tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post114044175453821796..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: BlogHer.........and illustrated blogsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-1140610256056437262006-02-22T12:10:00.000+00:002006-02-22T12:10:00.000+00:00Thanks Laura - I'll make sure that view is conveye...Thanks Laura - I'll make sure that view is conveyed to BlogHer<BR/><BR/>And I totally misrepresented Blogs Illustrated numbers earlier - they've now topped 300 illustrated blogs.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-1140609000619492682006-02-22T11:50:00.000+00:002006-02-22T11:50:00.000+00:00Katherine, I completely agree about the Hobby desi...Katherine, I completely agree about the Hobby designation! It is very offputting. I don't understand people's attitude to art---there are no categories for art blogs in the various blog awards competitions either. <BR/>L(lines)Laurelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050096410382276071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-1140453506913407992006-02-20T16:38:00.000+00:002006-02-20T16:38:00.000+00:00Debra - I've just responded to your post and indic...Debra - I've just responded to your post and indicated that I don't think the Hobbies route is the way forward for a number of reasons - not least the fact that for a number of professional and semi-professional artists their artwork is emphatically not a hobby and in no way would they want it to be represented as such. <BR/><BR/>Also people who illustrate their blogs will not be able to find similar blogs while there is no sub-categorisation within Hobbies.<BR/><BR/>There's also lots of illustrated blogs out there and an awful lot of very long blogrolls - including e.g. the 200 or so which can be found easily at Blogs Illustrated.<BR/><BR/>I think the simplest way forward would be for you to lobby hard for an Arts and Crafts section within BlogHer ;)<BR/><BR/>Thanks again though for highlighting the illustrated blog as a very special and important part of blogging.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-1140452560545863552006-02-20T16:22:00.000+00:002006-02-20T16:22:00.000+00:00Katherine,I have emailed you, but I hoped to say s...Katherine,<BR/><BR/>I have emailed you, but I hoped to say something public here. I am the Hobby Editor for BlogHer, where my job is to highlight women's blogs concerned with any Art or any Craft. Broad? Yes. But for a one month old website, doable. I foresee lots of growing pains in the next year. Perhaps Arts and Crafts as it's own catagory. <BR/><BR/>Please, everyone if you list your blogs on BlogHer,make sure to list them under Hobbies so I don't miss them.<BR/><BR/>And if you can make it BlogHer '06 the end of July, please let me know. I would love to meet the many talented individuals about whom I write. I worship you all.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504185070473121551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-1140450655229490472006-02-20T15:50:00.000+00:002006-02-20T15:50:00.000+00:00Sorry Laura - Ive no idea how retroactive the perm...Sorry Laura - Ive no idea how retroactive the permalinks are.<BR/><BR/>I'm having a few problems communicating with BlogHer - my e-mail suggesting the categories would not deliver - so I've got a query with them through a very roundabout route, as there seems to be a problem with the contact arrangements on their website.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-1140448798791580912006-02-20T15:19:00.000+00:002006-02-20T15:19:00.000+00:00Katherine, I just joined BlogHer, thanks to your s...Katherine, I just joined BlogHer, thanks to your suggestion. I'd seen that designation on blogs before, but never pursued. Also, I just linked to you in today's post and was wondering if your permalinks would be retroactive. Thanks for both!<BR/>L(lines)Laurelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050096410382276071noreply@blogger.com