Today is Friendship Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a fun jog around the blogosphere. It’s good for the heart, and you don’t even have to deal with the heat or risk getting blisters.
Please introduce yourself — I always have room in my life for new friends. Even if you’re shy, I hope you will still take the time to leave a few words. Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered in a drawing to win a free download of one of my novels, winner’s choice. (You can see the blurbs for my novels on the right side bar.
After you’ve explored my site, jog on over to The Philly Collector at http://phillycollector.blogspot.com to see what they have to offer. (There you should find a link to the next blog on the jog.) If you get lost or end up at a blog with a broken link to the next stop, you can go back to the main Blog Jog Day Blog at http://blogjogday.blogspot.com and find a new link to jog from.
If you don’t know where to start exploring Bertram’s Blog, you can check out the index of all my posts: Archives.
Thank you for stopping by my site! I hope you have a fun jog and make lots of new friends.
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Pat Bertram is the author of Light Bringer, More Deaths Than One, A Spark of Heavenly Fire, and Daughter Am I.
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August 7, 2011 at 1:04 am
Thanks for inviting me in. Enjoy the day.
August 7, 2011 at 2:56 am
Hi Pat
I’ve lurked for over a year but never commented. I was drawn to your posts on grief having lost my husband in April 2010 to suicide. Although I wasn’t in love with him like you were/are with your soul-mate, I was interested in watching you go through the grieving process and its similarity to mine.
I just thought this was a good opportunity to break the ice and say ‘hi’. Your blog has helped.
Cheers
Katie
August 7, 2011 at 10:02 am
Katie, thank you for introducing yourself. It’s always nice to meet a blog reader and a sister in sorrow. Losing someone you’ve shared your life with is hard, but it must be doubly hard when it came from suicide rather than illness or an accident. I hope you’ve found peace.
August 7, 2011 at 7:53 am
A copy of A Spark of Heavenly Fire to go along with my copy of Daughter Am I would be love-0-ly.
August 7, 2011 at 10:03 am
Hi, Joylene! Always good to see you. I’m jogging over to your blog now.
August 7, 2011 at 11:34 am
thanks, Pat!
August 7, 2011 at 9:44 am
Happy Blog Jog! 🙂 I do love Smashwords – don’t you?
August 7, 2011 at 9:58 am
Claudia, yes, Smashwords is smashing! Thank you for stopping by.
August 7, 2011 at 10:41 am
Hi my friend,
Just thought I would surprise you and say hi. I visit here once in awhile but usually dont comment. Looking forward to our day together on Tuesday. See you then. Enjoy your day!!
August 7, 2011 at 11:00 am
Hi Pat,
Another fellow griever stopping by to say hello and try the Blog Jog to see if I can escape a little. I’m having a tough time lately but you know how that goes. Thanks for notifying me of the event today and enjoy the Jog.
Bob
August 7, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Bob, I’m sorry you’re having a tough time lately. It comes and goes, and hopefully the times between the tears become longer. Stop by if you need to talk. I’m always willing to talk to another griever. It’s such an isolating experience, we need all the friends we can get.
August 7, 2011 at 11:34 am
Intriguing synopsis! Glad to have found you through Blog Jog Day!
Regards,
Donna
Award-winning Children’s Author
Write What Inspires You Blog
The Golden Pathway Story book Blog
August 7, 2011 at 11:39 am
Hi Pat. I’m stopping by to say hello on Blog Jog Day. Your books sound interesting. All have very nice covers. Thanks for the chance to win one of them. Happy Blog Jog Day!
August 7, 2011 at 11:46 am
Hi, Pat, I’m also participating in Jog Blog Day. 🙂
August 7, 2011 at 11:49 am
Hi Pat, just stopping by on Friendship day to wish you all the success in the world, and peace and happiness, love, Elsie
August 7, 2011 at 11:54 am
OMG, This site is like a candy store. Where to go from here? Guess I’ll have to look around at all the neat little things I need to do for my site. Happy Friendship Day!
August 7, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Hi Pat! Blog Jog Day brought me here today. Come and say ‘Hi!’ when you have the chance; I have a huge giveaway that might interest you 😉
August 7, 2011 at 12:13 pm
A blog jog! What a great idea! And I discovered the Philly Collector here, a bonus.
Thanks for letting me know about this.
Joe DeMarco
if you like Philly and Mystery try: A Body on Pine (http://tinyurl.com/3o35r6h)
August 7, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Good blog today, Pat.
Happy Friendship Day!
August 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Hi, Joyce. Thank you for stopping by.
August 7, 2011 at 2:31 pm
I like your blog and would love to read any of your books. I also know grief as my youngest dasughter died six years ago.
Joan
August 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Joan, I am so sorry about your daughter. It’s hard enough to deal with a loss, but out-of-sequence deaths are so much harder to survive.
August 7, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Hello, Pat. Happy Friendship day and blog jogging and all that.
August 7, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Hi, Pat. Thanks for alerting me to this. Glad to be a part of your circle of writerly friends.
August 7, 2011 at 8:04 pm
J. Conrad, it’s good to see you here!
August 7, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Who said you can never have enough friends? He was right.
Yes, I’ll jog on over to a few sites; always up for a tour.
However, I also need to put down a few words. At this rate I’ll have my next novel finished when I’m 105.
Dave
http://www.dmmcgowan.blogspot.com
August 7, 2011 at 7:55 pm
David, you’ll beat me by a couple of decades! At the rate I’m going, I’ll have to live to 125 to complete my next novel.
August 7, 2011 at 8:03 pm
105! That soon? Ever since I started increasing my promotional efforts, my writing time has shunk. I think I need a time manager.
Friends are very important and the older I get, the more I realize that.
Joan
August 8, 2011 at 7:36 am
Hi friend…I so admire your energy! Hope you, too, have a happy day! Since I have all your published books, I’ll just look forward to your next one!
Best,
Glenda
April 20, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Thanks for mentioning my blog, PhillyCollector, on last year’s Blog Jog. I found your blog in a recent search. Best wishes for a Happy Blog Jog this year.
April 20, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Thank you. Same to you.
July 26, 2014 at 5:50 am
wow nice..