giveaway · Slice of Life Story Challenge

Motivation Comes Through Comments

Stacey Shubitz

Thank you to all of the first-time March Slicers who submitted kind words about fellow slicers whose comments have meant so much to them.  (If you missed the accolades, then click here to read them now.)  I’m delighted that in just a week’s time this community has come together around the power of stories.

Ramona of Pleasures from the Page was commenter #34, which is the number my random number generator picked.  Ramona sang the praises of Elsie of Elsie Tries Writing.  Here’s what Ramona wrote about Elsie:

What a challenge – to pick one of my new blogger friends from this incredible world. I relish each comment I receive, but the prize has to go to Elsie, my fellow workshop lover! When I sliced about getting to spend the day with Smokey Daniels, her comment, I am soooo jealous made me wish she could join us for the day. She lives in Missouri and I grew up in Oklahoma, so there’s a bit of geographic connection there for me. She noticed some of the craft (word choice) in one of my early posts and makes me want to try harder to slice in a writerly way!
Thanks, Elsie!

Thank you to Elsie for supporting Ramona, as well as many other Slicers during the first days of this Challenge.  In addition, thank you to all of you who have been so generous about commenting on as many blogs as possible each and every day. As you can see, one comment really can make a difference!

Ramona will receive the Mentor Texts DVD by Aimee Buckner.
Elsie will receive the Writers in Transition DVD by Franki Sibberson.

Published by Stacey Shubitz

I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.

16 thoughts on “Motivation Comes Through Comments”

  4. Congrats, ladies! Elsie, thank you for inspiring writers!! You have made a couple comments on my blog as well and being new to this, you have kept me motivated! You deserve the prize!

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  6. @Elsie – when you are off the podium tell us about the gown you are wearing for the big show. 😉 Glad you feel appreciated because you help us to feel worthy.

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  8. Wow, what a fun Thursday morning surprise! Elsie is just one of many fellow slicers who are supporting me on this brand new journey. I can’t wait to share this with my students this morning. It’s thanks to their encouragement that I took this giant leap!

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  9. You deserve it Elsie. You somehow manage to “speak” to so many of us every single day. I would miss it if you weren’t there. Thank you for the words and your time! Congratulations! And to Ramona, too, for your beautiful words about Elsie.

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  10. What a surprise this morning to discover this prize! Wow! Thank you so much. I feel like I am standing at the podium of an award show and at a loss for words. I love comments on my writing, so I want to let others know that they’ve been read and it affected me in some way. This is such a great community. Thank you, thank you. I am honored by your kind words. You make me smile every time I read a comment. 🙂

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  16. Congratulations Elsie!!! I’m so excited for you. Thank you Elsie for always leaving comments on my posts as well. You are always such an encouragement!

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