I Miss You...
And the blogosphere is no different. There are bloggers who come and wiggle their way into your circle of friends, then they disappear. Their website is still there, but their last post was months ago.
This blogfest is to recognize those buddies who might have been swallowed up by the big bad world of reality and the rest of us, the survivors, have united to say, "Screw reality! Come back to fantasy land!"
WE MISS YOU!!!
(Thanks to Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh, Andrew Leon, Matthew MacNish.
My missing blogger (if you see her, feel free to poke her):
Once upon a time, many adjectives and adverbs ago, there was this agent who requested fulls from some very talented people (yep, tootin' my horn!) and this agent would post progress updates on on her facebook page.
Well, you all know how writers are...calm, patient people who would never stalk a page or hit refresh every thirty seconds for an answer. But maybe we would check in at legal, restraining order compliant levels to know whether or not said agent had hit our magic number (or date of submission).
And since writers are as quiet as little mice in a room, hiding in the shadows waiting for morsels...oh, wait scratch that...maybe they are more like birds on a wire squawking as they wait for scattered crumbs. Anyhow, comments were made, friend requests sent and pretty soon we had a support group, of sorts.
Patiently, oh so patiently, we all waited. And waited. And then waited some more.
Weeks became months, and then one day came a strange blog post about lost hair and chewed off finger nails and an apology that the agent was exiting the literary field.
Like sad, but far from broken, employees of a bankrupt business, we walked away together, our manuscripts and hopes in our virtual little hands. We shared tales of chocolate and cajoled those who tried to quit.
We forged ahead. Started blogs. Wrote and wrote some more.
And then one day...one disappeared. Her pretty little blog was still there, but she wasn't.
Grapevine told tales of a move and lack of internet connection...but the why doesn't matter when a friend is missed. No more Friday funnies? No more home videos? No more posts written by her teen with the hacker abilities of James Bond?
All of it...gone?!
NO!! It cannot be! Someone find her, tell her to come back.
Yes, I am talking to you Kristen Prysbathingy at Fairies and Pirates... I miss you.
Come on back and I'll give you a yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
*Miss Leigh Covington...you're walking a thin line! I fully blame your evil twin, Abby! Tell her to name her price and we'll pay it to have you set free!!
I love the passion and ho ho's and rum! Wow... oh, yo ho, ho, lol I thought you were sharing Swiss cake rolls... ;D
ReplyDeleteI have to come up with T-shirt, if one of my fav bloggers comes back. "I survived the Dismal Swamp Canal" whatever works, right!
Yep, whatever works! And I'm a huge fan of Swiss Rolls...Kristin can't have mine, she'll have to get her own!
DeleteLeigh is making a comeback though. Hopefully she'll be full strength soon. Wow I don't know Kristen and now I miss her. Touching post Liz.
ReplyDeleteWe will click our heels like Dorothy and make it happen..."I want Leigh to post; I want Leigh to visit."
Delete(that will work, I swear!)
I love me some Leigh, too!
ReplyDeleteI know...she's so stinking happy! The world needs happy!!
DeleteHi Elizabeth .. sounds as though Kirsten was a sure fire thing - let's hope she returns ..
ReplyDeleteCheers Hilary
I will keep bugging her and surely she will cave to pressure!
DeleteLeigh rocks da hooouse :)
ReplyDeleteBut you know her real name is "LeiBBY, right :)
I blame it all on that pixie haircut she got a few months back :)
Oh my goodness, why didn't I think of that? You can't trust fairies...especially not to cut your hair!!!
DeleteLove this storytelling post!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks much!
DeleteI hope she comes back!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in our blogfest.
Me too, and always my pleasure!
Deletewhat a cool blogfest! I hope she returns!
ReplyDeleteNutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
We could start a petition!
DeleteHow sad :( I hope she comes back.
ReplyDeleteYou can sign the petition...well, once we start it!~
DeleteOh I love it! Evil twin Abby! That is the most hilarious thing I've read all day! Yes, name your price Abby :)
ReplyDeleteI knew we could gather enough support to provide the ransom. Evidently, according to Mark Koopmans, we will have to pay off the pixies who cut her hair.
DeleteI second the motion to pay the random that Abby has on Leigh. Thanks for participating! :)
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! Yay! another contributor to the ransom fund!
DeleteLoved this! fairies and Pirates is a seriously cool name for a blog v:)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, Kristin is totally going to be a pirate when she grows up.
DeleteThanks for taking part, Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! Thanks for hosting. :)
DeletePerfect way to describe what it feels when our friends go bye bye!
ReplyDeleteMake sure to stop by my place ;)
You're too kind. Any real estate nearby? I can just move into the neighborhood. Or better yet, we can go live with my twin in Hawaii.
DeleteHA!!
DeleteI've no money left... using it for a Pixie Ransom Fund :)~
:) You're the best kind of friend, Koopmans.
DeleteI hope your friend comes back!! And I love her blog name!
ReplyDeleteShe is so twisted and demented in the best sort of way. Yep, sorely missed.
DeleteI agree with Leigh. I miss her, too.
ReplyDeletePlace just isn't the same without her. Sometimes I go around adding extra !!!!!!'s just to feel like she's been there.
DeleteI feel so loved! Last night I had the blog open, trying to plan a post but ended up falling asleep first. I do have a cache of hysterical home videos that need editing before I can post them...and speaking of editing, my mss need them too. I'll try to get a new post up, maybe tonight!
ReplyDeleteWhere'd Leigh go? I see her now and then on Facebook. *flounces away, Jack Sparrow-style*
Yay! I made a blog post!
DeleteOh man, if you had posted last night, I'd have looked like such a loser. You falling asleep was serendipitous!
DeleteAnd oh goodie...off to check your blog! My plea worked!!!
Thanks for sharing the links to these blogs. It's been a lot of fun today;$
ReplyDeleteI still need to go around and read other people's choices.
DeleteI love the way you wrote your blogfest post! Fun. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you...and thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteThat was so creative!
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane!
DeleteThanks for sharing these awesome bloggers, Elizabeth. The more the merrier, eh!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more!
DeleteAww! So ingenious how you went about this blogfest!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cherie!
Delete:)
Hi, Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to meet you. Your take on this blogfest was unique and executed beautifully. Of all the posts I've read for the fest, yours is by far the most original and inspiring.
Thank you for sharing your plea with us.
Have a great weekend.
Michael
Gosh, I'm super flattered and blushing a little. Thanks for the kind words! And thanks for stopping by!
DeleteLove how interesting you made this post. Now I wish she was still here cause she sounds so intriguing! LOL. Well done!
ReplyDeleteShe is one of a kind! And I think she'll be back. This blogfest prompted her to post...and one post leads to another and another, right?
DeleteDarn! Now I want to read Kristen's blog, too.
ReplyDeleteBecause of this blogfest, she posted to her blog! And I think she'll be back to full steam soon.
DeleteCome back Kristen!! Come back to blogland!! You are loved and missed and wanted!!! Hope you are ok! Take care
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I thinks she's fine. A new job, a new home...heck pretty much a new life to adjust to and she'll be back. :)
DeleteHere's to hoping Kristen comes back!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this story and for popping by my blog. This blogfest has been a warm fuzzy heart fest!
ReplyDeleteYes it has been. But as writers who get to enjoy rejection for lunch and dinner, we need some warm fuzzies every now and then!
DeleteThey call this world virtual and sometimes dangerous, but the warm feelings can actually be real.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right. And there are friends on the net I can rely on for help faster than people I see every day.
DeleteFunny post. That must have been frustrating.
ReplyDeleteOh Leigh, good choice. I totally blame Abby as well. Did you know Leigh has a drug problem? I guess that breaks confidentiality but I'm not really licensed so I never really signed anything. If none of this makes sense check out this post. http://writingwithshellyandchad.blogspot.com/2011/11/shellys-therapy-hour-leigh-covington.html
I never knew about Abby and her drug problem. ;)
DeleteI'll have to go check that out!
Touching tribute to your friend...and it looks like it reached her. Bravo!
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