Deep in the lower level of a seven-story gingerbread office building sits a solitary jelly bean counter, a wild-eyed woman with pink cotton candy hair that she’s twisted in sticky tangles around pencils and peppermint sticks. The Global Statistician of Sweetness reported that last week, in events unprecedented since the creation of the Internet, wave after wave of candy washed up on the shores of the worldwide web as nearly 100 sweet bloggers shared bits of sugary goodness from the WordCandy app.
And while the Beta developers insist the app is completely calorie-free, Twitter and Facebook nearly went into sugar shock while sweet quotes, poetry, and photos honeyed status update after status update. Facebook even had to take a brief respite (we’re told that Facebook will be sharing chocolate and sweetness again soon, after receiving a solid dietary supplement of additional fiber and protein).
Here’s what some of our sweet bloggers are saying about their confectionary exploits:
I love how much you have expanded the quote selection! Such beauty and inspiration! (Holly Grantham)
I love the surprises–how an image I have seen over and over again suddenly means something new when paired with a particular quote that pops up. (Donna Falcone)
Inspiring. Fun. Invigorating. (Lane Arnold)
I am a wild and crazy fan already. Hooked! I don’t know whether it found me or I found it, but it’s a lovefest. (Elizabeth Marshall)
We rounded up a whole bag of your goodies on our 100 Sweet Bloggers Pinterest board (if we missed your link, drop it in the comments). And we’re delighted to feature these sugarplums from your blog posts last week. We loved the way you used a WordCandy to prompt poetry, a short blog post, or just stand alone in all its raw cane sweetness.
A Little Tea Candy – Megan Willome
When Inspiration Comes – Monica Sharman
WordCandy: Some Sweetness and Light – Diana Trautwein
Transformation – Donna Falcone
Want Some Candy? – Esther Schwartz
Songs of the Heart – Shawna Ervin
Red Poppies, Kisses, and Pinterest Love – Kelly Sauer
Candy for Elaine – Sheila Lagrand
The Science of Color – Lexanne Leonard
The Habit of Poetry – Lane Arnold
It’s a WordCandy Kind of Day – Laura Boggess
Wide Open Poetry – Will Willingham
Paying Attention – Charity Singleton
The Particular Wheel – L.L. Barkat
When You’re Feeling a Little Dry – Sandra Heska King
Hungry for Poetry – Elizabeth Marshall
WordCandy: Fever – Heather Truett
Dreaming Together – Matthew Kreider
If we missed you in our roundup, please leave a comment with a link to your post. Watch for your December reminder letter for the next super sugar-sharing day on December 1. And in the meantime, satisfy your sweet tooth by sharing and posting WordCandies all month long.
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Photo by KIUKO. Creative Commons license via Flickr. Post by Will Willingham.
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L. L. Barkat says
I need to get my own custom comment for your posts, that I just post from a bookmarklet or something. It would simply say…
“You make me laugh.”
🙂
Heather Truett says
Here’s mine from Nov 1: http://madamerubieswrites.blogspot.com/2012/11/word-candy-fever.html
Will Willingham says
Thanks, Heather. Gumdropped you into the list. 🙂
Maureen Doallas says
Neruda is bowing many times over.
Maureen Doallas says
This is a mash-up of the different words from all the bloggers’ word candy posts (don’t have a title yet for it):
———————-
Every shadow arrived with a fingerprint,
enough of a line on skin to search the tale
till now we had not touched before tea.
It may take months to find the secret
in the dirt on the floor, to write enough
stories with kisses that I can love being
with your new silence. A message followed
a poem I unzip in red poppies wide-open
like my better heart.
Dream songs, the particular language
you are never too old to make your prize,
flood me, like water the wheel. You, not I,
far and away, want to be the substance
I was born of. So if you be a person, want
the strength of our poetry. If you are a dreamer,
come set your breath on another skin, if not
your own; try to pay chance attention, and read
this, the work of hope, proper and endless.
L. L. Barkat says
Maureen, this is beautiful.
I love the line about tea and this one…
“So if you be a person, want
the strength of our poetry.”
But really, the whole thing has such weight, such presence.
Will Willingham says
Amazing, Maureen.
Matthew Kreider says
Here’s mine: http://matthewkreider.com/2012/11/01/dreaming-together/
(Love this candy bowl. 🙂
Maureen Doallas says
Thank you, Matthew.
Will Willingham says
Thanks, Matthew. I added you in. 🙂
Lane Arnold says
Enjoying the aromas of your poetry, everyone. It’s like walking through a spice shop: lots of flavors to savor.
One quirk I notice: Monica Sharman’s post is not visible; it links to Leah Jamilyn’s…
Will Willingham says
Thanks Lane! I missed that, but fixed now. 🙂