A Post in Three Parts
Part One - An Award
Last week the amazingly wonderful - or maybe it should be wonderfully amazing - Lyn Sofras at Manic Scribbler presented me with the Versatile Blogger Award:
I'm raising the trophy cup to Lyn in a toast of thank-yous and hugs. You see, I've known Lyn for a while. And through all the years, we've managed to stay in touch. She's a fantastic writer, but she's just starting her own blog. So visit and make a new friend.
To accept this award, I'm supposed to tell you seven things about myself. Well, you know how I rattle on. And I'm here three days a week. How could you possibly not know everything about me? So I tried to think of seven new things.
1. I hate clutter.
2. Live-In Handyman bought me a can of Pumpkin Spice Almonds. OMG! To. Die. For.
3. I have a shoe thing - especially for sandals. Sigh.
4. My mind tends to make strange connections - hence, the top ten lists on Fridays.
5. I'm really excited about what will be my new WIP :)
6. The sign taped on my monitor says Just Write the Damn Thing!
7. I'm having a really hard time getting involved in the whole Facebook and Twitter scenes because I can't figure out what to talk about. It still feels awkward. Does anybody else have this problem? Suggestions?
I'm also supposed to pass the award on to recently discovered blogs. I've discovered several over the past few months, but I'm choosing three:
Julie at Empty Nest Insider
Julie at Gypsy in my Soul
Julie at The Pet Parent Diaries
Note: I did a very bad thing. So I'll just blame it on my brain still not being fully functional yet. When I went over to get the link for The Pet Parent Diaries I didn't read the most recent post. Julie is putting this blog on hiatus. However ... I'm transferring the award to her other blog, the one most of you here are more familiar with - What Else Is Possible?
Get the connection?
Part Two - A Thank You
Thanks so much to all of you for sticking by me and commenting for the past two months while I've been otherwise occupied with my editing deadline. It's finished! So I should be out and about a little more visiting all of you on a much more regular schedule. Feels good :)
Part Three
It's finally Trick or Treat time.
Last week the amazingly wonderful - or maybe it should be wonderfully amazing - Lyn Sofras at Manic Scribbler presented me with the Versatile Blogger Award:
I'm raising the trophy cup to Lyn in a toast of thank-yous and hugs. You see, I've known Lyn for a while. And through all the years, we've managed to stay in touch. She's a fantastic writer, but she's just starting her own blog. So visit and make a new friend.
To accept this award, I'm supposed to tell you seven things about myself. Well, you know how I rattle on. And I'm here three days a week. How could you possibly not know everything about me? So I tried to think of seven new things.
1. I hate clutter.
2. Live-In Handyman bought me a can of Pumpkin Spice Almonds. OMG! To. Die. For.
3. I have a shoe thing - especially for sandals. Sigh.
4. My mind tends to make strange connections - hence, the top ten lists on Fridays.
5. I'm really excited about what will be my new WIP :)
6. The sign taped on my monitor says Just Write the Damn Thing!
7. I'm having a really hard time getting involved in the whole Facebook and Twitter scenes because I can't figure out what to talk about. It still feels awkward. Does anybody else have this problem? Suggestions?
I'm also supposed to pass the award on to recently discovered blogs. I've discovered several over the past few months, but I'm choosing three:
Julie at Empty Nest Insider
Julie at Gypsy in my Soul
Julie at The Pet Parent Diaries
Note: I did a very bad thing. So I'll just blame it on my brain still not being fully functional yet. When I went over to get the link for The Pet Parent Diaries I didn't read the most recent post. Julie is putting this blog on hiatus. However ... I'm transferring the award to her other blog, the one most of you here are more familiar with - What Else Is Possible?
Get the connection?
Part Two - A Thank You
Thanks so much to all of you for sticking by me and commenting for the past two months while I've been otherwise occupied with my editing deadline. It's finished! So I should be out and about a little more visiting all of you on a much more regular schedule. Feels good :)
Part Three
It's finally Trick or Treat time.
Happy Halloween!
Photo by Hannah Horwarth
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Comments
Happy Halloween. May the chocolate gods be good to you. :)
I may have known you for years, but I didn't know those seven things about you - very entertaining.
Thank you for the kind comments :)
Oh that post-editorial feeling - sheer bliss! Congrats and best of luck with the queries.
Hugs -x-
Happy Halloween!
Thank you so much for the award--it is greatly appreciated! And you've picked a trifecta of Julies, lol!
L.G. - Mmmmm...candy :)
Julie - I know which makes me drool more :)
I do have a twitter account. I'm not very active but every now and then something hits me and I post it. What I have found is some great articles from other people twittering.
About the Twitter and Facebook, I am totally with you. I feel awkward with both as well, but try to jump in now and again. It doesn't come naturally to me though, I am much more comfortable with blogging.
I enjoyed reading your 7 things, and am hungry for pumpkin spice almonds now. Yum!! Happy Halloween to you!! :)
I'm not a fan of Facebook or Twitter. After blogging for so long, the exchanges always seem either superficial or a lazy person's road to self-promtion. **Running to the nearest corner for protection**
Happy Hallowe'en!
July - Those almonds are awesome!
VR - I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. I don't want to just chat about garbage. I don't want to promote. I don't want to duplicate the Tiki Hut. One day it will come to me what to do/say. Maybe. I hope :)
With Twitter, I tend to just reTweet others.
I like Twitter and hate Facebook. Some days, I don't say a word and other days you can't shut me up. As other people are far more interesting than me, I tend to share or retweet a lot. It makes me look interesting. ;)
Happy Halloween!
Alex - I've done some of that. Maybe I'll do more :)
Julie - You're welcome. I loved the Trifecta comment, too.
Rula - If I didn't have so much catching up to do, I'd feel like I was on holiday!
Shirley - I more active some days, too. I think I'm going to do more sharing and retweeting. Maybe in the process I'll figure out my place and come up with more original thoughts. Thanks :)
Talli - Thanks. Clutter makes me a crazy character. Can't stand it.
Happy Halloween!!!
God bless and in the words of that wild and crazy Granny Clampett, "ya'll come back now...ya hear!!!"
Have a great Halloween evenin'!!!
Kathi - Thanks!
Nezzy - You, too. Don't be a stranger :)
I need one of those Just Write the Damn Thing signs too. Lol.
I hope you had a great Halloween.
I hate clutter, too.
Isis - Thanks!
Ciara - At times it was actually fun :)
Tracy Jo - I've almost eaten the entire can.
LR - The sign really helps on first draft.
Medeia - I did. Hope yours was fun, too.
I love sandals too and they are the main thing I miss in the winter - which is arriving this weekend. Ho Hum.
Jennifer - The break was definitely worth it. But I'm glad to be back!
Michelle - Still sandal weather here :)