At BlogHer10 I was interviewed at the Yahoo Shine booth about how I reinvented myself. Thanks to Yahoo Shine for my video!

How have you reinvented yourself? Are you a work in progress? I am!

When my friend Lori Falcon put out word that she was starting a new blog, eLiving Media and wanted co-authors, I immediately jumped at the chance. She knows that I want to expand my blogging horizons by working with brands that I believe in and by writing more personal stories.

Lori’s a true friend who offers advice and brings me up when I’m feeling off kilter. We’ve known each other for about 3 years.  Her blogs are fun to read, with eye catching photos. eLiving Media is a blog that provides lifestyle content. I’m providing Healthy Living posts and feel that I can let my hair down. Today I wrote about having fun in my life.

You’ll find posts about sports, technology, dating and photography from a group of wonderful bloggers who are also expanding their horizons. Check out eLiving Media and read something that will make you think, laugh and learn. Don’t forget to join the forum where you can get the inside scoop on what’s going on at ELM, enter contests and have fun.

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We want all of our visiting guests in our first Blogmania Event scheduled for April 30th to Get On Their Marks-Get Set…

It’s not time to go yet, but if you want to have the most fun and scoop up as much loot as possible, here are a few Early Bird Reminders to help you do just that.

1. Be at any of the blogs participating in the Blogmania Event as early as possible on April 30th. The easiest way to find a Blogmania Blog is to look for the Blogmania Badge.

2. This is an international event, so understand that there will be some differences in time zones. My advice is to start early and stay late to catch all the blogs.

3. Each blog will have their own giveaway requirements. Read them carefully, follow through, and then move on as quickly as possible. If you run across a blog that you really like and want to spend some time exploring, copy their URL and then visit them after Blogmania is over.

4. We will have a 100+ blogs for you to visit. Each one will post their number like this. ( This is blog 121 of 123) This is to help you keep track of which blogs you’ve visited, and which ones you still need to reach. I’d suggest that you prepare a blog sheet which is numbered from 1 – 123, then mark off each numbered blog as you visit them.

5. All blog links provided will also have a number like (Blog 89 of 100). Look for the blogs that you haven’t yet visited and follow those links until you’ve checked off all the blogs on your sheet.

6. We have all types of blogs participating in Blogmania, which means that the range of items in their giveaways are diverse. I have previewed many and they are awesome.

7. Why not contact a friend and partner up?  Compare notes, share loot, or organize your own friendly neighborhood Blogmania Competition.

8. On April 30th, I’ll post a few of the other blogs taking part so you can join them too.

9. My sneak peek of my giveaway for the day is that it’s a $50 Gift Certificate!

10. Go to the Blogmania Facebook page to learn more and some of the other blogs taking part.

This is our first Blogmania Event, but it isn’t our last. Blogmania is a bi-yearly Giveaway Extravaganza. In fact, our next Blogmania Event will start September 15th, and do we have some cool stuff planned for you! So keep in touch with our Blogmania Blogs, because they will be giving sneak previews, secret codes, and who knows what else in the weeks and months ahead.