Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ho ho ho! It's My Last Post of the Year...

After today, my only day in the (weirdly quiet) office this week, I'll be off work through January 5th, so this is my last post of the year. I considered giving a recent news roundup, but that's not very, um, festive. I toyed around with a "12 Days of Christmas" parody, but I'm too sleepy to get any further than "11 good rejections."

So I will simply end another year of blogging by thanking everyone who visits this space. Whether you follow, stop in daily, or zip by once in a while, I really appreciate it and I hope, at least occasionally, you find something useful or interesting. This has been my best year of blogging, with more readers, more followers and more posts than ever.

Thanks also to all who participated in my blog this year--all the Debuts Authors of the Month, Bloggers of the Week, and editors and agents who answered questions for me.

And, finally, thanks to everyone who uses CWIM. It's a joy to produce my book year after year and I intend to keep doing it as long as long as it's fun. (I'm now working on my 17th edition, so it's going pretty well so far.)

I wish you all good cheer (and rum cake)!

16 comments:

Vodka Mom said...

I LOVE the book, and intend to save my Christmas Gift Cards to purchase the new one (this summer?). I love that we get to hear about the publishing world, and about new authors/bloggers from your site.

Thanks for sharing with all of us- have a safe and happy holiday yourself!!!

Vodka Mom said...

P.S. How about a chapter devoted to Publishers that LOVE NEW and upcoming authors?? A top ten so to speak.... just a suggestion. :-)

Boni Ashburn said...

Thank YOU, Alice, for all the work you do for the children's writing community. We appreciate every thought, post and bit of information you share :)

Have a great holiday with Murray!

Alison Ashley Formento said...

I have to agree with what Boni just wrote. I'm a loyal follower of your blog and appreciate the news and info you share. Happy holidays to you and yours!

Kelly Polark said...

Thank you for such a valuable resource! (the book and blog!) Happy holidays to you, Alice!

Jeannine Atkins said...

Alice, happy new year, and thanks for your useful, fun, and upbeat postings through the year.
Jeannine Atkins

Wild Child said...

Very nice picture of the Thomas Nast Santa drawn in the 1860s, the first popular drawing where Santa was round, red-cheeked, fur-dressed, and jolly. Before that Santa was imagined to be more thin and dour.

Thanks for the blog, I look forward to using it more in the new year, only just discovered it recently.

Gay said...

Have a blessed holiday, and save some bourbon and rum for the rest of us. ;D

Arjay said...

Happy Holidays, Alice. Thanks for your input on my 50 pages.

Ray

Sherry Dale Rogers said...

Happy Holidays and Happy Blogging. Hep Hep Hooray to the new year.

Ben Esch said...

Alice

Happy holidays! Thanks so much for having me on the site, and happy blogging in the new year.

Ben Esch
www.dixienguyen.com

Vodka Mom said...

Hope you had a lovely and safe holiday.

Cuppa Jolie said...

Thank YOU, Alice. For all you do. And because I'll always heart the CWIM.

Here's to a great 2009!

Lee Wind, M.Ed. said...

Enjoy the holiday break, Alice. Well deserved, well earned.
Looking forward to lots more great stuff here in 2009!
Namaste and a Hug,
Lee

Heather said...

I'm so glad you do what you do!

Have an excellent New Year!

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