Award Round-up, Yee ha!! Please help yourself, they're free!

I've been saving up awards for a few weeks, so at last I am posting. Thank you to those lovely bloggers who passed awards onto moi. I want to pass them on to you if you'd really like one, two or all three. Just read on...

Thank you Rachel Morgan at  Rachel Morgan Writes - Versatile Blogger Award. I think Rachel is awesomly versatile herself as are all of you, so take it!

Thank you JC Martin - Fighter Writer for the Beautiful Blogger award. Yes, JC is definitely a beautiful blogger. I try to be, do you? If you think so, please add it to your awards cache. Hey, we're all beautiful!

Thank you to  Quinn at seeing, dreaming, writing... for the Honest Scrap award as he thinks my posts/comments are honest. Sometimes it's really hard to leave an honest comment as you don't want to start a controversy and I often find myself deleting some, but occasionally a really honest one gets by me then I gnash my teeth hoping no one is offended. If you're like that, please take this award. There's a scrap of honesty in us all.

I'm going to pass these on in the best way I know. This is always the hard part as there are always so many bloggers you'd like to award so I decided to open it up. Being NaNo month too, makes time a premium to decide who gets the honour, to find their links, to drop by and tell them... So, if you'd like any of these awards, leave a comment, telling me why you'd like it - like you're really honest, versatile or beautiful, then copy and paste onto your site. Just let me know so I know someone is happy!

To make up for not doing the time-consuming thing, once NaNo's over, I'm going to make up my own award and do the rounds, starting with everyone who comments here and tells me they're taking an award or two or three.

Have a great week of writing, reading, living..:D

More Awards for moi!

Thank you VR Barkowski for not one, but two, awards. One is the Versatile Blogger Award and the other is the One Lovely Blog Award. Thankfully VR has combined them, so all I have to do is tell you 7 things about me. As I've done this before, I'll just have to stretch things and hope I don't repeat myself.

The lovely Olivia J Herrell from That Rebel With a Blog also awarded me with the One Lovely blog Award, so thank you so much! I'll have some passing on to do!

Tell you what, people are changing the rules as it suits them, so if you are following me you definitely deserve both of these awards, so please grab them for your blog, then pass them on as you see fit! Just remember to link to moi and leave a comment so I know you have taken up the offer. Then we are all happy!

SEVEN THINGS ABOUT ME

1. 
   
   My bedside table is a tip because I never read one book at a time, I must have at least 4 on the go at once - one or two fiction, one non-fiction, one classic, one travel memoir - at least! Then there's research, YA books...
2. 
   
   Who needs a classroom of adolescents when you can do one-on-one tutoring? I gave up the wild side of life to concentrate on mainly ESL students (and my writing.) Love their enthusiasm, and I learn so much about their cultures. I am forced to read books I would never bother with otherwise (e.g. The Book Thief) but end up becoming engrossed. Am currently revisiting Pride and Prejudice, Future Shock and Great Gatsby. Yummmmyyyy. Nice work if you can get it!
3. 
   
   I love the feeling of having a real (ahem) book in my hand as opposed to an e-book. Maybe I'll change down the line, but not yet! Am I a Luddite?
4. 
   
   I adore libraries (I tutor most of my students there!) if for no other reason but to see the avalanche of people loving books. Go you good people!
5. 
   
   I don't procrastinate near as much as I used to, so be encouraged, there may be a cure. My cure is to sit at the computer with my fingers on the keys and to remember to hit them occasionally.
6. 
   
   I have the most adorable little (and I mean little!) dog, Foxy Lady - a chihuahua/miniature foxy mix. She is the size of a regular tissue box, (just right for apartment living) but has the personality of an alsatian and the temperment of a labrador. She lights up my life and gets me running at least once a day, maybe more! She never tires, and hauls me up hills. Looks hilarious and passers by laugh or stop to chat. A good little ice breaker.
7. 
   
   By the end of 2010 I hope to have my novel polished and out there looking. Also hope to get my second underway soon, whilst writing my short stories and travel stories. #ShutUpAndWrite!!

Thanks for reading. I'll be looking forward to reading yours, 'k?

Bye now, #amwriting...Denise

The Versatile Blogger Award

Thank you to J. Kaye from 365 Days of Novel Writing for this award. With this award comes a few duties. Those are:


1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.


2. Share seven things about yourself.


3. Pass this award along to fifteen bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason!


4. Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.


Seven Random Things About Me:


My worst habit is...coffee and chocolate everyday (and cake too if I can manage it)

My guiltiest pleasure is...TV news, I am the biggest news junkie out. I listen even if I'm not watching. Sure, not much joy there but I like to know what is happening even if I can't do anything but shake my head!

The hardest thing I've had to do...is think of 7 things about me (just kidding!)is ...keep on believing in my writing through the down times. I've finally reached the point where I am soldiering on, believing in myself, and not letting rejection get me down.

As a child I...had a short story published in a major newspaper when I was 11. This set me off into a dream world from which I've never returned. I've got lost on the way, but I have found my way back.

One of my ways to relax is to...bake. I love baking cakes, biscuits (cookies), cheesecakes - my Toblerone Cheesecake is to die for. I also like to create chef-style meals when the spirit moves me.

I love blogging because...it inspires me to hear how everyone else is going. I also learn a lot trolling around the blogosphere. I don't look on it as a time waster. Much better than playing solitaire between scenes.

I love to travel...and this is reflected in my writing. I keep journals on paper and in my head and these ideas/settings pop onto paper, catching me unawares. But I love it...


So there you are. I used a different format as by now everyone must be sick of the numbers 1 - 7 or 10, depending on the award. Feel free to respond any way you want.


Now for the fifteen bloggers:

1. THE STORY SO FAR
2. elisa - random thoughts
3. vintagesusieandwings
4. Carol's prints
5. The Writer's Funhouse
6. Jen Chandler
7. Publish or Perish
8. Miss Ali
9. Laughing Monkey Stick
10. Culture Served Raw
11. Laughing Wolf
12. Jaded Love Junkie
13. Flutey Words
14. Starlight Blog
15. Terripincha

I tried to choose bloggers who haven't already received this award as it takes ages to do! However, if I doubled up, please send the award on to someone else for me.

Looking forward to reading your 7 things...you Versatile Bloggers...Here's a slice of Toblerone Cheesecake for you!

Cheers, Denise