Blogher

I'd love it if you'd check out my new gig at Blogher. You know..if you feel like it.

I'm a contributing editor for travel and recreation, which means that I keep tabs on blogs written by women in these categories, and post links to them on blogher along with some (hopefully) intelligent and entertaining commentary. Travel I've got down, but I'm still figuring out exactly what "recreation" means in this context. Stuff like this, maybe?

Anyway, once you get to the site, if you click on the "travel and recreation" link on the left-hand side, you'll get to my category. You'll know it's me because of the teeny-tiny picture of my smiling face that goes alongside my posts. It looks like this:

And you know, whenever you see my smiling face, you'll have to smile yourself, because...Well, James Taylor says to.

This site is designed to be a collection of the best writing by women on the Web, specifically in blogs. It just launched today as a beta site, which in English means it's still really new, might have some problems, and will likely see some changes in layout and functionality. (GAH! I said FUNCTIONALITY!) But so far it looks pretty good to me, tech whiz that I am. ; )  I am so impressed with the women who started this group and who DO have the technological and entrepreneurial skills to build it into an even cooler situation. I'm jazzed to be a part of it - also because I get to go to California this summer to meet many of the people involved. Can't wait!

If you get a chance to check the site out, thanks. I really hope to do more professional writing work this year, and it's encouraging that I got to do something fun to kick it off in January. And please pass along any travel blogs you come across (or even Web sites - I'm a link junkie). As much as I aspire to, I can't be everywhere. 

Comments

[esther]

that's a great picture!

great site, too.

[joanna]

Laurie Links, but the problem is that Blogher, those beta gals, won't let me in!

[laurie]

The site is apparently jammed from all the brand new traffic. Hope you'll try again soon!

[Jen]

Thanks for the introduction. The site looks great. I'm having fun checking out all the different blogs.

Way to do it, Laurie! Congrats.