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7 February 2021 | Registration Deadline for the 2021 Annual Dan McGuire Blog Challenge

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by Srey Khoy

What: Our annual Blog Challenge for our writing community honoring our dear friend, and prolific blogger, Dan McGuire.

Who: Anyone can participate (membership in Writers of Kern not required)

When: Start posting Monday, Feb. 8. Final posts by Sunday, May 9.

Why: To develop a habit of regular writing and sharing it with a like-minded community of writers.

Where: Your personal blog online

The Fine Print: (Requirements to finish and be recognized at WOK Honors, our annual awards and recognition dinner. To be held this year on May 15th):

  • To participate, please email: [email protected] with your name and blog web address by Feb 7, 2021.
  • Write 26 posts in 13 weeks
    • Subject/theme is up to you
    • We suggest two posts per week, but there is no minimum or maximum, just so all 26 posts are completed by the end date.
  • Leave 2 comments/week on other participants’ blogs
    • Each participant will be given a list of the other participants’ blogs for easy access
  • Though not required, we prefer you share a link to your blog posts on the Writers of Kern Facebook Group page (link below). It makes it easier to everyone to read and leave comments.
  • After publishing all 26 posts, please email [email protected] to confirm you’ve completed the challenge.
    • Note: Pace yourself. While it seems simple, many will start, while not everyone will finish and that’s okay. We celebrate everyone who starts!

If you do not have a blog, now is the time to start one! This video will help: https://youtu.be/5n-ZpBo7cHI

2020 Dan McGuire Blog Challenge Participants

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Debbie Fogle https://debbiefogle.wordpress.com/

Paula Glover godswondrousworks.wordpress.com

Natalia Corres https://ncorres.wordpress.com

Dianne Buxton/Vone Deporter www.buxtondeporter.com

Judy Kukuruza https://wolvescrowsandspirituality.home.blog/

Annis Cassells http://heyannis.wordpress.com/

Cyn Bermudez http://www.cynbermudez.com/blogs/

Joan Raymond https://joanraymondwriting.com/blog/

Dewey Compton:  https://www.deweycompton.com/

Susan Baker  susanbakerstorymaker.com 

Stephanie Apsit HiSteph55.blogspot.com

Sandy Moffett http://www.sandymoffett.com/blog/

Expressions Blog by Marie Elrich

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Expressions Blog by Marie Elrich

“The Expressions Blog is dedicated to encouraging writers and readers wherever they are in their lives. I write about my own experiences in order to inspire you in one way or another.” – From Expressions Blog

Marie Elrich has been writing since she was two years old.  She picked up her mother’s magazines and copied them even though she had no idea what she was writing.  Marie Created stories for a second grade assignment and she has been hooked on writing ever since.  Marie graduated from Cal State Bakersfield and currently works at a magazine learning the marketing and publishing business.  She has been published in her college literary magazine, Orpheus.

Marie’s Expressions Blog is a mix of reading reviews, writing tip, and life reflections.  Her favorite genre is fantasy. Marie enjoys reading Jane Austen, Diana Wynne Jones, Eoin Colfer and Rick Riordan.

Topping the list of Marie’s favorite books are Sense and Sensibility, Howl’s Moving Castle, Artemis Fowl #1, and The Lightning Thief.

Marie’s Expressions Blog is part of the Writers of Kern A-Z Blog Challenge.  Follow the Expression Blog at  www.marieelrich.com  You can also find Marie on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/marieelrichexpressions/ and her Twitter name is @MarieElrich.

expressions blogPersonally, I can’t wait until she gets to the letter “H” post on the Expressions blog because not a lot of people know that Marie owns a horse and loves to go riding.

 

Khoti Sarque Blog

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Featured Bloggers in the A-z Challenge

Over a dozen Writers of Kern writers have picked up the gauntlet, knocked the battery off the shoulder, taken the slap by the proverbial glove and committed their writing to the A-Z Blog Challenge 2016.  Twenty Six posts in 13 weeks is their goal.

This is a diverse set of writers and we think YOU would enjoy following along.  To that end, we will profile these very special bloggers right here. We know you will enjoy the diversity of their individual style. Please stop by their blog sites and drop them a word of encouragement.  After all, as a fellow writer, you are keenly aware of their task.

Khoti Sarque Blog

Khoti Sarque BlogFirst up, (in no particular order, he just got his information to me first), Ian Cant.  Ian writes under the name Khoti Sarque.  Ian is not on social media so you won’t find his post on our Writers of Kern Facebook Group page, but don’t let that stop you.  While Ian has been writing all his life, he has worked at it seriously for about 5 years now.  The focus of his blog is “just writing” which fits well with the Writers of Kern mantra.

Ian likes to write in many styles, but when pinned to the mat says he leans toward Science Fiction and short stories.  When asked if he has been published, “Yes, a little,” is his response.  You gotta love a humble man.

Ian loves reading Joseph Conrad and has many favorite authors.  His favorite book is the Left Hand of Darkness.  I asked Ian to let us in on something most people don’t know about him.  His answer: ” Certifiably insane…sorry, that’s what they DO know.”

Stop by the Khoti Sarque blog and follow along in Ian’s journey through the A-Z Blog Challenge.  You will enjoy it!

Khoti Sarque Blog
Blog Name:     khotisarque.wordpress.com
URL:                 https://khotisarque.wordpress.com