Whoa, where did I go? Oh yeah, I spoke at a conference last week, and I’ve just been too immobilized by stress to tackle the projects that are stressing me out. And I have a toddler. He takes up a lot of time.

But I didn’t forget you! Here are our 15 17 great entries for the December Group Writing Project. The best time of year ranged from the holidays to spring to back to school. Read through and pick your favorite time of year!

• My Favorite time this year by Heather
• He’s Everywhere! He’s Everywhere! by Mama Zen
• The best time of the year by Candace
• The Best Day of the Year by Janean
• Nobody Does Christmas Like Germany by Kate
• I’ll be home for Christmas by Brooke
• There’s no place like home by Ursula
• New Style by boogiemum
• The Best Time of the Year by Jennifer Hitchcock
• Of Seasons by Summer
• It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! (Not Christmas Or Back To School) by Ivy
• The best time of the year… by Deb – Mom of 3 Girls
• A Time to Reflect by Vanessa
• is there a best time of year? by phyllis
• A Lost Tooth. The Smell of Freedom… and Cheese. A Best Christmas Ever! by Tracy Connery
• Christmas is . . . by Dawn
• The best time of the year by Kakie Fitzsimmons

Now, feel free to spread the link love by copying the above list (instructions) and posting it to your own blog. Believe me—they all deserve it.

And the winner, chosen at random, is . . .

The best time of the year… by Deb – Mom of 3 Girls

Deb has long participated in the GWP, so I’m especially happy to reward her continued diligence and creativity with a $30 Amazon gift card, which should be winging its way to you soon, Deb. Congratulations!!

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Still working on your entry? Even though we’ve awarded our prize, we’ll continue to accept, read, link to and comment on submissions through the end of this week.

This writing project has ended. Please view the full list of wonderful entries at the December GWP Finale, and subscribe to MamaBlogga to find out about the next group writing project!

After the six previous very successful and fun Group Writing Projects, we’re gonna do it again. It’s time for the December MamaBlogga Group Writing Project!

In honor of this time of year, the theme for the December Group Writing Project is “The best time of the year.” You can finish that thought with whatever reflections you’d like: on this holiday season, on the best time you’ve had all year, etc.

Feel free to go in any direction that appeals to you. Even if you don’t choose to participate, you can encourage others to participate!

• Your post can take any form as long as it reflects this theme—this includes anything from serious to sarcastic, about your children, your future children, your pet, etc.
• You can participate with a blog post, a podcast, a video, a page on your website, etc., etc. If you don’t have a website, contact me and I’ll be happy to publish your entry here on MamaBlogga.
• Only NEW posts (i.e., posts have not been published prior to 10 December 2007) are eligible. Posts must be submitted through the submission form before Sunday, 16 December 2007.

Why participate?
There are lots of reasons to participate! All entries that meet the guidelines will be listed and linked to here on MamaBlogga. This an opportunity for you to discover new blogs (and for others to discover yours!). In July, I came up with five ways to get the most out of the GWP.

And, of course, there is one more incentive: one lucky post author, drawn at random, will receive a $30 gift certificate to Amazon.com (to be announced Monday, 17 December 2007).

Finally, we’d appreciate it if you linked to this post or to the guidelines/submission form on your entry post so that others can learn about the project and participate.

Now get writing!