Belle Submitted to My Gallery of Writing!

My friend Belle submitted a piece she wroted to my Gallery of Writing! I wanted to share it with all of you, too. Belle said it was o.k...so here it is!

Call me Belle. I was born in La. I am a weinie. Literally and figuratively. I eat,sleep and TCB. Thats my job. Oh,I also tweet. Alot! You should really try walkin' in my paws. Be a dog. Experience what life is like when you can't speak for yourself and depend on the kindness of others. It really changes your view on things. The Big DoG sez do unto others...He's got a point...Take it from a dog...

Thanks, Bellemia! You wroted a great piece!

I posted about my Gallery last month, but since then some other friends on Twitter have asked me some great questions about it. Mom said I should tell everyone here to help clear up any confusion. So here goes...

• Does my profile need to be in my name or in my human's name?

If you wroted your piece, you should get the credit! Use your name and information, not your human's. In Belle's profile, she wrote that her "race/ethnicity" was "canine." He he he! Mom put that my "occupation" was "Supervisor of Household Napping and Cookie Eating."

• What should I write about?

There's SO much stuff that you can write about...so write about anything you want! You could write a diary entry or a letter to your humans or a poem or a short essay. Maybe talk about how you gotted your human family or about how you like to sniff stuff or maybe just submit your "to do" list. I submitted my poem about my Mom pickin' up my poo. There are SO many things you can write about. The only guideline for my gallery is that the piece was written by an animal!

• What kind of submissions do you take? What kind of files and stuff?
  

You can write in the little text box in the Gallery, or you can submit a link to a piece on your blog or Twitter account. You can upload a file, too, like a Word document. If you aren't linking to your blog, I suggest you upload a file like that so that you can put your picture in it. (I want those human's to all see how cute my animal friends are!) If you've got a blog, then you should submit through a link to a post--that way people can see other stuff you wroted on your blog, too.

Thanks for helping me out by submitting something to my Gallery of Writing!

Champagne's Letter

I'm helping Mom's work out by trying to get writing submissions to my very own Articulate Animals Gallery in the National Gallery of Writing. I love all of my animal friends, and I think we've got a lot to say...so our writing should be showcased right along with the humans' writing!!! (I wroted about this a while back. Click here to read more about it.)

Anyway, I got a submission to my gallery yesterday and I wanted to share it with you.

This piece of writing was sent in by a doggy named Champagne. He went over the Rainbow Bridge this summer and I think he misses his Mommy and Daddy. He wrote this letter to them to help them feel better about what he's doing now. He didn't want them to be sad. Here's what he submitted to my gallery...

October 1, 2009

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am writing to let you know what I have been doing for the last 2 months. I am free of pain and have been running, walking, playing like I did when you took me into your home.

Many thanks for giving me the life and love that you did after I was abandoned by my previous owner.

Remember that I will always love you and don’t feel sad for me as I am happy playing and running with Rebel, Pollygirl, and all the others.

Take care and I am watching over you.

Love always,
Champagne

My Mom said that this letter made her sniffle. She's such a silly Mom.

Articulate Animals

Mom's work is doing this big thing to celebrate writing and they made this huge National Gallery of Writing. I got to thinking about how many of my animal friends write through blogs and Twitter and Facebook. So I asked if I could help...and guess what! I'm now in charge of the Articulate Animals part of the National Gallery of Writing! Cool, huh?

This way I get to help celebrate all of my animal friends' writing. I also get to help Mom's work which is good because that's how we get money for doggie food and cookies.

So will you help me out and submit something to Articulate Animals? It can be anything, as long as it's written by an animal. Submit a link to your favorite blog post or tweet. Submit a poem or a narrative (I have no idea what that is but Mom said to write it). Anything animal goes!

Update: I got some great questions about my gallery, so I wroted about them in another post. Click here for that info!