Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Blogathon Stories

The site will be open for about another month, as we vote on awards and finish sending sponsorship letters. This gives us time to reflect on some of the things that happened during the event, and a chance to catch up with everything we couldn't see. We'll continue to share emails and stories and projects throughout the next month.

Dobbs, a veteran 'thonner, decided to write a work of fiction with a soundtrack. In his post-event email to the team:

Overall, it was an enormously gratifying experience. In addition to the writing, I was floored by the donations received by both readers and the bands that donated music to my effort. Many of the bands were providing music that was being heard for the first time during my blogathon--an incredibly selfless gesture. In my opinion, these artists are the cream of the crop in independent music circles so it was quite a coup... and all of it came together a mere six days, with the final track donation
came in 10 hours after the Blogathon started. I can't tell you how pleased and satisfied I am with the whole thing.

Lastly, I just re-read the piece I wrote and I couldn't be happier with it. Perhaps it's that my brain is still a bit fuzzy, or that I'm too close (time-wise) to the writing, but I think that some of the entries rank among the best writing I've ever done. I can say with certainty that none of those pieces would have been written were it not for the Blogathon."

by...frykitty... 7/30/2003 09:06:00 AM ... ~link~