Honor Roll for Excellence in Cancer Writing

My greatest revelation in starting a “blogroll” for Being Cancer was the quality of writing that I found week after week.  I started printing examples of this writing as our Guest Post feature, one of the most popular and widely read features on our site.  For the most part these are not professional writers.  They are just folks who started blogs and were somehow able to connect deeply with what they were experiencing as cancer survivors.  They were then able to convey the depth of that experience in elegant, moving prose.  Excellent, compelling writing has always been my sole criteria for selection.  The following blogs are highly recommended for your attention.  Watch the Honor Roll as it grows from week to week.  Wednesday is generally our Guest Post day.

** HONOR ROLL **

• The Adventures of BaldyLocks- Leukemia – AML
• Ahh Life – Lymphoma – t cell
  
• Amber Chase’s Musings on Cancer and Life - Home- inflammatory breast cancer
• Amber’s Journey - breast cancer
• Appendix Cancer Survivor’s Blog
• Brian Koffman’s Awesome Transplant and CLL Adventure – CLL
• BRICKS for Young Adults -
  
• Cancer Survivor Inspiration… – Leukemia
  
• CLL Diary – Leukemia
• Dancing on Thin Ice – leukemia
• Daughter of Cancer- glioblastoma
• Deludia
  
• The Edge of Light – by Christine Lynds – breast cancer
• CaringBridge.org – erikludwinski – neuroblastoma
  
• An Explorer’s View of Life – esophageal
  
• Heather’s Journey
• Heidi’s Hot Flashes – Ewings’s sarcoma
  
• It Is What It Is…. – ovarian cancer
• It’s My Turn to Kick Sarcoma’s Butt! – sarcoma
• Jen’s Cancer Fight – large B-cell lymphoma
• life and breath: living with lung cancer
• Life In Transition – breast cancer
• life is sunny – breast cancer
• — Living Sunny Side Up – children and cancer
• Lucysnoidblog – carcinoid cancer
  
• LUNG CANCER LIFE:
• Marilou’s reflections – breast cancer
• Michelle WILL Win Against Colon Cancer
• CaringBridge.org – missmadelyn- neuroblastoma
  
• My life, in a Tumblr – breast cancer
• On My Way To Here – breast cancer
• Ooops…I’m still here – breast cancer
  
• Other Side Of Cancer – head and neck
• Our Oral Cancer Fight
• ovarian cancer?? pass the wine…now!
• Painting 2 cancers – thyroid and breast cancer
• Pete’s Blog – myeloma
• Radiation Daze
  
• Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time – Leukemia – AML
  
• Somebody Stop the World – esophageal
• THE TONGUELESS TALK-Battling Oral Cancer
• Why Her and Not Me? – skin cancer
• The World As I See It…. – adrenal cortical cancer

3 Responses to “Honor Roll”

1. Linnea says:

   December 14, 2009 at 11:07 am

   Dennis, I am honored by my inclusion. You continue to do a great service to all of us with cancer, and I am always pleased to see a referral from your site. Take care my friend! Linnea
2. POD says:

   January 11, 2010 at 5:33 pm

   I guess a list of excellence in writing would be subjective.;-)
3. admin says:

   January 11, 2010 at 7:27 pm

   This is the time of year when a lot of lists appear – the year’s best movies, books, videos, CDs, news stories, sports stories. All, like the Academy Awards, are subjective. The Honor Roll is likewise subjective. But rather than a definitive “Top Ten”, this is an on-going list, to be expanded as the work of more bloggers is recognized in the weeks and months to come. This is one of the reasons I plan to publish two Guest Posts per week instead of one. There is just too much good writing out there that cannot be ignored. Keep up your own great work. Take care, Dennis