I've been a bad blogger lately and I apologize. I've got lots of excuses, but I'll spare you. (: A few weeks ago Sabrina at Sabrina's Writing Reflections passed the Liebster award my way and Al Diaz at Father Dragon Writes passed along the very Inspirational blogger award. Sorry for not acknowledging these two earlier, but I thank you both very much for thinking of me.
If you don't know Sabrina or Al, please check out their blogs, both are wonderful folks with great sites. (:
This award is given to newer bloggers with less than 200 members. At the time Sabrina passed this my way I had 197 followers and just made the cut. Here are the rules:
1) Tell 11 things about yourself.
2) Answer 11 questions from the blogger who nominated you.
3) Post 11 questions for those who will be nominated by you.
4) Nominate 11 (I've chosen 4) bloggers who have less than 200 followers.
5) Get in contact with those 11 bloggers to inform them that you nominated them.
Ok, lets get started, 11 Things About Me:
1) I have 2 kids a 6 year old and a 4 year old.
2) I'm a slow reader and that makes me really insecure, especially knowing some of you read 2 - 3+ novels in a week.
3) I've ridden Western and English saddle and though I enjoy Western, I think I prefer English saddle. The English saddle is lighter and I feel more connected to the animal, though I haven't been on a horse in years.
4) I love the comics section in news papers.
5) Going into bookstores makes me sad because all the books here are in French.
6) I'd like to set up a beehive in my backyard and have it produce a small batch of honey per year, but I'm the only one in my family that thinks that's a good idea.
7) I love spicy food.
8) When I make leek pie, I take the leftover crust and use cookie cutters to make cut outs as decoration on the pie for the kids.
9) I enjoy doing crafts with my kids.
10) I lost a few kilos since being sick this month. Unfortunately, none of that weight came off my problem areas. I now have skinny fingers and smaller boobs. Mother nature hates me.
11) I'm doing A-Z this year and have started prewriting my posts! (:
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The following are Sabrina's questions for me:
1. What is your current project about in one sentence?
A New Adult novel.
3) I've ridden Western and English saddle and though I enjoy Western, I think I prefer English saddle. The English saddle is lighter and I feel more connected to the animal, though I haven't been on a horse in years.
4) I love the comics section in news papers.
5) Going into bookstores makes me sad because all the books here are in French.
6) I'd like to set up a beehive in my backyard and have it produce a small batch of honey per year, but I'm the only one in my family that thinks that's a good idea.
7) I love spicy food.
8) When I make leek pie, I take the leftover crust and use cookie cutters to make cut outs as decoration on the pie for the kids.
9) I enjoy doing crafts with my kids.
10) I lost a few kilos since being sick this month. Unfortunately, none of that weight came off my problem areas. I now have skinny fingers and smaller boobs. Mother nature hates me.
11) I'm doing A-Z this year and have started prewriting my posts! (:
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The following are Sabrina's questions for me:
1. What is your current project about in one sentence?
A New Adult novel.
2. How long have you been working on it?
Over three years.
3. What time of day do you prefer to write?
Night.
4. What is one non-writing hobby?
Insects.
5. What is your fave munchy when you are writing?
That changes all the time and depends on what's in the house. But usually chocolate of some sort or sugar cookies.
6. What is your favorite quote?
I like too many to narrow it down to only one.
7. Tablet or paper book?
I don't own a tablet, so I can't say.
8. How many rejections have you received?
I've never submitted.
9. Where do you write?
In the living room.
10. Do you have rituals you must do before beginning to write?
No, unless getting the kids to bed is considered a ritual. (:
11. What is one of your most favorite books?
I can't say, I like so many.
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I nominate the following (feel free to just accept this award if you've already received it.) (:
Sara at SP Bowers
Randi Lee at The Emotional Process of Writing a Novel
Michael at ML Swift
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My questions for you guys are:
1) How long have you been writing?
2) What is your favorite genre?
3) What is your ideal writing place?
4) Have you (would you) ever co-authored a writing project?
5) Would you self-publish or get representation for your next project?
6) What is your least favorite genre?
7) Do you listen to music while you write?
8) What is your favorite movie?
9) What is your preferred non-writing activity?
10) Do your friends and family know you write or have you kept it a secret?
11) Describe your favorite place to visit.
For the Inspirational blogger award, I had to say seven things about myself, but seeing how I just wrote down 11 for the Liebster, I though I'd just write down 7 things that are dancing in my head right now:
1) Writing is art.
2) Writing is escape.
3) Writing is therapeutic.
4) Writing is empowering.
5) Writing is a journey.
6) Writing is love.
7) Writing is language, language is communication, communication is a basic human need.
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I'm passing on this award to the following bloggers, again sorry if you've already received this. Feel free to simply accept from someone who thinks you're the bees knees (:
