3 Bloggers for Monday

I have met so many great people doing this blog thing, it was hard to choose only three to talk about! I sometimes wonder how the whole blog thing started. For me, I wrote a book. I wanted to get it published. I researched how to do that. I read that I needed to get a blog for self-promotion and putting myself out there. I wasn't quite sure how that would work - who would read it?

Now I have followers and follow others. I've learned a great deal about improving my writing among other fun and interesting stuff. And since I started my blog, I've written a better book (and tons more!) I still don't know how this will help get me published, but I know it helps me be a better writer plus feeback helps me cope and builds me up and I appreciate everyone I've met because of it. Thanks!

These 3 blogs deserve a shout out (like I said, there are so many more, but I had to narrow it down to 3):

1. The Waiting is the Hardest Part - Heather G has become my best blogging buddy. I met her in the A-Z blog hop. We seem to have a lot in common personality wise (sarcastic & no holding back!) She has a good contemporary romance novel here is a sample, and possibly a werewolf in her future...
2. Random Thoughts - C.R. Ward is one of my first blog friends. She has an awesome Fantasy Series on Fridays, plus new words, fun facts and a new poetic form with sample every week! (not to mention the eye candy she puts up for her own special wordless wednesday...)
3. Ellie Garratt - I also met her through A-Z challenge. She is my sci-fi buddy. She has taken a hiatus from work to concentrate on her sci fi novel, Cosmic Seed - about a race who needs an heir to replenish their population. She does Tuesday Teasers, has won contests for her writing and has great advice & fun stuff to share. (ps - Ellie <3 William Shatner)

I'm going to have to add an honorable mention, Allison Writes. I met her recently and she has a unique mode of telling tales called "Sippable Stories." I just did a guest post for her! She is in the last weeks of her job due to layoffs and is planning a trip around the world before rejoining the work force! I envy her youth and her opportunity =) (mostly her youth, I've been around some of the world...)

wrap up to this fun blog hop tomorrow =)