The Misty World of Arial Hollyberry

At the first of the year I sat down to continue Arial’s adventures. Anyone who writes a blog knows that behind the scenes of a blog is the dashboard where we write, edit, arrange, and post comments…we all love comments! Nothing can make a writers confidence soar like a glowing comment, and after flying with the faeries at Midsummer, that’s saying something.

This particular morning I had received a comment from CC saying that she had just found my blog and liked it so much that she was going to write an “Ember” chapter on her blog about Ember’s interaction in Arial Hollyberry’s world. I was intrigued. I had been searching the web for like-minded bloggers. Others who write in the realm of fantasy, regardless of subject matter (you know, giants, dragons, gremlins, mermaids, unicorns, or…the fae). What I found were a lot of sites that had product or were simply informational. I guess it isn’t popular to write stories on the internet just for the love of the story, or to entertain others.

Anyway, CC writes a blog called “Ember in Wrilogonzia“Her idea is simple, she created the characters and other bloggers take turns writing her characters into their own blogs with links back to the previous chapters on CC’s site so that anyone could follow where Ember ends up. What a concept! Ember has now been dropped into the Misty World of Arial Hollyberry by the dragon Illustratia and from the very beginning we became good friends.

Bill tells me that I take the long way round to making my point…yes, I get wordy! My point is that CC has honored me with two awards:

Can you feel the love!? CC gets two thumbs up for her work and her sincere support of other bloggers! Big hugs to CC. I invite everyone to visit CC’s blog and start at the beginning of Embers story.

I have had the opportunity to make a lot of new friends on my social networking sites. These friends have blogs that are wonderful! These friends are very talented. Among the top most of these blogs (cream comes to the top!) is Elysian Field Originals.

Valerie Ashley is…how do I say it without going all mushy? She is a completely sincere person and her art is stunning. I am honored to be able to call her my friend. We haven’t known each other very long but it was one of those meetings that will change my life (sorry, getting all mushy).

This last week I was presented with the “Proximity Award” from Valerie.This award has a special meaning behind it:

“This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY, the nearness of space, time, and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find, and be, friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is the when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!”

It now falls to me to pass it on to 8 people who demonstrate this spirit. This isn’t an easy thing to do! I haven’t been blogging for very long, but  I do have several that I like and that I think fit the intent of this award. Please be sure to visit these blogs, I’m sure you will love them, Thank you

Life With Dogs

Melissa Valeriote’s Fantastical World of Holidays

That Unreliable Girl

Chronicles of a Faerie Seer

Gnutty for Gnomes

Doorways into Faerie