Bloggiesta – The Finish Line
Hola Bloggiesta fiesta goers! You did it! You made it to the end of the finish line!
THANK YOU so much for participating! I hope that got much accomplished, have a better looking blog and had fun at the same time. We had more than 130 bloggers join the fiesta! I am still trying to make my way around to everybody’s blog to read up on your progress.
A shout out to our awesome sponsors: Scholastic, Hachette Book Group, Peachtree Publishers, Lisa Roe, Publicist and Bloomsbury Publishing for giving away some fantastic titles. Thank you! I will be putting up a post about mid-week announcing winners.
I hope you enjoyed the mini-challenges from: Rebecca from The Book Lady’s Blog, Pam from MotherReader, Danielle from There’s a Book, Pam from Bookalicio.us, Beth from Beth Fish Reads, Jackie from Farm Lane Books, Karin from Karin’s Book Nook, Chelle from Tempting Persephone, Kristen from Bookworming in the 21st Century, and Jenn from Jenn’s Bookshelves. Thank you ladies for hosting. They were great!
Please sign the Mr. Linky again (I know, again!) with the direct link to your final summary post. This is a totally selfish move on my part and helps me make sure I don’t miss any of them. I really want to read your feedback! Let me know how many hours you spent on the challenge, the mini-challenges you participated in, how many comments you left other bloggers, what you accomplished, what you liked best and any constructive criticism you might have. I also need some ideas for mini-challenges for the next Bloggiesta so let me know! Mark your calenders for June!
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Thank you so much for hosting! I’ve learning so much!
on January 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pmThanks Natasha – this was so much fun! I have a whole new blog again!
on January 10th, 2010 at 7:49 pmThanks so much for hosting this! I had a great, productive weekend working on my blog!
on January 10th, 2010 at 7:55 pmThanks so much, Natasha! BTW, love your blog.
I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I hope to keep implementing much of what I’ve added to my “bag of tricks.”
I did the McLinky thing…hope it worked!
on January 10th, 2010 at 7:58 pmI’m exhausted, so I can just imagine how you’re feeling, Natasha! I’m so glad I participated. I learned a lot, and Mt. TBR is so much better now! Thank you for organizing this, and I can’t wait until June
on January 10th, 2010 at 9:04 pmThanks so much for hosting this, Natasha! I’ve learned so much and gotten so much done. I didn’t know how much time I’d have but once I got started, I couldn’t stop!
on January 10th, 2010 at 10:22 pmThanks for doing it, Natasha! I hope to participate more fully next time.
on January 10th, 2010 at 10:27 pmThis has been SUCH an AWESOME experience. I’m a huge nerd who loves online communities, and I think this was a great way to get the book blogging community to interact with each other. It was so exciting to see my blog get more comments in one day than it usually gets in a month, and then being able to hop on Twitter & ask fellow bloggers for advice, or follow their links to new and awesome resources.
I haven’t written up my finish line post yet – I’m going to get started on it now, but I might not finish it until tomorrow morning – but I wanted to make sure I expressed my thanks! My Finish Line post will be linked through Mr. Linky as soon as it’s live.
on January 10th, 2010 at 10:28 pmThank you so much for hosting this! Learned so much, have so many ideas I want to play with, and found several new blogger friends! And oh yeah, hope the blog looks better as well. *L*
on January 10th, 2010 at 10:59 pmI am so impressed and inspired by all the hard work you all have done! I need to do so much on my own blog and will be borrowing some ideas from your event. Thanks to all for the inspiration!
on January 10th, 2010 at 11:00 pmThank you thank you Natasha! I had a fabulous time and got so much done! I’d love to host again, so just let me know.
on January 10th, 2010 at 11:30 pmWhat a great time this was!!! I got so much accomplished and met some really great bloggers!
Thanks so much for hosting!!
on January 10th, 2010 at 11:41 pm[...] of all thank you so much to Natasha at Maw Books for hosting this incredible [...]
on January 11th, 2010 at 12:02 amThanks Natasha! It’s been a great weekend and I hope to continue with the tasks I have not yet finished!
on January 11th, 2010 at 12:55 amI had a great time, Natasha — thanks for hosting! I will definitely be back. =)
on January 11th, 2010 at 12:59 amGracias, mi amigas! It’s been a muy, muy amazing Bloggiesta. If youwant to see how I’ve been partying head over to Moonbeam A Musings and check it out. I’m off for a siesta now. Buenos noches!
on January 11th, 2010 at 1:14 amIt was good to focus on some of this stuff over the weekend. Thanks for hosting. I just posted it all in one post over the weekend. I got too lazy to do a separate post. LOL
on January 11th, 2010 at 5:49 amThanks so much for organizing this, Natasha! I didn’t get as much done as I had hoped to do,but it was a lot of fun!
on January 11th, 2010 at 6:37 amThank you for organizing all these resources in one spot. Everyone has been so helpful. I’m very glad I participated this year.
on January 11th, 2010 at 7:12 amThank you so much for hosting! I got a lot accomplished.
on January 11th, 2010 at 7:36 amConsidering that it turned out to be a very busy weekend AWAY from the computer for me, I actually got quite a bit done. Unfortunately, I had almost no time to visit other bloggers or do mini-challenges. Hopefully, I’ll do better with those next Bloggiesta…or not. Most of my weekends in June will be occupied with family travel, so maybe the next time after that
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Thanks for hosting this again, Natasha!
on January 11th, 2010 at 10:44 amI’m exactly where Florinda is! I missed out on being able to sit with the computer for a bit and really digging in, but I appreciate the heck out of the event for getting me going in any direction with updating!
Will be checking up on other participants and their thoughts this afternoon.
http://onlinepublicist.blogspot.com/2010/01/bloggiesta-wrap-up.html
on January 11th, 2010 at 11:12 amNatasha,
Thank you so much! I spent about 6-8 hours on the favicon and sprucing up the look on my site.
Then I spent a lot more hours (not sure how many) browsing. I’m not sure what my niche should be. I’ve been at this blogging thing for 7 years, but on’t know exactly where I fit in. Still working on that, and this was a big inspiration to me to figure out what my blog is really about and why I’m doing it.
Thanks!
on January 11th, 2010 at 11:41 amHi,
I posted my link to the finish line post but realized I did not come by and leave a comment. Natasha – just wanted to thank you for all the work you did on this event – it was a great experience for me! I learned a lot and most importantly really felt the book blogging community and that’s why I started blogging – to be part of a community of readers with whom I could share my thoughts on reading/books and hear theirs. thanks again!
on January 11th, 2010 at 12:14 pmMy weekend went astray and I only got a few things done, but I’m continuing my blog updates into this week to make up for it!
Congrats on everyone’s progress!
on January 11th, 2010 at 1:05 pmCrossed the finish line! Thanks for hosting such a great (and productive) event!
on January 11th, 2010 at 3:58 pmNatasha – many thanks to you (and Pedro!) and all who came to party at the bloggiesta. I’ll look forward to the next installment
on January 11th, 2010 at 4:34 pmI had a good time again! I can’t wait for June!
on January 11th, 2010 at 5:48 pmThanks so much for Natasha for hosting Bloggiesta, and thanks to all the mini-challenge bloggers. I learn so much!!
on January 11th, 2010 at 6:13 pmThanks again! I finally got my post on your Mr. Linky
on January 13th, 2010 at 7:04 pmI am way behind in posting, but I finally did it! I just have been getting so much done that I have been attempting to continue with the accomplishments! In fact, I’ve decided to use the remainder of the month to do just that!! Thanks for hosting and providing such great info!! It is very much appreciated!!
on January 17th, 2010 at 11:39 pmYea! I have finally finished! I feel like the 96 year old everyone claps for even though she comes in hours after everyone else.
on January 23rd, 2010 at 12:10 amhttp://sallyhanan.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/be-prepared-for-blogging-interruptions/