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Elisa's Top Posts of the Year
People around is making list on list, I have already done my share with the Rainbow Awards for books and covers ;-) so now I'd like to do something different, I will post the Top Posts of the Year, month by month
January:
Man Candy Day: Chris Fawcett: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/490563.html
Chris is for sure one of the best looking models I have ever featured. I love tall men, even if, maybe, he is still more a boy than a man, I feel like an old woman cradling the cuddle when I'm looking at him ;-) But he is for sure a very promising new face in the fashion industry and I'm glad to have seen him in more than an editorial in the past year.
February:
Pretty Man by Ryan Field: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/505641.html
At the time I didn't know but this was the beginning of a wonderful online friendship, that was also "tested" last September when I visited Ryan. Ryan is always supporting of me, and I now list him among those authors who trespass the definition of "authors" to become "friends", like William or Victor.
March:
Excerpt Days: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/555527.html
This was my first excerpt day and it was a success. I'm still doing it, but not on a weekly basis as before, I realized that it was too much work for me. Now I post excerpts once a month, but authors are still welcomed to send them.
April:
Amazon Fail: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/593110.html
I'm not usually one to take part in the wankfest, but the Amazon Fail was something that hit me near home. I'm a Top Reviewer on Amazon, and I rely on it to buy books that I have no way to find at home. I post reviews, I know people read them on Amazon, and so having all the Gay and Lesbian books disappear from the search engine was not a nice thing. I do believe it was a code error, but I do also believe that Amazon was trying to insert a filter on the search engine, and that was not something I'd like to see.
May:
Man Candy Day: Sean O'Pry: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/637024.html
I really didn't expect for Sean to be such a favorite of my friends list, I posted him on a whim, I liked a picture of him, and he is such a cute boy.
June:
Link from Slate: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/677254.html
This was totally unexpected, a columnist from www.slate.com linked one of my Gay Commercial posts as an example for an article on gay in advertising. When I saw the amount on incoming links I was almost worried... the power of the net...
Adopt a Movie: Violet Tendencies (and Jesse Archer's In the Spotlight): http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/667614.html
Jesse is another online friendship that I did this past year, and like Ryan before, I decided to meet him while I was in New York City. I think Jesse is a young man with a lot of potential, and I wish him a bright career in the next future, and I will be first in line to see Violet Tendencies when it will be released in 2010.
July:
Jeff Spicer: A Realistic Master: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/727164.html
Jeff Spicer is only one of the many artists I featured, but he was quite appreciated by my friends list, and I think that Walmut is a wonderful artwork. I'm posting him, but I would like to post all the artists I featured this last year, they are so many and they are all stunning.
August:
In Their Youth: Early Portraits by Greg Gorman: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/776204.html
The posts on art books are always appreciated, and Greg Gorman's works are for sure among the best you can find around. I was even more glad to help Clare London to find out the artist of one of her favorite pictures, this is one of the thing I love and try to always do in my LiveJournal, to give credit for the artists work.
September:
Around the World: East Coast USA: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/travel:+east+coast+usa
Travel is essential for me, and this year I had also the chance to meet some friends while doing it. Like last year for California, I posted a day to day Journal with pictures, and my friends seemed to like it, so it was well worth. My friends "followed" me even if I was not posting reviews, and for me this was a sign that I have real friends out there, for them I'm not only "that" reviewer, for them I'm Elisa.
Behind the Cover: Paul Richmond: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/800368.html
For sure Paul is the best cover artist of the year, his foray in the Gay Romance cover art world started suddenly and fastly, but I think that we will see more and more covers by him in the next future. And he is also one of the nicest person I have ever met online.
October:
The Rainbow Awards: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/807504.html
Well, obviously, October is the month I launched the Rainbow Awards, and it's for sure one of the most important thing I did this year, despite some comments I received since I "dared" to do that. Apparently I'm irrilevant and illiterate and so on...
In the Spotlight: Max Rhyser: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/814660.html
Max is one of the model I featured in the past, one of the first actually and he was also one of the first to leave a comment. After that I exchanged some emails with him and I liked very much his attitude, he was also very kind and full of life, and even from the emails I could say that he is a sweet man... So I dared to ask him for an interview, I "dared" since I'm not an interviewer and I'm always at lost when I have to do one. I think the resulting post was wonderful, not since my questions were good, but since Max opened his heart to me and the people who read this post.
November:
The Inside Reader: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/859397.html
No, November was not a good month. I was really ill, a very very bad flu, and I was alone in a stranger country. I didn't even have a good connection, so I was mostly offline. But November is also the month I launched the Inside Reader, a serial post I like very much, and apparently other did too, since I saw a lot of similar lists popping out here and there... well, it means that mine was a good idea ;-) I don't know for how many weeks I will be able to post, it's not easy to find authors willing to post their Top 10 List, but I will try to do it.
December:
Gay Romance Movie: Make the Yuletide Gay: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/880590.html
December is not actually ended yet, but I think that I will choose this post. The Gay Romance Movie serial post is something I started almost in silence, I didn't think I had enough knowledge to do movie reviews (I don't think to have enough knowledge to do book reviews!), so mine are not actually reviews but more featuring posts. But I like them, and I really see all those movies, so I'm happy to share them with my friends.
I'm sure I forgot someone and something, and if so, forgive me. You can obviously point out something you liked, and I will update the post: in the end, without my friendlist, this year wouldn't have been the same!
Merry Christmas you all my friends, all over the world, and nearer than I believed last year.
January:Man Candy Day: Chris Fawcett: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/490563.html
Chris is for sure one of the best looking models I have ever featured. I love tall men, even if, maybe, he is still more a boy than a man, I feel like an old woman cradling the cuddle when I'm looking at him ;-) But he is for sure a very promising new face in the fashion industry and I'm glad to have seen him in more than an editorial in the past year.
February:Pretty Man by Ryan Field: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/505641.html
At the time I didn't know but this was the beginning of a wonderful online friendship, that was also "tested" last September when I visited Ryan. Ryan is always supporting of me, and I now list him among those authors who trespass the definition of "authors" to become "friends", like William or Victor.
March:
Excerpt Days: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/555527.html
This was my first excerpt day and it was a success. I'm still doing it, but not on a weekly basis as before, I realized that it was too much work for me. Now I post excerpts once a month, but authors are still welcomed to send them.
April:
Amazon Fail: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/593110.html
I'm not usually one to take part in the wankfest, but the Amazon Fail was something that hit me near home. I'm a Top Reviewer on Amazon, and I rely on it to buy books that I have no way to find at home. I post reviews, I know people read them on Amazon, and so having all the Gay and Lesbian books disappear from the search engine was not a nice thing. I do believe it was a code error, but I do also believe that Amazon was trying to insert a filter on the search engine, and that was not something I'd like to see.
May:Man Candy Day: Sean O'Pry: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/637024.html
I really didn't expect for Sean to be such a favorite of my friends list, I posted him on a whim, I liked a picture of him, and he is such a cute boy.
June:Link from Slate: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/677254.html
This was totally unexpected, a columnist from www.slate.com linked one of my Gay Commercial posts as an example for an article on gay in advertising. When I saw the amount on incoming links I was almost worried... the power of the net...
Adopt a Movie: Violet Tendencies (and Jesse Archer's In the Spotlight): http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/667614.htmlJesse is another online friendship that I did this past year, and like Ryan before, I decided to meet him while I was in New York City. I think Jesse is a young man with a lot of potential, and I wish him a bright career in the next future, and I will be first in line to see Violet Tendencies when it will be released in 2010.
July:Jeff Spicer: A Realistic Master: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/727164.html
Jeff Spicer is only one of the many artists I featured, but he was quite appreciated by my friends list, and I think that Walmut is a wonderful artwork. I'm posting him, but I would like to post all the artists I featured this last year, they are so many and they are all stunning.
August:In Their Youth: Early Portraits by Greg Gorman: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/776204.html
The posts on art books are always appreciated, and Greg Gorman's works are for sure among the best you can find around. I was even more glad to help Clare London to find out the artist of one of her favorite pictures, this is one of the thing I love and try to always do in my LiveJournal, to give credit for the artists work.
September:Around the World: East Coast USA: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/travel:+east+coast+usa
Travel is essential for me, and this year I had also the chance to meet some friends while doing it. Like last year for California, I posted a day to day Journal with pictures, and my friends seemed to like it, so it was well worth. My friends "followed" me even if I was not posting reviews, and for me this was a sign that I have real friends out there, for them I'm not only "that" reviewer, for them I'm Elisa.
Behind the Cover: Paul Richmond: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/800368.htmlFor sure Paul is the best cover artist of the year, his foray in the Gay Romance cover art world started suddenly and fastly, but I think that we will see more and more covers by him in the next future. And he is also one of the nicest person I have ever met online.
October:The Rainbow Awards: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/807504.html
Well, obviously, October is the month I launched the Rainbow Awards, and it's for sure one of the most important thing I did this year, despite some comments I received since I "dared" to do that. Apparently I'm irrilevant and illiterate and so on...
In the Spotlight: Max Rhyser: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/814660.htmlMax is one of the model I featured in the past, one of the first actually and he was also one of the first to leave a comment. After that I exchanged some emails with him and I liked very much his attitude, he was also very kind and full of life, and even from the emails I could say that he is a sweet man... So I dared to ask him for an interview, I "dared" since I'm not an interviewer and I'm always at lost when I have to do one. I think the resulting post was wonderful, not since my questions were good, but since Max opened his heart to me and the people who read this post.
November:The Inside Reader: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/859397.html
No, November was not a good month. I was really ill, a very very bad flu, and I was alone in a stranger country. I didn't even have a good connection, so I was mostly offline. But November is also the month I launched the Inside Reader, a serial post I like very much, and apparently other did too, since I saw a lot of similar lists popping out here and there... well, it means that mine was a good idea ;-) I don't know for how many weeks I will be able to post, it's not easy to find authors willing to post their Top 10 List, but I will try to do it.
December:Gay Romance Movie: Make the Yuletide Gay: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/880590.html
December is not actually ended yet, but I think that I will choose this post. The Gay Romance Movie serial post is something I started almost in silence, I didn't think I had enough knowledge to do movie reviews (I don't think to have enough knowledge to do book reviews!), so mine are not actually reviews but more featuring posts. But I like them, and I really see all those movies, so I'm happy to share them with my friends.
I'm sure I forgot someone and something, and if so, forgive me. You can obviously point out something you liked, and I will update the post: in the end, without my friendlist, this year wouldn't have been the same!
Merry Christmas you all my friends, all over the world, and nearer than I believed last year.