Summer Blog Social Redux

First of all, thanks so much to Jessica and Liz for hosting this fabulous week of posts and prompts and interesting reading!

 

I learned so much, thought out and discussed some goals and fears about my own blog and its future, and met some great new-to-me bloggers.  I could write a week's worth of posts about it, but that might be overkill.

So here's a short recap...

 

People rule the blogosphere.  There are common threads running through so many of our blogs: children, hobbies, music, a love of shoes, and those threads twist together to form a community stronger than each of our individual blogs!

I loved seeing some familiar faces at the conference, like The Kir Corner and Mommy is in Timeout, and enjoyed meeting some "new" people, like A Lady in France, Literal Mom, and Life as We Know It.

I learned that other people worry about finding their niche, like Mama Insomnia.  Breaking into the freelance writing market is a goal for many of us, judging by the responses to Four Plus an Angel's post looking for advice.

I have Mom Got Blog and The Miss Elaine-ous Life to blame for fueling the live conference fire that was already in the back of my head. 

Seriously, I could blather on, but I won't.

I have an editorial schedule to work on, new blogs to read, and always, always these little monkeys waiting for me with open arms.