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By Leo Babauta and Mary Jaksch
Hey! You’ve won an award for Write to Done being one of the Top Ten Blogs for Writers! As a loyal reader and contributor, you have made Write to Done the award- winning blog it is.
Below you can see the lineup of the Top Ten Blogs for Writers.
- Copyblogger: This site is the heavyweight champion of the world four years running (and one of the top blogs on the planet)! The brain-child of Brian Clark, his blog keeps winning because of its insightful articles.
- Men With Pens: James Chartrand and Harry McLeod maintain the number two slot with their inspiring content and rich community discussion.
- Write to Done: This blog nearly always delivers a home run with its excellent articles for all writers and is the product of top blogger Leo Babauta.
- Editor Unleashed: Inspired by the former Editor-in-Chief of Writer’s Digest, Maria Schneider explores writing, social media and community on her excellent blog.
- Freelance Writing Jobs: This site is the first stop for freelance writers seeking new work and great articles (and it remains a top winner since this contest began). Congrats Deb Ng!
- Confident Writing: Joanna Young delivers rich and useful articles that will help you take your writing to the next level.
- Urban Muse: Susan Johnston covers a wide range of excellent topics that all writers will enjoy.
- WordCount: Journalist Michelle Vranizan Rafter explores the challenges freelance writers face on her excellent blog.
- Quips & Tips for Successful Writers: A true cornucopia of ideas for writers, Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen provides endless content and freelancing tips.
- Fuel Your Writing: This site will certainly fuel you! Michelle Krasniak Oxman and her huge team of contributors provide great content for writers.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers. Your lively comments are what makes Write to Done such a special place.
We’d love to hear from you about how we could make Write to Done an even better experience for you. Please let us know in the comments what you enjoy about WTD, as well as what we could improve.
- What do you love reading about? What do you hate? What annoys you?
- Which contributors have you particularly enjoyed?
- How could we foster and support our WTD community?
- We’re planning to create a new minimalistic design for WTD. What do you think of that?
As you can see, this is open mic time. Please go for it and tell us exactly what you think in the comments.
What we both enjoy about Write to Done is that it’s such a lively, supportive community! It’s a pleasure to write for you, and a fun challenge to provide an interesting lineup of guest posts.
Participation is the key to enjoying your experience on WTD. One great way to participate is to comment. Another way is to contribute a guest post.
Please don’t be shy of approaching Mary for a possible guest post. She regards guest posting on WTD as an opportunity to give you a hand, and will offer you tips on how to sharpen your pitches, write killer guest posts, and present them in a way that makes blog owners swoon with pleasure.
Now, what about those questions above? Please let rip in the comments and tell us what you love, what annoys you, and what we should change at Write to Done.
19 Comments, Comment or Ping
Dave Doolin
This Top 10 list is making the rounds.
In fact, I subscribed here as a result of reading the list on Men With Pens.
Looking forward to reading further… will spend some time here this evening in fact.
Sep 25th, 2009
Suzannah
Congrats on making the Top 10 again. You definitely deserve it!
I think the only thing I’d love to see changed on WTD is the design, which you already mentioned you’ll be doing anyway. Can’t wait to see what you have planned.
All the best :)
Sep 25th, 2009
David Turnbull
A new design for WriteToDone would be brilliant. There’s nothing really wrong with the current one but it doesn’t feel distinctive. :-)
Sep 26th, 2009
Marcus
Contratulations ???
Quite the spelling mistake considering the nature of this blog….
Sep 26th, 2009
Dene
Congratulations :)
I haven’t been reading this blog for very long, but what I would say about the design, make sure you get rid of the diagonal scan lines background in the comments section. Though the contrast is ok, it can pose an accessibility problem when it comes to readability for those with issues such as dyslexia (and cause headaches to a number of the rest).
Sep 26th, 2009
marell moore
I have been reading you for a while, as well as the others on the list.
I like to read almost anything that is related to writing. (My favorite books are On Writing-Steven King and Writing Down the Bones-Natalie Goldberg.)
Frequently your posts have given me things to think about and things to go uummm about. Can’t wait to see your new design.
Sep 26th, 2009
The Adventurous Writer
I think the “Contratulations — YOU Have Won an Award!” is a deliberate misspelling that I’m too dense to get. ;-)
Sep 26th, 2009
Ana-The Writer Today
Congratulations!! This is a well deserved award. I enjoy this site a lot and it has relevant information, tips and resources on writing. I would not change a thing. Thank you for sharing.
Sep 26th, 2009
Linda Steele
Congratulations Leo and Mary! Very exciting news. I hope you two keep up the good work for many years to come.
Sep 26th, 2009
Gilbert Ross
Congratulations Mary & Leo! A well deserved placement. I think that a good part of the success came from keeping a focused theme, helpful articles and contributors from different backgrounds keeping the creative flame alive. Wish you more success!
Sep 27th, 2009
Anne Whitaker
Hi fellow writers
thanks to Marell Moore for mentioning ‘Writing Down the Bones’ by Natalie Goldberg. She is my No 1 favourite writer on writing and you will find my introduction to her, plus links to her site, at the post below:
http://anne-whitaker.com/category/writers-are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-distracted/
Best wishes
Anne Whitaker
‘Writing from the Twelfth House’
Sep 27th, 2009
Fran Macdonald
Contrats!
I like the idea of a minimalist style. I have a hard time keeping up with my emails, let alone blogs, and I don’t even touch Facebook. So something that’s super quick to load and gets straight to the point is useful.
Regards,
Fran Macdonald
Sep 27th, 2009
Ben Angel
Congratulations! I just visited your blog because of the list. I’m looking forward to reading your articles.
Ben Angel – author of ‘Sleeping Your Way to The Top in Business – The Ultimate Guide to Attracting & Seducing More Customers.’
Sep 27th, 2009
Jessica
Congratulations! I didn’t know that there are blogs FOR WRITERS! I thought blogs are for everyone.
There are blogs written by writers and journalists, but for writers! Does it mean that only writers can read it? And write comments?
Congratulations anyway! Award is a good thing. You deserve it!
Sep 27th, 2009
elmot
Congratulations! I come from copyblogger’s blog to discover all other awardees and you all guys indeed deserve the award.
Way to go.
This blog is indeed one gold mine for all bloggers who wants to write worthy posts.
Sep 28th, 2009
Hilary
Hi Mary and Leo – congratulations .. well done: but thank you for letting us have the list, so we can go across and check the other sites out.
I’ll be back – just at the moment have elderly to spend time with .. so I ‘dash in and out’ of sites at the moment .. I did print off the list and I know I want to spend more time here ..
Well done – bask in your glory .. Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Sep 28th, 2009
Adam
Congrats. You deserve the award. Really good blog for bloggers and in fact anyone who’s interested in writing. Cheers
Sep 28th, 2009
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Sep 28th, 2009
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Nov 17th, 2009
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