A roundup of my favorite blog posts this year. I recommend everyone walk through their blog and see their old posts. What posts are you most glad that you’ve written? Can you see the voice of your blog change through the year, like Kestrel did?
Interesting indeed, to examine the chronicle of events and personal growth of an entire year compacted through the subjects I thought important enough to blog about.
January
The lost art of letter writing.
February
Cookbooks…of DESPAIR
Ha! I’d forgotten about this one. Join me as I try and find a cookbook aimed at normal people. One of my favorite posts from this year.
March
Patches of Sunlight
Not my most heavy-hitting post, but serenity in reading is something worth remembering.
April
Another Look at Scrivener
A review for the powerful Scrivener writing tool. (Short version? I recommend it.)
May
Writers Owing Readers
Although this was also the month of my Quicksilver review, I liked this one better. What do writers owe readers? What do readers owe writers?
June
One Word
One of my more popular posts, comment-wise. If you had to choose a single word mantra to inspire you and remind you of the kind of person you want to be, what would you choose?
July
Taking Writing Seriously
I work through my insecurities and declare, publicly, that I am going to TREAT writing like the important life goal it is, rather than just SAYING that I am a writer.
August
Character Voice
How do you find your character’s voice? Exercises and definitions for the frustrated writer.
September
Aion Open Beta Thoughts
My review for the video game Aion, based on open beta play.
October
Perfectionism
Being called a ‘perfectionist’ should be an insult, and here’s why.
November
[Nouns] [Verb]!
Take action! If you are a [Noun], then [Verb]! (my favorite post of the year)
December
How to Answer a Polite Question
Are you afraid or ashamed to tell people that you are a writer?
I would definitely say [Nouns][Verb]! was your best by far. I showed that one to so many people because it applies to pretty much everything we do in life.
And your ever-continuing Tweets about letters and fountain pens has inspired me to take up letter writing to a friend of mine who recently moved away.
<3
Tristina´s last blog ..Asian Chicken Rolls
@Tristina
Hee! I love inspiring people. Letters are fun even without fountain pens (they’re actually more fun without them for now, until I get better at writing both casually and pretty at the same time).
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My handwriting is atrocious so there will be no fountain pens for me. Although I saw some really pretty hand carved ones at the store the other day and thought of you.
Tristina´s last blog ..Asian Chicken Rolls
@Tristina
Oooh, hand carved. Shiny!
I thought I commented here already…*ponders*
At any rate, I agree with Tristina: “[Nouns][Verb]!” was my favorite Tami post of the year (well, at least on this blog!). :)
Happy New Year, my friend :)
Steve´s last blog ..Best of the Aerie 2009
@Steve
I thought you did too. Maybe that was in twitter? I checked the spam filter to be sure. =]
Happy New Year to you, as well!