Carnival Time!

by La Shawn on April 1, 2005

in Bloggers

Update (4/4): There’s an open seat on the Watcher’s Council. What is that, you ask? Go check it out. The Council is also accepting post submissions for the week.

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If you’re a new blogger seeking wider exposure for your work, consider participating in one or all of the blog showcases. Each week bloggers take turns hosting the carnivals. In less busy days, I used to submit posts to the Christian Carnival and Carnival of the Vanities.

There are several other carnivals I failed to mention, I’m sure, but this is a good start. You should be able to find information on how and when to participate in the next carnival on the host blogs.

Sissy Willis reminded me of the Carnival of the Cats and Carnival of the Recipes. And here’s a new one: Friday Ark.

Steel says there should be a Carnival of the Idiots to showcase the most obnoxious commenters. Unfortunately, attention is exactly what they want, which is why I’d never participate. Don’t feed the trolls!

Also see Carnival of the Carnivals. Wow.

Aaron is back! He was on hiatus while looking for a job. Aaron creates what he calls “Blogopoly” pieces. Clever idea. Mine is a hotel with a steeple and a barbershop pole.

Robin Burk, a very nice lady and fellow CPAC blogger, has started her own blog, Random Probablilities. She’ll continue blogging at Winds of Change.

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Steel 04.01.05 at 9:06 am

There ought to be a ‘Carnival of the Idiots’ for commenters doncha think? And a ‘Carnival of the Bozos’ for MSM. BTW. Hi LaShawn, haven’t seen ya much since ya got famous. You Go Girl!

Sissy Willis 04.01.05 at 9:06 am

Hey, LaShawn, don’t forget these three staples of the blogosphere:

Carnival of the Cats
http://carnivalofthecats.com/

Carnival of the Recipes
http://texasbestgrok.mu.nu/archives/073493.php

Friday Ark http://themodulator.org/archives/001694.html

King of Fools 04.01.05 at 9:59 am

I have done a Carnival of the Carnivals for over a year which simply is a collection of different carnivals. (It has gotten rather large of late, almost unwieldy!)

This week’s version is here.

King of Fools 04.01.05 at 10:00 am

Ok – no hyperlinks in comments (and no preview either!).

The link is:
http://king-of-fools.com/blog/weblog/posts/carnival1/

Sissy Willis 04.01.05 at 10:14 am

Thanks, sweetie. :)

SCSIwuzzy 04.01.05 at 10:40 am

working off the PDA, so no link, but there is also Carnival of Cordite.

Rae 04.01.05 at 10:52 am

Hey, La Shawn. Thanks for the links.

Don’t forget to also visit Greg Hammond’s (link posted over at my site) to comment to raise money for low-income women to receive mammograms. His wife died of breast cancer one year ago today. For every comment the site receives today, sponsors have donated money-so just your simple comment can raise money :D

Tim O'Connor 04.01.05 at 12:29 pm

LaShawn,

Before you put out that link to STEEL, you should have checked some of his links. This was one of them:

A little shocking!

And you made it worse by posting the link in the comments. – Admin

Renee 04.01.05 at 1:25 pm

La Shawn,
Off topic but they just reported the Pope has passed away.

stan 04.01.05 at 1:42 pm

Renee,
He hasn’t passed away yet. But I’m sure it will happen within a few hours.

Renee 04.01.05 at 1:47 pm

I am aware of that stan. Just posting that it was reported. Has not been confirmed by the vatican.

EdWonk 04.01.05 at 3:15 pm

LaShawn,

On behalf of the EdWriters, many thanks.

Aaron's cc: 04.01.05 at 4:14 pm

La Shawn, thank you for the welcoming shout-out. I got a Barber-lanche and Malkin-lanche today and it’s appreciated.

Tiny little proofreading. In your A-L section, my old link still appears.

Dodo David 04.01.05 at 10:02 pm

Blogmother La Shawn:

Some of the Carnivals do not tell readers how to make submissions.

Also, I find it much easier to be a co-writer on a blog with many writers than to run my own blog.

Ankle Biting Pundits encourages its readers to submit posts.

Lifelike Pundits recruits new writers, too.

Evon Bachaus 04.02.05 at 9:48 am

Thanks for all the links to other blogs, La Shawn. Still, your best gift is to let us read your excellent writing of your own thoughts on a topic.

Cindy Swanson 04.05.05 at 12:03 pm

I usually submit regularly just to the Christian Carnival, but I’ve found this Carnival submission form to be incredibly handy:

http://www.conservativecat.com/Ferdy/Carnivals.htm

It includes most of the major carnivals, and it’s super-easy to use!

Gullyborg 04.18.05 at 6:28 pm

You can always find the Carnival of Cordite here:

http://gullyborg.typepad.com/carnival_of_cordite/

Thank you for mentioning it!

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