buddy of mine too. Love her and her work.

    I love this idea of highlighting your blogger friends, Melissa. It's very kind and generous.

    Jai

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  21. Chris PhillipsJanuary 13, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    Great feature.

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  22. N. R. WilliamsJanuary 13, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    This is a wonderful idea. Thanks for your comments on Nicole's blog today about my monsters.
    Nancy
    N. R. Williams, fantasy author

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  23. Shannon O'DonnellJanuary 13, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    What a great idea, Melissa! Our first followers are so special to us, aren't they? :-)

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  24. Melissa GillJanuary 13, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    I'm very excited about this feature too. I have a pretty small number of followers in comparison to a lot of you folks, but every one is very important to me.

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  25. Christina LeeJanuary 13, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I follow Lisa-- Hi Lisa! What a nice idea you have going!

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  26. Jolene PerryJanuary 13, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Hey! Fun Idea, I've heard nothing but good things about that book and it's on my goodreads list.

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