The Inspiring Blogger Award

Eve Gaal at The Desert Rocks has nominated me for an award I'd not received yet, so let me just say THANK YOU!!

Also, thanks to Ms. Charity at This Is Life ~ by Charity Pence for nominating me for another Liebster Award. It's a different graphic too, so it's going on my award board.

I’m supposed to start by mentioning seven things—hopefully inspiring things—about myself. Then I must nominate other bloggers, link to them, and make notification. So here it is, and here I go:


7 Things About Me, The Writer

What got me into writing fiction? I played a text-based role-playing game called Threshold. If you sign up to play, please indicate that Pyrosama referred you. How does one go from gamer to fiction writer? There are 10 Milestones.

The first article I'd ever been paid for was less than 500 words.  Go figure, it’s about a game, Legend of Kyrandia. Find it here.

Two years ago, I joined the Tallahassee Writers Association and the Florida Writers Association. Both have secured me a network of like-minded people who share my passion for writing, and who are dedicated in helping others with learning the craft by sharing their experiences and valuable resources.

Last year, I became TWA's Electronic Newsletter Editor. I am ecstatic to serve in such a prestigious role and I would never have had the opportunity had I not put myself out there and volunteered to do the very things I'm passionate about, writing and collaborating in order to produce a product. How much more happiness can I ask for?

I've had a combined download count of 302 for my short stories, Snow Leopard (142) and Lethal Injection, The Seed (160). That means people are reading, I hope!

I made it to chapter 8 of my WIP, Precinct 9. There's a first. I never made it through chapter 5 in my previous attempts.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I want to say, "I write."

Why? Because that's what makes me feel alive. Forget that it doesn't pay the bills.

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The reason for the award is inspiration, so here are the authors and/or bloggers who have inspired me and the reasons why. There are many more, but they have the award already! I looked for a smiley to put here, but I couldn't find one, so just imagine I put it right here, or about 20 words ago.

L. T. Dalin  for her word counts. They remind me to write, even if I don't feel like it.

Auden, Dark Treasury   for her dark fantasy fiction topics. A kindred soul.

J.W. Alden   for the deep thoughts that always get me thinking - NO, they won't stop...must stop...thinking!

Randi, The Emotional Process of Writing a Novel   for always creating the topics I love to talk about. Almost always about writing, which is definitely my inspiration to, you know, write!

Booker Award and Blog Ribbon

Thank you Lara Schiffbauer for selecting me as a recipient for these two blog awards! To receive TheBooker Award the blog must be at least 50% about books (reading or writing).The recipient must share their top five favorite books (at least) and then passthe award on to five other bloggers.

The way I'm going to do this is the same way Lara did. I’ll giveboth awards to five different blogs, so I'll wait until the end to share thenew recipients.

My 5 Favorite Books:

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

From The Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

For the Fabulous Blog Ribbon the rules are to post therules, name five fabulous moments (either real life or in the blogosphere),name five things you love, name five things you hate, and pass the ribbon on tofive other bloggers (and let them know in their comments!).

My 5 Fabulous Moments

Getting married

Having my children

Graduating from college

Daughter's high school graduation

Son's college graduation

My 5 Things I Hate

Death

Destruction

Government waste

Finger pointing

My OCD

My 5 Things I Love

My family

My job

My iPad

My home

Myself

And as promised, here is a list of the blogs I've chosen forthe same awards!

Kelly Hashway

Nicole Pyles

Margo Kelly

Randi Lee

Moody Writing

The Versatile Blogger Award - I Accept

AND, for my Versatile Blogger Award!

You know the drill. Here are the rules:

1.) Thank the person who nominated you.

Thank you so much Lauren! Lauren Waters is the author of two novels of the Infinite Series–a reincarnation fantasy saga. She shares her Adventures in Self-Publishing, which all writers should appreciate.

2.) Share seven things about yourself.

* I have two English bulldogs, Maggie and Taz
* I am a gamer girl geek and old enough to be your mother
* I grew up playing Galaga
* I once drank a bottle filled with pond water and tadpoles
* I once believed pregnant women swallowed watermelon seeds
* I won a stuffed, 8-foot snake when I was 5
* I want to study Vodou.

3.) Nominate seven other Versatile Bloggers.

David W. Clary 
Stacy Green 
Julz Perri 
ralfast
Kim Krodel 
Chantel Rhondeau 
S.P. Clark 

The Kreativ Blogger Award - I Accept

I am humbled again! I've received the honorable Kreativ Blogger Award. So here is what I must do in order to accept it, which I do so with great pride!

1. Thank and link back to the giver.
2. Answer the questions below.
3. Share 10 random facts/thoughts about yourself
4. Nominate at least 7 other blogs for the Kreativ Blogger Award.

So let's get started! Thank you, thank you, and thank you to Debra Ann Elliot for this award. She is the author of High Heels and Hot Flashes, an exceptional blog about finding humor in the mist of menopause.

 10 Questions: 

What is your favorite song? Up Where We Belong
What is your favorite dessert? Cheese cake
What ticks you off? Politics
What do you do when you're upset? Silently fume
Which is/was your favorite pet? My Yorkie, Biscuit 
Which do you prefer, black or white? Black car, white bathing suit.
What is your biggest fear? Spiders
What is your attitude mostly? Positive
What is perfection? Fantasy
What is your guilty pleasure? Writing

10 facts: 

1. I sing in my car
2. I had a childhood crush on David Cassidy
3. I was a tomboy until I turned 15
4. I am a Google Play Developer 
5. I love the Food Network
6. I sometimes dream about food
7. I finished my first plot
8. I am going on a Voo Doo Tour for my 25th Wedding Anniversary
9. I will build a Voo Doo doll of an undisclosed person
10. I will poke needles in said Voo Doo doll

So...on to the 7...in no particular order...

Kellee Conrad 
Randi Lee 
JoDee Luna 
Nicole Pyles 
Super Earthling 
Crack You Whip
Mooderino

One Lovely Blog Award

I was given the One Lovely Blog Award from the lovely Kelly Hashway. Thank you, Kelly!


I have to give 7 random facts about myself. So, don't laugh. Well, you can laugh, just don't pee yourself. They are all in the past, way back in my early childhood. I even called my sister to verify some of the details being that these events happened so long ago I'm shocked I even remembered them.

1. When I was three, our home had a crack in the wall at the top of the stairs which always haunted me because from the bottom of the stairs, the crack looked like a finger pointing at me to come hither.
2. Also, when I was three, I tasted dog food out of our dog's food bowl because I thought it smelled like Chef Boyardee Ravioli, which was my favorite.
3. When I was five, my mom bought me a large bag of cheetos curls. Out of pure generosity, I shared with the kids that let me play tag with them. They swarmed around me like bees, grabbing handfuls of the cheesy snack. When all was done, I didn't get one single cheese puff. I went home crying.
4. I almost died when I was five. My sister and I, along with one other friend, drifted across a dam in a Japanese Nishiki fishing boat until we were rescued. I elaborate in Five Things About Me.
5. I was really young when I ate an ant. I was pretending to be an anteater. It must not have been fully dead because that evening while watching television and picking my nose, I pulled the ant out in a bed of mucus.
6. My sister once asked me to eat something that resembled a Hersey's Kiss because I had a reputation for eating things that people asked me to try. It's a good thing I smelled it first! You guessed right. It was a small turd.
7. Another young one, because it's easier to admit to my idiosyncratic ways when I'm able to blame it on my age. I had a pet toad that weighed around 2 or 3 pounds. I tied a string around its body (two front legs) to use as a leash. I took it for a walk every day, until it died.

Your turn. Either share one random fact about yourself or recommend one blog that should get this award so we can all check it out. Here are my picks for this award.

Mysti Parker 
Debra Ann Elliot
Margo Kelly 
Nicole Pyles
Crack You Whip 
Super Earthling 
I Smell Sheep 


Your turn. Either share one random fact about yourself or recommend one blog that should get this award so we can all check it out. Thank you for stopping by. Don't forget to follow your favorite blogs!

My First Blog Award

A blogger friend, Lara Schiffbauer, has chosen my blog to be a recipient of the prestigious Liebster Award. Thank you, Lara! Thanks to Selma Wolfe, who also chose me for this award.

This has been traditionally awarded to honor those blogs which motivate and inspire us. It is also granted to those blog authors who have accumulated 200 followers or less. Its purpose is to summon new followers and increase awareness of other noteworthy blogs.

I humbly accept this award and will follow the steps in order to promote a continuum of this worthy cause. Here is my list of chosen recipients for this award.

Randi Lee       

Sue Seese       

Alex            

The Desert Rocks

Julz Perri      

To Accept the Award:

• Thank the person who nominated you on your blog and link back to them.
• Nominate up to 5 others for the award.
• Let them know by commenting on their blog.
• Post the award on your blog.