The Creative Writer Blogging Award!

Today I’m very excited to be accepting the Creative Blogging Award, and would like to give a HUGE thank you to Justin at Write21 for nominating me. Justin has an excellent blog and I hope you all check it out really soon if you haven’t already.

 

 

The award, apparently, “is meant to be given to those who share their creativity through writing stories, poems, and themselves through their writing.

The rules are…

1. This award should be given to those who have written a poem, a story, scripts, or some other creative form of writing for their blog.
2. Thank the blogger who nominated you for the award, and link to their blog.
3. Write a 8 line poem about yourself.
4. Nominate 4 other bloggers for the award and notify them of their nomination.”

Okay. Easy, right? Let’s see …

I’ve already thanked Justin for his nomination, so now I have to write a poem about myself. This is really off-the-cuff, so please excuse its vagueness and its quality.

 

Hidden from prying eyes,
Chasing the wind,
Clutching at subplots
As magic begins;
Mother and co-worker,
Partner and friend,
Telling a story
From beginning to end.

 

Sorry about that. Now, onto the good stuff – nominations! I am thrilled to nominate the following bloggers for this award, in no particular order:

• Sarah Ballance
• Tracey Baptiste from Knitting With Pencils
• Bex from Bex Book Nook
• Eric Swett from My Writer’s Cramp

Now, I sincerely hope you go check out these bloggers as soon as you can because they’re all definitely worth reading. Thanks again to Justin for nominating me for this award, and have a lovely week!

The Sunshine Award!

Wow. Last week the stars must have been shining on me particularly brightly, because I was nominated for not one, but four different blog awards. *blushes* Of course, they all have their own rules about acceptance and re-nominations, so rather than overwhelm you with all the different facts about myself and lists of other bloggers I want to nominate, I’m going to do them one at a time, say three or four weeks apart.

This week, I’d like to give a huge thank you to Lynn Thompson, who nominated me for the Sunshine Award. Thanks Lynn! *hugs* Lynn has a wonderful blog over at http://lynnthompsonbooks.blogspot.com/ and I urge you to go check it out as soon as you can.

“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy”

What I have to do now is answer eight questions about myself and nominate ten other bloggers for this award. So, here goes.

1. What is your favorite Christmas/festive movie?  I’m hugely sentimental, so things like Miracle on 34th Street and It’s a Wonderful Life are guaranteed to leave me a slobbering mess. This of course means I love them.

2. What is your favorite flower?  I like white flowers, especially white daffodils (the kind that are all white, not white with a yellow centre) and white tulips. I have no idea why, they just appeal to me.  I’m not a big fan of roses, but if someone wants to give me some I’m not about to say no.

3. What is your favorite non-alcoholic beverage?  I’m a tea drinker, so I’ll probably say that, but it has to be strong, and made with real leaves rather than a bag. Aside from that I am rather partial to lemon, lime and bitters.

4. What is your passion? My family, my kids. Then, probably, my writing, though sport comes very very close.

5. What is your favorite time of year? Good question! I don’t really know. I think all the seasons have their good points and their bad ones. Weather-wise, probably spring or autumn, when it’s not too hot or too cold, but I love taking the kids swimming on a hot day, or sitting in front of a fire in the middle of winter. In other words, they’re all good!

6. What is your favorite time of day? Afternoon. Despite having young children I’m not really a morning person, but I also go to bed early so I can’t call myself a night owl. That time between lunch and dinner, though, is lovely and also when I’m at my most productive.

7. What is your favorite physical activity? Another good question, because I’m not a hugely physical person. I do love swimming, though (with or without the kids), and I love a bit of yoga though it’s been a very long time since I’ve done it properly.

8. What is your favorite vacation? My dad has a beach house on the coast about an hour’s drive from our place. The local bakery is fantastic and the beach is long, white and unspoiled. I love it.

Right. Do you feel you know me a little better now? Good. Now I have to nominate ten other bloggers for this award, so here they are:

Devoted Eclectic, by Elizabeth Lheude
Novel Girl, by Rebecca Berto
Poeta Officium, by Virginia
Sendero, by Max Tomlinson
Margaret Lynette Sharp
Here She Goes Again, by AD Duling
Can You all Hear Me in the Back? by Darlene Craviotto
Totallytawn, by Tawn
A Little Shelf of Heaven, by Kristy
Joseph Eastwood

I hope you have bookmarked all these sites and will go and follow them all pronto, because they’re great bloggers who thoroughly deserve this award. Thanks again to Lynn for the nomination, and happy reading!

The Liebster Blog Award!

Well, well, well, this is about as tardy as it’s possible to get.

AGES ago, back in MAY (yes, that’s right, two whole months), the very lovely Holly Kench nominated me for a Liebster Blog award. And do you know what? While I thanked her for the nomination, I totally forgot to do my bit and pass on the award to those bloggers I thought worthy. Until now, that is.

To quote Holly’s explanation, the  Liebster Blog Awards are basically chain letters of love for baby-bloggers. It’s all about sharing links and love to your favourite sites (at least those with under 200 followers). And, while I would love to have more than 200 followers, if having less than that number means I can share some blog love, then I’m all for it.

It seems the requirements for accepting the award are linking back to the person who nominated you (done!), and then nominate five other blogs that you think deserve some attention. I have to admit that a large proportion of blogs out there don’t give follower stats, so I had to do a bit of guesswork. (I know that WordPress stats aren’t necessarily correct anyway. Last week, it showed that overnight I had gone from 90-odd followers to over 850. My own stats show that the 90-odd is still correct, so forgive me if I sometimes take readership stats with a grain of salt.)  Anyway, my apologies if you’re listed here and do have more than 200 followers; I hope you’re not offended by my presumption. So, in no particular order, here goes.

1. Pauline Conolly‘s blog 

2. Alison Wong’s blog, Think Write, not Wong

3. Sarah L Fox’s blog, The Write Fox

4. Mike Lambson’s blog, The Writer’s Zone

5. Elizabeth Lawrence‘s blog (warning: link contains adult content)

I hope (a) I got the follower numbers right, and (b) you go and check out what these lovely people have to say. Also I thoroughly recommend you subscribe to Holly’s blog, linked to right at the top.

Thanks again to Holly for the nomination … and share the blog love!