Feedback is an important tool for the growth of any writer. As I writer, I know how much I appreciate it, even just to know that someone has taken the time to read my words. Unfortunately, I feel that there is a general lack of feedback in the writing industry – we are simply too busy, too pressed for time to leave our thoughts behind. So, I have dedicated myself to 52 Weeks of Feedback (read the post that inspired the challenge).
Here is the challenge:
- I will read and comment on a piece of writing every week for 52 weeks.
- If it is a web article, I will leave a comment using the comment feature. If it is a magazine article, or I want to comment on a book, I will email that author my feedback (or find some way of contacting him or her!)
What I’m Reading
Week 1
Managing Distraction: How and Why to Ignore Your Inbox, by Katherine Ellison
Are Writers Just Content Providers?, by Christine Peets
Week 2
Back to My Roots and On to United States Masters Swimming Short Course Spring Nationals, by Katie Levy of Adventure-Inspired
Week 3
A Weekend of Projects – Part 2 (Pilot Mountain), by Erica Lineberry of CragMama
Writers: How to Keep it Fresh and Avoid Crunch, by Angela West
Week 4
Getting Outside During a Hard Pregnancy, Lindsey Wilson of OutsideMom.com
Week 5
Imagine: How Creativity Works, a book by Jonah Lehrer
Week 6
Learning to share in the backcountry, Tanya Koob at Family Adventures in The Canadian Rockies
Week 7
Running the Juan De Fuca Trail, Ross Collicut on PureOutside
Week 8
yoga june, Sam Peris on nu roots nutrition
Week 9
Thoughts on Adventure and Fatherhood, by Mark Stephens of AdventureParents.com
Week 10
The Most Depressing Thing Happening in Digital Right Now, by Mitch Joel
Week 11
Before They’re Gone: A Family’s Year-Long Quest to Explore America’s Most Endangered National Parks, by Michael Lanza
Week 12
Gym Class Heroes, Canadian Living (June 2012), by Jennifer Power Scott
Week 13
Alaska destiny discovered, by James Edward Mills on The Joy Trip Project
Week 14
Rainy Days Mean Fatter Journals, by the Writer’s Midwife
Week 15
Getting Out Alive, by Kim Kircher
Week 16
get over it! cycling to work begins again, by Kat Feeney of Kale Spa
Week 17
Finding Comfort in Unexpected (or Expected?) Places: the Value of Going Back to Our Roots, by Katie Levy of Adventure-Inspired
Week 18
Small Steps: The Delights & Difficulties of Hiking with Children and Making it Fun, by Brooke Stephens of AdventureParents.com
Week 19
Entering the Ironman Fold, by Jennifer Ward Barber
Week 20
Forever and a Day, by Kentucky Mountain Girl’s Blog
Week 21
A Look Back: Alone with My Thoughts in Denali, Katie Levy of Adventure-Inspired
Week 22
Are You Wasting Your time Guest Blogging?, by Dan Norris of Web Control Room on Problogger
Week 23
Finding Humility the Hard Way, by Jill Wheeler on Women’s Adventure Magazine
Week 24
Ill-Prepared Glacier Park Hikers owe their lives to rescue workers… , Tony Bynum
Week 25
Backpacking with a Baby, by Charlotte Watson on Birth Takes a Village
Week 26
It’s Time To Kill Multi-Tasking, by Jocelyn K. Glei on 99U
Week 27
Things I’ve Learned from Self-Employment – Part III, Marissa Krupa on The SpokenCoast Project
Week 28
The 6 Unique Traits of All Remarkable Writers, Demian Farnworth on Copyblogger
Week 29
My Love/Hate Relationship with Ice Climbing, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Week 30
On Writing Reverse Bucket Lists and Remembering How Amazing You Are, Adventure-Inspired (check out my response here)
Week 31
How a Ski Accident Changed Our Lives, The Brave Ski Mom
Week 32
When What We Do Doesn’t Matter, The Bionic Chronicles
Week 33
Weekends Are For Amateurs, Will Gadd
Week 34
Emotional health and the outdoors, Robin Enright
Week 35
Freelancing for Free, Ann Friedman on Columbia Journalism Review
Week 36
Ian Brown: Why we are so drawn to the magnitude and beauty of mountains, Ian Brown in the Globe and Mail
Week 37
Metamorphosis (Or: Apparently My Body is Missing?!), on Mama Unabridged
Week 38
How Putting Performance First is Saving My Body Image, by Jennifer Ward Barber on Greatist
Week 39
No Girls Allowed: The #1 Reason You Weren’t Invited, by Gina Begin on Sierra Social Hub
Week 40
Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, a book by Christine Byl
Week 41
Don’t Feel Guilty for Finding Meaning in Your Life, by Kim Kircher
Week 42
Are the Childless Necessarily Selfish?, Everywhere Once
Week 43
Adventure Is Not Just For Sexy People, Jennifer Davis-Flynne on Women’s Adventure Magazine
Week 44
Camping Courtesy: Nine Behaviours to Avoid in Public Campgrounds, Katie Levy on Adventure Inspired
Week 45
I became a mother, and died to live, Renegade Mama
Weel 46
No Regret Parenting, Brave Ski Mom
Week 47
The curse of Eve, Fresh Tracks
Week 48
You’re a stay at home mom? What do you DO all day?, Matt Walsh
Week 49
When We Were the Sea, by Niki Wilson on The Good from the Woods
Week 50
A Poet in The Great Bear Rainforest, Lorna Crozier on Toque & Canoe
Week 51
The unexpected joys and wonders of travelling with kids, Bruce Kirkby for The Globe and Mail
Week 52
Is there a Cure for Re-entry Syndrome?, by Kim Kircher
In an effort to do participate in the 52 weeks of feedback, I’ve also realized that it is time to broaden what I read. So while I haven’t heard anything back from the feedback that I’ve given, I have learned something new. Kinda cool
I’m glad you’re learning something new, Michelle. If I look at my reading list so far (https://meghanjoyward.com/current-projects/52-weeks-of-feedback/) I can see that I have been quite broad in the articles I’m reading and commenting on. There is always room to grow, though! I hope that you hear back from the people you are offering feedback to.