Comments on: My Essential Lines from 2009 http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/ Kindness, clarity, confidence, compassion. Watchwords for writing on the web. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Middle Zone Musings » All Entries: What I Learned From 2009 http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/#comment-20332 Middle Zone Musings » All Entries: What I Learned From 2009 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:28:48 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3169#comment-20332 [...] My Essential Lines from 2009, by Joanna Young at Confident Writing [...] [...] My Essential Lines from 2009, by Joanna Young at Confident Writing [...]

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/#comment-20162 Joanna Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:03:57 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3169#comment-20162 @ Dianne, thank you for the feedback - I'm glad you liked that post too, and I can see how's it just right for you just now :-) Thanks for joining in the project with your own piece, it's great to have you back blogging again! @ Cat, I can hardly bear to imagine what it must be like to lose your blog. You have my sympathies. I know what you mean about blogging being integral of who you are. For me it's not just who I am as a writer, but who I am. I can't imagine life without it! @ Karen, so often we seem to be travelling on the same bumpy paths... you make for a wonderful travelling companion, always and all ways x @ Jan, thank you for sharing that, and publishing it, and teaching us so much about taking those risks. Your new blog is beautiful and brilliant, and I'm sure it will inspire many people to venture forth from their comfort zones (including moi) @ Dianne, thank you for the feedback – I’m glad you liked that post too, and I can see how’s it just right for you just now :-) Thanks for joining in the project with your own piece, it’s great to have you back blogging again!

@ Cat, I can hardly bear to imagine what it must be like to lose your blog. You have my sympathies. I know what you mean about blogging being integral of who you are. For me it’s not just who I am as a writer, but who I am. I can’t imagine life without it!

@ Karen, so often we seem to be travelling on the same bumpy paths… you make for a wonderful travelling companion, always and all ways x

@ Jan, thank you for sharing that, and publishing it, and teaching us so much about taking those risks. Your new blog is beautiful and brilliant, and I’m sure it will inspire many people to venture forth from their comfort zones (including moi)

]]> By: Jan Scott Nelson http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/#comment-20131 Jan Scott Nelson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:17:55 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3169#comment-20131 Hi Joanna. This year has brought essential change and the very essence of this is encapsulated in yesterday's post which, as you know, I've been working on since the process started. Here 'tis: Change - a risky business Your request for the 'essential lines from 2009' motivated me to get it finished! .-= Jan Scott Nelson´s last blog ..Writing to learn, and writing to understand what the learning is =-. Hi Joanna. This year has brought essential change and the very essence of this is encapsulated in yesterday’s post which, as you know, I’ve been working on since the process started. Here ’tis: Change – a risky business

Your request for the ‘essential lines from 2009′ motivated me to get it finished!
.-= Jan Scott Nelson´s last blog ..Writing to learn, and writing to understand what the learning is =-.

]]> By: Karen Swim http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/#comment-20128 Karen Swim Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:00:23 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3169#comment-20128 Joanna, as I read the list so many of these stirred up powerful memories of fears you helped me to face and walls you helped me break down. I could not have chosen one from the many posts you have written but these 12 were truly powerful. I am going to enjoy revisiting them again. .-= Karen Swim´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/T3isbPFL1us/" rel="nofollow">Why Pretty Good May Be Really Good for Your Business</a> =-. Joanna, as I read the list so many of these stirred up powerful memories of fears you helped me to face and walls you helped me break down. I could not have chosen one from the many posts you have written but these 12 were truly powerful. I am going to enjoy revisiting them again.
.-= Karen Swim´s last blog ..Why Pretty Good May Be Really Good for Your Business =-.

]]> By: Cat Woods http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/#comment-20125 Cat Woods Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:52:05 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3169#comment-20125 Joanna, Finding your blog on the day you posted your essential lines was a bonus for me. All I had to do was read through your twelve faves to get a feel for you and your blog. Enough to know I will be coming back for more. I can't answer your question in its entirety, because I lost my blog in a fatal cyber accident during the month of November. I mourn the loss of those precious nine months of daily writing. My new blog has only been active for seven days now. The most valuable thing I learned from its loss? Blogging is an integral part of who I am as a writer. It is a way for me to connect with other writers, chance viewers who may end up as cyber friends and those who know me differently in Real Life, but can learn to appreciate what goes on in my dreams. Thanks for the valuable info! .-= Cat Woods´s last blog ..<a href="http://catwoods.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/the-blocks/" rel="nofollow">The Blocks</a> =-. Joanna,

Finding your blog on the day you posted your essential lines was a bonus for me. All I had to do was read through your twelve faves to get a feel for you and your blog. Enough to know I will be coming back for more.

I can’t answer your question in its entirety, because I lost my blog in a fatal cyber accident during the month of November. I mourn the loss of those precious nine months of daily writing. My new blog has only been active for seven days now.

The most valuable thing I learned from its loss? Blogging is an integral part of who I am as a writer. It is a way for me to connect with other writers, chance viewers who may end up as cyber friends and those who know me differently in Real Life, but can learn to appreciate what goes on in my dreams.

Thanks for the valuable info!
.-= Cat Woods´s last blog ..The Blocks =-.

]]> By: Dianne http://confidentwriting.com/2009/12/my-essential-lines-from-2009/#comment-20121 Dianne Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:44:16 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3169#comment-20121 What a wonderful collection of posts, Joanna, thank you for sharing them here! I'm glad you chose one for each month, it's lovely to look back over the year on Confident Writing. But my favourite is your '9 Possible Ways That Writing Changes Things' because I love lists too and because I love the whole idea of possibility! My choice is easy, as I've only written one post! My first blog post in almost 18 months: http://diannemr.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/just-one-small-stone/ (I've even forgotten how to do the whole embedded thing!) But I might have chosen it anyway, being my first step back into blogging and also because it highlights the fact that problems can often be the source of possibility. (I have put something else on my blog, but it's more of an extended #followfriday than a blog post, thanking some of my favourite twitter folks ... a big thank you for you there!) :o) .-= Dianne´s last blog ..<a href="http://diannemr.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/blessings-from-on-line/" rel="nofollow">Blessings From On Line</a> =-. What a wonderful collection of posts, Joanna, thank you for sharing them here! I’m glad you chose one for each month, it’s lovely to look back over the year on Confident Writing. But my favourite is your ’9 Possible Ways That Writing Changes Things’ because I love lists too and because I love the whole idea of possibility!

My choice is easy, as I’ve only written one post! My first blog post in almost 18 months: http://diannemr.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/just-one-small-stone/ (I’ve even forgotten how to do the whole embedded thing!) But I might have chosen it anyway, being my first step back into blogging and also because it highlights the fact that problems can often be the source of possibility.

(I have put something else on my blog, but it’s more of an extended #followfriday than a blog post, thanking some of my favourite twitter folks … a big thank you for you there!)

:o )
.-= Dianne´s last blog ..Blessings From On Line =-.

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