For those of you who frequent this
blog, please pardon the capital letters, but I wrote this in Word and I use the
auto-caps feature. So much easier than having to capitalize every sentence. Anything
to save my fingers when I write. For those of you who are new, I don’t
capitalize anything on this blog, also due to the fact that I use auto-caps and
have gotten out of the habit. Plus it helps deflate the grammar snob in me.
Also, this is a long post, but it couldn't be helped...
Lisa Yarde, dear writer friend and fellow self-published author, gifted me with the Liebster Award. (Thank you, Lisa. I have fun with these...) It appears to
have been around for a while, so I looked it up. All I could find was that it
started in Germany, that Liebster means “dear” or “dearest” in German, and that
you pass it on to 3 – 11 bloggers who have anywhere from less than 200 followers
to less than 3000 followers. Talk about things evolving on the internet...
As part of the more recent
round of Liebster Awards in the blogging world, you have to tell 11 random
things about yourself, answer 11 questions from the blogger who gave you the award,
make up your own 11 questions, and pass the award on to 11 bloggers who have
less than 200 followers. I’m not sure I know that many bloggers with less than
200, but I’ll try. I’m not even sure I know that many bloggers anymore since
I’ve been pretty scarce around here in the last few months.
My favorite character is Kieran. I related to him the most
because he was an ordinary person who had to decide to do something
extraordinary. I had to do the same when I wrote his story. And I absolutely
adore the person who inspired him – Steven Waddington. Mr. Waddington is a fine
actor, and from everything I’ve heard on his Facebook fan page, a fine person
as well.
Here are 11 random things about me and/or random things that popped into my head.
1. I love to write fantasy. I usually don’t read it. My favorite genre to read is Christian Historical Romance.
2. When I was in junior high, my friend and I found a lady across the street who had several roping horses. Somehow we ended up helping her take care of them, and she taught us to ride. I was in love.
3. Now that I live on 25 acres, I want my own horses, but we have to wait.
4. I’ve always wanted to live in the pines. Now I do.
5. My favorite pines are the tall Ponderosas. We have those in Montana, just not where I live. I think it’s an altitude thing. Our property has Douglas fir. They’re shorter and fluffier.
6. I love the smell of Christmas trees. Last year, I discovered that a Douglas fir does not smell like a Christmas tree after you bring it into the house.
7. We’ve also decided that the idea of cutting a tree yourself, from your own property, sounds nice—until you have to drag it up the long, steep driveway and then cut 2 or 3 feet off the bottom of it to fit it in your house. It was easier last year, when we could just drag it to the truck and drive it to the rental house.
8. This was the first year we needed a ladder to decorate the tree.
9. Can you tell that Christmas is my favorite holiday?
10. I never thought I’d be so happy to see Spring. Or think about Summer.
11. In Arizona we had warm, warmer, “how the heck did it get this hot?”, and pizza oven. Despite the snow that lasts 5 months, I’m glad I’m in Montana now. (Although I was starting to get tired of the white stuff by March.)
1. If you’re a reader, what’s your favorite genre to read?
2. If you could go anywhere in the world to visit, where would you go?
3. What’s your favorite movie?
4. Chocolate or vanilla? Or some other flavor?
5. Coffee, tea, or neither?
6. Dessert person? If so, favorite dessert.
7. What was your first job?
8. Why did you start blogging?
9. Do you have any hobbies? What are they?
10. What’s the best time of the day for you?
11. Do you like crowds or being with just a small group of people?
In choosing these bloggers, I know I’m not keeping to the 200 followers thing, but I have almost 300 followers now (which still surprises me), so the rule has already been broken.
1. February Grace
2. Christine Hardy
3. Lori Vliegen (Lori has 1500 followers, but you have to see her blog)
4. Annalisa Crawford
5. Lindsay Ostrom
6. Wendy Brightbill (she has an amazing story)
7. Mary Connealy (check out her books – no, Mary didn’t tell me to say that)
8. ?? I’m sorry to say, since having less internet access, I’ve cut my blog reading list back quite a bit.
To my nominees, if you decide to
play along, let me know so I can read your answers. Whether you do or not,
you’re dear to me.
8 comments:
Thanks for passing the award to me, Michelle, and congratulations on receiving it yourself. It's comforting to know I'm not the only writer who counts their WIP in years!
I've received this award a couple of times, and I have no more random facts to give out! But I love your questions, so I'll answer them here, if that's okay.
1)Favourite genre? Literary.
2)Visit anywhere? New Zealand.
3)Fave movie? Far too many to list.
4)CHOCOLATE
5)Tea, of course, I'm British :-)
6)Dessert? Oh yes. Something with chocolate!
7)First job? I sold motorcycle parts, badly.
8)Why blog? Simply, I started reading other people's blogs and it looked fun.
9)Hobbies? Going to the gym... yes, I'm THAT sad.
10)Best time of day? 11am to 1pm.
11)Crowds? Crowds are fun, small groups are fun too, being alone is also nice. I'm easily pleased.
As I read this lovely post, I kept thinking of how great it is to get to know all these different facets of your life, Michelle. Lugging the tree at Christmas still sounds appealing but I guess your back would tell a different story.
Congratulations!
And the closest thing to Rivendell is New Zealand I believe.
Great of you to spotlight some other authors and nice to learn a bit more about you!
hi michelle! well YOU are such a dear, and an absolute sweetheart to honor me with such an award! thank you!! if it's okay, i'll follow annalisa's example and answer your questions here.....
1. If you’re a reader, what’s your favorite genre to read? fiction
2. If you could go anywhere in the world to visit, where would you go? paris
3. What’s your favorite movie? ooh, that's a tough one! today, it's "pride and prejudice (the keira knightly version)", but tomorrow it could be "you've got mail"
4. Chocolate or vanilla? Or some other flavor? chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.....
5. Coffee, tea, or neither? neither
6. Dessert person? If so, favorite dessert. yes, yes, yes (see number 4!)
7. What was your first job? i worked at the concession stand in a movie theater the year the very first star wars movie came out. to say it was chaos is an understatement!
8. Why did you start blogging? i wanted to share my artwork with other artists.
9. Do you have any hobbies? What are they? i'm interested in all kinds of art, i love to cook and bake (again, see number 4), photography, and decorating my home.
10. What’s the best time of the day for you? early afternoon
11. Do you like crowds or being with just a small group of people? both! i love the excitement of going to the stadium to watch a football game, but i also love to have friends over to watch the game on tv. either one is tons of fun!
Mary Connealy is an amazing author! I too have all of her books (except one ebook Christmas novella) and I've read all but the novella and the two novella collections. I love how you call them "hysterical historicals" that is an absolutely perfect description!
Wow, you spent a lot of time on this post. Interesting to learn more about you. The cowboy romance novels sound fun. I'll answer the dessert question. Yes, my sister's chocolate cake is the best dessert ever!
I love that you said the fictional heros don't compare to the real life ones. :)
I ride, too. In fact I'm leaving here to go ride very soon. Have a great day!
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