Blogathon 2007: Thank Yous.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 1 comments link this post
Many thanks to the following people:
1. My sponsors, for helping to make the event worth staying up 24 hours. So far, there's a total of $350 in pledges! Amazing!
2. Thanks to those of you who encouraged me via email and comments. This year was a tough one for me to finish, and if you took the time to leave a comment and send an email...thank you thank you. It helped. It really did. It kept me from getting discouraged and frazzled.
3. Travis, for lending me all of his Star Wars figurines, and to Jacob, for delivering them to me. This would have been a very different story without them.
4. Bob, a crazy doll given to me by my grandmother who, weirdly, continues to inspire me to write melodramatic schmaltz.
5. Michael Rohrer, who called me just a few hours into the Blogathon, wanting me to help him find a sermon illustration on the internet, reminding me that since I posted earlier about people being too busy, I had to help him or be a hypocrite. He really helped me use my time wisely, right from the start. /sarcasm
6. To any reader who stuck with me for any length of time. For example, Will and Deniro, two readers who stayed up to either an ungodly hour or stayed up ALL NIGHT and not only left comments, but peppered me with emails ("What do you need?" and "What can I do to help?") that helped keep me awake and focused. And who supplied me with material (questions to answer, information on Orion, etc.). Many, many, many thanks.
7. To Eric, who made another great 'Thoner 2007 button to put on my blog today, which I will, as soon as I get back from church and finish sleeping for 36 hours (or maybe 37).
UPDATE: Will has gone and written a serious review of this story, and I admit, it's kind of cool that he did. Check it out. I feel very literary now.
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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 7/29/2007 07:58:00 AM
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1 Comments:
Julie,
We should be thanking you for turning goofy dolls and makeshift stage settings into a work of art that also has something meaningful to say.
You know Will has already posted a rather serious critical review of your work, referencing your entire Bob oeuvre in the process?
As I said in my comment yesterday, amazing. I wish I had the energy and the insanity to stay up all night with you. Well, the insanity I got but I faded pretty early in the energy department.
You're awesome!
Excellent work.
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Jim, at
29/7/07 10:40
