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Old 06-29-2012, 07:01 PM   #1
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July 2012 Blog Chain

Starting Date: Monday, July 9, 2012
Open to all forum members, even after it starts!

This month's prompt:
Independence and Slavery

You can do either or both, compare and contrast. Write wherever the prompt inspires you, fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry. Do try and keep things at a PG-13 level, though.

Instructions:
Simply post your blog's URL in this thread to join. Each post should be less than 1000 words if possible. Read and comment on other participants' posts if you possibly can--they'll be doing the same for you!

I'll let you know in this thread when it's your turn.
Once your turn comes up, you have two days to complete your post. When you are finished, please add a link to your post on the thread. If you signed up but find yourself unable to participate or need to be moved around in the schedule, please PM me or post in the thread. If you fail to post on your blog and on the thread within two days, I'll bump you down to the end of the line on the third day; you'll get a second chance at the end of the month.

Please include a list of all participants' blogs (not necessarily their actual posts for the month) in your blog post, and keep in mind we're not starting until later in the month to give people time to sign up.

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orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
knotanes - http://knotane.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
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Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
randi.lee - http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
bmadsen - http://hospitaloflife.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
Poppy - http://poet-slash-writer.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
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Sweetwheat - http://gomezkarla.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Tex_Maam - http://tex-maam.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
MelodySRV - http://createamelody.com/ (link to this month's post)
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dclary - http://davidwclary.com (link to this month's post)
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Old 06-30-2012, 04:05 AM   #2
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Count me in. Great topic!
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Old 06-30-2012, 04:08 AM   #3
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Old 06-30-2012, 04:37 AM   #4
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Old 06-30-2012, 06:32 AM   #5
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Added. Remember to include your blog link in your post or at the very least confirm that the link is in your sig
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Old 07-01-2012, 07:19 PM   #6
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Old 07-01-2012, 11:29 PM   #7
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Added. Looks like it's going to be another short one this month...
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Old 07-02-2012, 04:21 AM   #8
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Old 07-02-2012, 09:13 AM   #9
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Old 07-02-2012, 05:55 PM   #10
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Heh, what the heck, I'm in! The topic is just too interesting!
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Old 07-02-2012, 05:55 PM   #11
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Old 07-02-2012, 07:20 PM   #12
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pyrosama: added. bmadsen, I need your blog link; the one in your sig doesn't appear to lead to a blog.
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Old 07-02-2012, 08:37 PM   #13
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Doh! sorry about that!

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Old 07-03-2012, 12:54 AM   #14
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It'll be too far past the 4th for me to include in my comic, so just the blog for me this month, please.

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Old 07-03-2012, 06:55 AM   #15
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Old 07-08-2012, 11:44 PM   #18
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I'd like to do this as well.

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Added. Looks like we've worked our way up to a respectable number of participants, with a lot of new faces!
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Old 07-09-2012, 07:25 AM   #20
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Old 07-09-2012, 07:43 PM   #22
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Old 07-10-2012, 07:36 AM   #24
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You people and your demands!

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