One of my college professors told me: You cannot really know something until you write it.
In #reverb, we write and we write and we write the year. We write it from every angle, every doorway, every hidden secret garden. We write it sideways and backwards and inside out. And in doing so, we find things we didn’t know we left in our pockets. We find buttons and feathers and scribbled love notes to take into the new year.
If you wrote a post, if you shared a prompt, if you tweeted a link, if you laid down a comment like an offering at the altar – thank you. Thank you for helping me, for helping all of us, learn 2011. Thank you for helping us tuck her in and wish her good night.
Thank YOU!
Posted by: Liz | January 04, 2012 at 04:24 PM
Thank you! Keeping up the momentum can be tough, so I so appreciated you sharing my posts and linking other authors for me to gain inspiration. While I'm in the middle of the prompts, I think, I can't go on! I'm running out of ideas, brain power, writing mojo! But I never do. It's amazing how writing begets writing, huh?
Posted by: Sarah | January 04, 2012 at 04:26 PM
What a great post. Thanks to you too.
Posted by: Jason | January 04, 2012 at 04:27 PM
Thank YOU! You have become such a positive energy in my timeline & in my reader list! Thank you for always staying so positive & such a wonderful source of encouragement!
Posted by: Brandee | January 04, 2012 at 06:21 PM
Noel, your smile and unfailing positive attitude make more of an impact in my life than I can ever convey. It is I who should be thanking you
Thank You, Noel. From the bottom of my heart.
Posted by: Mark | January 04, 2012 at 07:09 PM
Well said! Thank you!
Posted by: Holly | January 04, 2012 at 09:07 PM
Thank you! Really loved reading all of your posts, tweets and comments this December (and all the other times too, but reverb is such a great deep dig, right?!)
Thanks for your inspiration and support.
Posted by: Meredith | January 04, 2012 at 09:11 PM
Great post and thanks, Noel! I look forward to reading more of your discoveries in 2012. Best wishes for the coming year! xo
Posted by: Robin | January 05, 2012 at 02:27 AM
Thank you, lovely Noel, for your honesty and beautiful writing. xo
Posted by: Katie @ cakes, tea and dreams | January 05, 2012 at 06:37 AM
Thank you, too! Major encouragement props to you! And yes, Reverb has *something* that really draws us out of writer's block, huh!
Posted by: Abigail | January 05, 2012 at 10:26 AM
@Liz, @Jason, @Brandee, @Mark, @Holly, @Katie, @Robin, @Meredith--You are very welcome, it was a pleasure! :)
@Sarah and @Abigal--Yes! It so shook my cobwebs loose. Another reason I can't wait until next year's. :)
Posted by: Noel | January 05, 2012 at 05:18 PM
I love your professor's words... So true. And I love you, for bringing such insight, beauty and community into so many lives. Thank you.
Posted by: Roxanne | January 06, 2012 at 02:41 AM