Thankful — Without Thanksgiving

Where I come from, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. We have the turkey, feasting and holiday trimmings a bit later in the year. Yet, it never hurts to be thankful. I believe in having an attitude of gratitude. As well as being thankful for relatively good health and the ability to make a living doing what I love, I am grateful for a whole bunch of people who have inspired or supported me (sometimes both) since I started blogging.

George Angus is part of the Get Paid to Write Online community. I swear he shares practically everything that’s written on this blog and stops by my Facebook page to like it too. Thanks, George.

Fellow writers who have inspired me with their professionalism, skill and willingness to give good, no-nonsense advice include Deb Ng, Anne Wayman, Lori Widmer, Cathy Miller, James Chartrand, Laura Spencer, Jenn Mattern … I could go on forever. My list of writers on Twitter has about 250 members and my Google+ circle has about the same.

Dana Prince is my writing BFF. We’ve blogged together, worked together, commiserated and laughed together about the writing life. If I listed all the ways that Dana’s been wonderful, we’d be here all day! :)

Dan Smith writes great articles here on Get Paid to Write Online that get people talking. Dan and I met when I asked him to review this blog on one of his old projects, and we’ve been in contact ever since. I’m grateful for his good humour and expertise.

Ileane, Vernessa and Gail are newer friends, but I’ve had a great time interacting with them, more so in the past year. That also goes for Tea, Nicole, Michelle, Clare and Annie. Thanks for some great conversations and sharing, ladies. Oh, and there’s one gent, too — DiTesco, who has been helping me troubleshoot Google+ authorship issues. And I mustn’t forget Lea and Andy who inspire with their lifestyle and their products. And of course Harleena, whom I met on Google+ and have been talking to ever since.

Last, but definitely not least, Mitchell Allen and Rebecca Leaman, blogging buddies from way back when and all-around good people. So glad to know you!

Now, this type of list being what it is, there’s bound to be someone I’ve forgotten — Murphy’s Law always rules at times like this. So let me say that if you have:

• contributed a post to my blog or commented on my blog

• sent me an email saying you liked something I wrote

• given me a great testimonial

• talked to me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+

• shared my stuff with your networks

• provided a helping hand or a cheerful word when I needed it

• chatted to me on one of the forums I belong to — and there aren’t many of those

then I appreciate you too! Happy Thanksgiving!

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