The Thinking Blogger...

Sometimes I think I'm behind the curve, because I find things long after other people have thought them through. But, like seventies fashion, lol--bell bottoms always come back. Once in awhile, I do an Alice.

When we first met, she was tweaking her blog for better traffic, and I've been thinking about it for years--not traffic per se, but the tweaking bit.

Sometimes I adjust my post-titles, although yeah--it's not much of a tweak. I'd join memes, but, I'm not a fan of Tag.

When Kaige did a post on Technorati, I made a happy discovery. It costs nothing, takes little energy, and suits my casual once a month strafing run. This month, I buzzed the tower and found Deanna. For some reason, and whatever it is--I'm very grateful--she added me to her blog roll. I love blog rolls because they're a snapshot of the inside of people's heads. My roll changes as I change, because the person I was yesterday isn't the person I am today.

Deanna's blog has this nifty award on it, and maybe I do have LiveJournal tendencies because I wanted one. I didn't know they were a prize for playing tag---you'll have to cut and paste again--because my links aren't working again.

www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/02/thinking-blogger-awards_11.html/

It's a cool post and I'm pretty behind, but blogger-land is like the real world. People stick with their own kind. It's rare that crossovers happen. We--the people who write, rarely visit "them" the people who read. There's a whole society of readers out there involved in reading challenges, and casual review work. The cyberspace equivalent of a coffee shop. And then it breaks down even more, into different kinds of writers or readers, or hell--just people who like horses. I see a lot of horse blogs in the course of my wanderings.

So...I'm going to start this up again, with many thanks to the good people on The Thinking Blog. Maybe I'm not really a meme person, because I can never get the links right. But the rules say to nominate five people whose blogs make you think. Then they get to abscond with the nifty "thinking plaque". I'm pretty sure they're supposed to roll it on, but--hate tag, so maybe this is just my way of saying "thank you".

...uhm, and unfortunately, when I went to link into the award, someone had tagged "it" with an obscene flag. No clue why, since it was just a plaque with the words "thinking blogger". Oh well--virtual awards=imaginary awards, at least I don't have to create another link. :)

My nominees are (drum roll please...)

--- stillunhinged.blogspot.com

...because I think when I visit Unhingey's blog. I think about how looking at life with one eye squeezed shut and a case of the giggles can make anything--even a cubicle job, better.

--- impulsivehearts.wordpress.com

...because Kaige is just that cool. She makes me think and wonder, and analyze my stuff--and everyone should know a person like her. She comes at writing from a whole different angle, sometimes parallel to established craft theory--and sometimes using non-related disciplines.

--- sevencamels.blogspot.com

...I found Mark a few weeks back, and I've been reading his explanations as fast as I can. He comes at storytelling from a storyboarding philosophy, and he does pictures! I can never just read his blog, I have to stop and take notes.

--- writerjoshuajames.com/dailydojo

...Joshua James is a play wright. I've studied writing and screenwriting, and did little side trips, but he's a "good" play wright, and his explanations are like Mark's. He's got to be one of the most centered individuals I've ever had the pleasure to read. Reading his blog is like a session with Obi-wan.

--- marfisk.blogspot.com

...the last one, and the one I read simply for pleasure. Margaret reviews books. Not every book, and not all the time--but once in awhile and sometimes in little spurts. Her dissection is always dead-on, and she's hooked me at least twice since I started reading her because she doesn't blurb, she gives solid info. Sometimes she talks about random stuff, but it always makes me think.

Congratulations!! You have won a virtual-totally invisible, can't access it anyway, "thinking blogger" award. I hope you continue to make people think for many years to come.