Daisy Award

Thank you very much to the wonderful Elizabeth Arroyo

for this cute award.

I must now tell you seven unusual things about myself.

1) My wedding ring is black with a white gold band. I don't like diamonds or yellow gold. I don't like to wear rings either. Plus, I'm quite accident prone. The ring is made from black titanium. Near indestructible!

2) I have a lot of paperclips and I'm not sure why.

3) I'm thinking of chocolate cheesecake when I should be thinking of unusual things about myself. The What's Your Chocolate? blogfest from earlier this week has stayed with me all week long.

4) I have a firm handshake. It weirds me out a bit when I shake someone's hand and theirs is limp.

5) I don't know what I'm going to be for Halloween. It might be too early to be thinking about it, but I'd like to have some time to prepare. Any suggestions?

6) I say "cool" a lot. Now my son is saying it. Will it still be a cool word to use for his generation?

7) Top items on my Christmas list for this year: a composter and a kitchen floor. Yes, I'm that exciting.

I nominate these worthy bloggers that I haven't heard from in a long time:

PK Hrezo

Laura Josephsen

Amy Lunderman

Kathleen Doyle

Sarah Ahiers

Third time's a charm - Lucky 7 meme

I want to give a big thank you to the wonderful and nerdy

 L.G. Keltner for this award.

I've done it a couple times before, but hey, it's a lot of fun.

Plus, she had a different badge to go with it!

Here are the rules:

1. Go to page 77 of your current manuscript

2. Go down to line 7.

3. Copy down the next 7 lines.

4. Tag 7 others. (I'm not going to tag anyone. Take it if you want it!)

This excerpt is from an older manuscript entitled LEX. It's ten years old this year. If I don't have a title, I always named my story after the protagonist. It's a dystopian romance. Lex is unlike any other heroine I've ever written. She's not hard, bitter, witty, magical, nor is she a fighter. She's very naive and thinks in strange ways. Her strength is in that innocence, because with it comes unwavering hope.

Here's the excerpt:

"All of us here outside the city live without the dust. We're able to make our own happiness without using the drug to induce it. A lot of people think Faery Dust is very bad. That's why in the Hearth yesterday the others were so insulted you asked for it. You didn't know you were asking for a bad thing, but they were offended nonetheless." Aelwyd spoke softly.

"I didn't mean to say something bad. I only want to make people happy."

The Booker Award

A big thank you to the lovely Theresa Paolo for this award.

I am, indeed, one of those who refuse to live in the real world!

The rules for this award:

This award is for book bloggers only. To receive this award the blog must be at least 50% about books (reading or writing is okay)
Along with receiving this award, you must also share your top five favorite books you have ever read. (More than five is okay) You must give this award to 5-10 other lucky book blogs you adore.

 

 Here are my favorite books:

1) The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.

2) The Fever series by Karen Marie Moning.

3) The original Kushiel trilogy by Jacqueline Carey.

4) The Downside Ghosts/Chess Putnam series by Stacia Kane.

5) THE STAND by Stephen King.

6) The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin.

7) The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

8) The Troy Game series by Sara Douglass.

9) The Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher.

10) The Coldfire trilogy by C.S. Friedman.

 

I'm passing on this award to these five fabulous people:

1) Lynda R. Young

2) Laura Josephsen

3) Rek

4) M. Pepper Langlinais

5) Andrea Teagan

Passing on the Love Award

I was surprised and honored to discover not only one person had given me this award, but two!

Thank you very much, Sarah McCabe and Chandara! You both are so sweet.

Chandara said this: So now I pass it on to five awesome bloggers that I stalk...support and found that they are equally as nuts...committed, in a good way, as I am on this venture of writing and life.

Sarah said this: Christine is a fellow "geek, writer and stay-at-home mom". The Trifecta of Awesome.

I particularly like this award because it allows me to pass on the love to other writers and bloggers. The goal of the award is to spotlight up and coming bloggers who currently have less than 200 followers. The rules of the award are:

   1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
   2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
   3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
   4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
   5. And most of all - have bloggity-blog fun!

Here are a few well-deserving writers:
1. Heidi Windmiller - science-fiction and YA author. She gives great advice.
2. Charlene A. Wilson - romance author and mother. I love reading her vivid dreams.
3. Marianne - writer and mommy. Yes, being a mommy is the hardest job, but she's an inspiration.
4. Janel - writer and mother. Great tips, and she teases me with her vacation pictures.
5. M Pepper Langlinais - writer and mother. She inspires me more than she knows.