I Have An Addiction...

Melissa Maygrove, author of her own addictive blog, has generously and kindly passed on to me the Addictive Blog Award. 

I do kind-of start to go into shaky withdrawals without my daily hits of all your great blogs, so perhaps the addiction rumor is true!

The rules of the award are:

1.  Thank the person awarding you. Thanks, Melissa!

2.  Share a little about why you blog and how the journey started.

3.  Paste the blog award on your page.

4.  Nominate 5 other bloggers you feel deserve the award.

Why I blog

I started blogging mainly to discipline myself to write something-- anything-- a couple times a week.When I started "A Thought Grows", I didn't even realize there was such a thing as a writing community. I was just processing my writing journey. Leaving my career to pursue writing was a huge decision at that time in my life--I needed to write about it. I'm so glad I started exploring other blogs and connecting with all of you. It's a gift to feel supported and encouraged by like-minded writers.

While I certainly don't have any real writing expertise or solid experience to offer anyone, I hope to continue the learning dialogue and exchanges about the writing journey, fun posts, and encouragement. 

Addictive Blogs

My favorite part of any blog award is selecting other blogs I enjoy. But narrowing the choice down among so many is difficult too. Fortunately, these awards make the circuit and usually other favorite blogs get chosen.

M.L. Swift- For his blog, Chasing Windmills, a thoughtful blog about his writing journey and progress. While you're there, check out his other blog, Treading Water, about the struggles and joys of being a full-time caregiver to a parent with Alzheimer's. 

Egg (aka Erica) from Eureka Wrote for writing consistently well-thought out, interesting and informative blog posts. I never miss it.

Joseph over at Magicellus. Joseph is an author of the book The Crossover Test.  Magicellus was one of the first blogs I ever started reading. He's entertaining, thoughtful and just plain smart. Great articles. 

TJ, author of the blog, Writing From the Padded Room (got to love that title). Her articles are fun, sometimes about writing, sometimes about her dogs in sweaters, maybe even how 4x4 vehicles touch her heart.You just never know. Love that.

R. Mac Wheeler, for his blog, R. Mac Wheeler, a prolific author as well as an amazing photographer. I haunt his site regularly just to escape into his beautiful nature photos. It's my respite. 

I hope you visit and enjoy their blogs as much as I do.

Thanks again, Melissa!

Keep writing,

Julie