Blog Award
I got a notice from Undaunted last week that she had given me a blog award. How very flattering. Thank you. I would have commented on it sooner but it took me this long to get the image transferred. As you may already know, I am not very computer savvy though I have learned a lot since beginning this blog. In the end, I asked my guru of all things electronic (namely Mike my husband) to do it for me.
Part of this award is to select 7 of your favorite blogs to “pass along the love” as it were. I am more than a little embarrassed to say that I don’t actually even read seven blogs faithfully, I read 3 blogs (of which one is Undaunted’s) and sporadically at that. Undaunted assured me it was okay to claim my award anyway.
Here are the three blogs I most read, though I should say that in my defense, I have visited hundreds.
1. Undaunted’s (aka Linda) blog Rediscovering Art. I enjoy her blog because she is clever and funny and honest (the three most important reasons I read and return to a blog.) She is just sticking her toe into the waters that are the art world. And it is enjoyable to watch her confidence and style blossom. She’s full of talent, she just need to get out there.
2. Maggie Stiefvater’s blog Greywaren Art. Way back, when I first starting thinking of starting a blog, I searched for horse art blogs. Surprisingly there were pretty much none out there at the time, other than Maggie’s. Hers was the first blog that I read all the way back to the beginning, which includes her first blog Smiling Horse Art. She made me laugh and her artwork is excellent.
Her blog recently has turned more into writing than art, because she is a published author with a sweet book deal. Congratulations on that BTW! This has led me to not visit her blog very often of late. She is one of those rare individuals who has creativity and talent in many areas and the drive and determination to see them to their fullest potential.
3. Katherine Tyrrell’s blog Making a Mark I have mentioned her blog often and it is worth a look to anyone who is in the art business. Nuff said, check it out.
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Truth is, I really want to thank the aforementioned Undaunted and Angela Finney (a fellow critter artist and ummm . . . slightly above average aged gamer, like myself) for their input, comments and interactions. Currently I average between 50 and 100 readers a day, but these two are always asking questions and offering their support. What this means to me is that I stay motivated to blog. Plus they get me to thinking, which in turn leads to new posts.
Thanks to both of you. Your input is invaluable and has made this whole blogging experience enjoyable. Without you guys, I would truly be writing in the dark.
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Well done on winning the award! I don’t read many blogs (never enough hours in the day!) but i do like yours, just something about what you write and the way you write it, so i have it as one of my home pages in my browser, its excellent!
Melanie x
Congratulations on the award, Mona. That is really nicely done, Undaunted. Glad my presence is of some use — it helps to know it is a two way street — since I am get so much from reading and participating in your blog. Glad to know you readership is high — you deserve that. Let us know about the Dances with Horses Event. Angela
Melanie, Thanks for taking a moment to comment. I really am flattered by all your kind words. (I even read it aloud to my husband) If you want to tell me more about yourself or ask any question, please feel welcome to do so. Or you can from now onward stay silent.
But thank you for coming forward to say “hi.”
Angela, Not sure if 50-100 per day is high, (for instance Tyrrells blog gets over 600 a day) but I don’t think it’s all that bad for a blog not yet a year old. Hmm I wonder what the “average” daily readership for the “average” blog is? From what I understand that after a blog achieves 100,000 page loads, things really take off.
Well I was averaging about… 2 readers a day for quite a while! HAHAHA!!! But I’m glad to say that figure has now escalated to a whopping… 15 or so!
That’s great that you get so many readers! Thank you so much for the lovely things you have written about me. Your cheque is in the post
Hi Mona, haha im a bit of a chatterbox you might regret saying that : ) this is me http://www.pet-portraitartist.com and im in the UK. It was my husband who found your site earlier this year and he reads too, if he doesn’t have time I read some interesting bits to him. He’s an artists too http://www.dog-portraitartist.com/ I’m just having breakfast at the pc and going to catch up with your posts : )
Wow Melanie, I just took a look at your website and your pet portraits are amazing! Your husbands are too! What a great team!
Melanie, chatty is always good. Your work is stunning! as is your husbands. I am amazed that you both create the same art. I know quite a few married artist couples but usually one is a potter and the other a painter sort of thing. Very Cool. You must get along really well. I think if Mike and I did the same thing would we be going at it like badgers. (I mean that not in a good way)