To The Awesome Bloggers

You know, life is weird. You can’t please all the people all the time. I can only say my piece and you can decide for yourself what you think of it.

Now, for what it’s worth, I was talking to my husband at lunch about airport security and the show Homeland. If you’re not familiar with the show, one of the main characters is a POW kept in a terrorist compound where the terrorist’s child lives. And the terrorist makes the prisoner teach the kid English or something. So the POW gets to know this kid. And the kid dies because a bomb is dropped on the compound. Yeah, sad, I know, I know. But … you can see how it would affect the prisoner’s point of view, right? That’s the point. Not the right or wrong of it.

Now … here are my thoughts. This sums up the tragedy of life itself. That we seem unable to simply listen to each other.

That when we get angry, we throw bombs, instead of exchanging words with open ears, minds and hearts.

That’s one reason I wrote this post to the awesome ones. I’d rather point to a few really awesome examples than criticize. For who am I to judge?

But I wrote it on my author blog. And I’ve learned there’s a difference between being a writer and a blogger.

Anyway, I wanted to add a few more names to the awesome roll, as it were! And I will start with the awesome Derek Haines!

The awesome Derek Haines

Derek Haines not only writes a blog of note, but has been a staunch supporter of indie authors, including myself — and thank you so much for that! — and even nominated my other blog for a Stylish Blog Award! Zounds!

Well … to be honest, if you click on that Stylish Blog link, you’ll see most of the awesome rest!

That would include: D.B. Grady, who interviewed me for Pop Syndicate way back in the day!

Marissa Payne, once of the awesome Anti DC, which was the third funniest blog of all time (that I happen to know about). Marissa is now an awesome tastemaker!

Marissa loves DC!

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Marissa and even talking about fiction writing with her. Most awesome! Marissa is a blogger of note — twice! Ha!

Teachbad whose slightly crappy blog of note will be made up for enhanced in the future with a great story about why teachers are awesome!

Another apple for the teacher.

I’ve already mentioned Paul Downie and Scott and Mary Clevenger (and friends), aka World O’ Crap.

To Scott and Mary, thank you! Your blog of note makes me laugh like there’s no tomorrow!

And Paul, you have a blog of note that made me feel like I was in Brentwood. But seeing it online isn’t the same as actually being there, is it?

Karen Chilvers with people at the Brentwood Library.

Not only that, but you’re the proof that it’s not all about the ebooks.

Paul with my book at THE Brentwood Library!

And Amazon isn’t the only way to find readers and distribute books, right?

Thank you, Paul! Thank you everyone! Thank you for reading! And for your support.

Me and Paul outside THE Brentwood Library.

I’m going to add here that it thrills me to see that blogging runs in the family. The Friendship Shore is my niece’s blog. Go, Megan, go! Thank you for following me here and on Twitter!

And, of course, I must thank The Bloggess, whose blog was so awesome, I had to try twice to write a decent blog of note post about it. And she’s still as awesome as ever! Ha ha ha …

I’ll also never forget that The Bloggess followed me on Twitter when I tweeted this post. Wow!

Now, lastly, but surely not leastly, I must thank the Dalai Lama, for the pizza joke lesson.

His Holiness, the Awesome One

PS: This is one of my favorite songs. I still think about using it during the closing credits of a movie I want to write someday about the random nature of life. Sound familiar?

PPS: I think Joe Konrath and I actually agree. Except he’s using more words and none of them are “awesome.” Ha ha ha …