The kindness of other bloggers

Over the last couple of weeks, writing to survive has gotten a few awards as well as a really kind write-up from a new friend, Dereck of I Will Not Die. The tag line of Dereck’s blog is very intriguing: Sure you could give up. You could settle. Most people do. Although I have not even begun to scratch the surface of what Dereck has written, it is clear that he is here to push himself forward and inspire others to do the same. I'm looking forward to reading more.

And if all this weren’t wonderful enough, Ken Armstrong of
Ken's Writing Stuff gave me a copy of his recently published play, “The Moon Cut Like a Sickle,” after I correctly answered the question “What lady links ‘Mack the Knife’ with ‘From Russia with Love’"? Even though I cheated and used Google instead of actual knowledge, he was kind enough to send me a copy, all the way from Ireland to the far reaches of the continental U.S. Ken’s blog is a mix of movie reviews and stories, infused with optimism and humor. It's on my Google reader and it should be on yours, too.

Finally, the awards (and if I’ve missed one, I apologize. Please let me know). I am so happy that such a great group of writers and thinkers like what I am doing here. This time I'm passing each award on to another blogger who can do with it what they wish. Of course, the blogs below are only an example of the good stuff out there in the blogosphere and there are many that I read regularly and love that I haven't listed here.

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Thank you,
Geoffrey and Lidian! I'm passing this one on to Candy of Inside Candy.


iloveyourblog

Thank you, Lidian and
Maitri! I'm passing this one on to Just Bob of the Essence of Bobness.

butterflyaward

Thank you Lidian, Maitri, and
Dori! I'm passing this one on to Karen of The Pitfalls of Life and Five Little Kids Named Larrow.

arteypico

Thank you,
Candy! I'm passing this one on to Koe at The Half-Life of Linoleum.

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Thank you, Maitri! I can't single out any one blog here without feeling like I'm missing someone, so I officially pass this on to any blog on my blogroll.

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Thank you,
Judy! I am passing this one on to Lydia of Writerquake.

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