200 Followers, Thanks Everyone!

Ink in the Book is my 200th follower, and she is throwing a party. I am so thrilled! Check it out here.

Thanks to Lauren for giving me the Book-in-a-Month Award

L.G. Keltner for awarding me the Versatile Blogger Award

Jeff Hargett for honoring me with the Booker Award. 

Michael Pierce for passing on the 7x7 Award

and Alyssa for giving me the Stylish Blogger Award.

I appreciate all of the wonderful support. Thank you so much. I will try to pass them on.

 I also want to thank everyone for following. I didn't know what would happen a few months ago when I started this blog, I never expected to have 200 followers. I am eternally grateful to the community of writers in the blogosphere, and to all of the new friends I have met. You guys are awesome!

Fabulous Blog Ribbon Award

L.G  Keltner from Writing Off The Edge has passed on this fabulous award. Thanks L.G!! Check out her awesome blog when you get a chance.

1. Post the rules on your blog.

2. Name five of your most fabulous moments, either in real life or in the blogosphere.

3. Name five things you love.

4. Name five things you hate.

5. Pass the ribbon on to five other bloggers. (Leave them a comment to notify them of their win.)

 

Okay.  Here we go!

 

5 Most Fabulous Moments

1.         Marrying my husband.

2.         Anytime a group of people have sung happy birthday to me.

3.         Watching a meteor shower.

4.         Finishing my first novel (rough draft) before my 30th birthday.

5.         The first time I had flour-less chocolate cake.

5 Things I Love

1.        Eating a Wendy's Vanilla Frosty.

2.        Robot dancing.

3.        My friends.

4.        Making up songs and singing them.

5.        Books that are so good I can't put them down.

5 Things I Hate

1.         Mean People.

2.         Scratched CDs.

3.         Anyone who gets on their cell phone in the movie theater.

4.         Being too hot in the summertime.

5.         When animals are abandoned or mistreated.

Now to pass this award on...

1. Heather @ Random Interruptions

2. James Anderson @ James Anderson's Blog

3. Kyra Lennon @ Write Here, Write Now

4. Lauren @ Eclectic

5. Rachel @ Writing on the Wall

Wishing on Daisies Progress: 8 days left
Current Progress: 17083 words
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 - Complete. 
Chapter 10- Still in Progress

Only 2 chapters left to go. Yeah!

A big thanks to Jackie at Bouquet of Books  and Dani at Entertaining Interests for hosting the First Fight/First Kiss blogfest. Jackie honored me with a First Kiss Scene Honorable Mention badge. Woot!

Liebster Award

James Anderson has honored me with the Leibster Blog Award. He is a great guy, techie and  writer. Check out his awesome blog. 

The 'rules' of the award are the following: 

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you.
3. Copy and paste the blog award on your blog.
4. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less.     (I went overboard)
5. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.

I am passing this award on to these awesome bloggers: 

Kaye Draper from Write Me is great blogger and aspiring author, if you love the quirky and fantastic, then you would love her blog.

Rena from Doctor Faerie Godmother is a mad scientist writer that will not only have you laughing but also inspire you to write.

Book in a Month Pt 12: Inspiration to Write!

The Insecure Writer's Support Group hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh was created to encourage one another and share things that we're dealing with in our writing ventures. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! To join, click on the IWSG pic on the right side of my blog and post the first Wednesday of every month.

Stop by Beautiful Chaos  TODAY to get a free (hard copy or ebook copy) of Eldala. There are 19 books available, so don't miss out!

It's 9:30 at night, I'm exhausted. I just spent a half hour browsing the internet.. but golly freakin' gee wilikers Batman. I'm gonna write!!

So, get yer inspiration here, get pumped up, and write something! Let's do it!

The Booker Award

 

Thanks to the luminous Christine Raines for this award. 

Be sure to check out her amazing blog!

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) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats By T.S Elliot

2) Seal Child By Sylvia Peck.

3) Skellig by David Almond

4) The Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs

5) Star Wars Legacy Series by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema
6) Dark Prince by Christine Feehan

7) The Lessons of Saint Francis by John Michael Talbot

8) A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb

9) Moonglow by Assorted Authors
10) The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
11) Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury

12) The Dragon Lance Trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracky Hickman
13) Poemcrazy by Susan Wooldridge
15) Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson

I'm passing on this award to these 15 fabulous people:
(15 people for 15 books, I'm neurotic that way, hehe)

1) Laura @ Stranger Than Writing
2) Amandini
3) Melinda Dozier
4) McKenzie McCann
5) Nicole @ Write Me a World
6) Medeia Sharif
7) Juliana Haygert
8) Charity
9) Morgan Shamy
10) Michael Pierce
11) L.G Keltner
12) Heather Bryant
13) PK Hrezo
14) Suzi @ Literary Engineer
15) Angeline Trevena

Book in a Month Pt 4: Tips for Succeeding with Writing a Book in a Month

Thanks to Robin from Robin Writes for honoring me with The Versatile Blogger Award. Woots! If you haven't already check out her great blog.

Tips for Succeeding with Writing a Book in a Month

Be prepared, have an outline and character info handy

Set daily goals: divide everything up into bite sized chunks

Share your goal with others

Set your boundaries

Stay focused on what you want to do next 

Think positive, believe in yourself, and stick with it

If you get stuck skip over it and write the next scene

It’s OK to suck. Embrace the suck.

Revelation Station #2

I started out with the idea I would be writing my memories from joining the swim team in high school and falling in love for the first time. It wouldn't be too difficult to turn that into a story right? WRONG.

The more I worked on this story the more I realized that I couldn't make it a memoir, it just want to be that story. Wishing on Daisies took on a life of its own. It wants to be something else! It doesn't even care for the name Wishing on Daisies anymore. hehehe.

So, I am following my gut here and letting the story grow into what it wants. Memories were great for inspiration, but it turns out they were just a springboard for this journey.

"Steadily aim for your goal unswervingly. That is dedication." -DeMille

Write Something That Will Change Your Life

“This is a very high standard, but it may be the most valuable piece of advice you'll ever get as a writer. I’ve never seen a writer go wrong following it. Why? Because if a story is that important to you, it may be that important to a lot of people in the audience. And when you’re done writing the story, no matter what else happens, you’ve changed your life." - John Truby 

Blogspiration is a new weekly meme hosted by both GrowingUp YA and Saz101. The meme was created to help spark inspiration among bloggers, readers and writers alike. An inspirational quote/picture/video is posted weekly so that it may inspire creativity, conversation and just a little SOMETHING.

 Also, I want to thank the goth goddess, Mina Lobo from Some Dark Romantic for honoring me with the Lucky 7 Meme. Check out her great blog when you get the chance!

Upcoming Blog Hops and Writing Events

Thanks to Gossip Girl and L.G for nominating me for the Kreativ Blogger award. They are great people, check em out :)

Why Blog Hops Rock

#1 you write about things you may not have thought of writing about before

#2 you meet wonderful people

#3 you get more traffic and followers

I am going to keep a link up top to all upcoming blog and writing events that I know of. But, I am so excited about the ones that are coming up that I wanted to share.

How do I enter a Blog Hop?
Basically if you are interested in joining a hop, go to the host's website, read the rules, and click on the link to enter your blog on their list (it will ask for the name of your blog, website address, and possibly email). Then on the day of the hop put the post on your blog and go back to the main host’s site and click on the links to other blogs and see what they have posted. It is a lot of fun!

Flash Fiction Blogfest

When: May 21-23
Here are the rules:
Write a flash fiction of 300 words or less. It must begin with the two words: Lightning flashed. Entries must be posted on your blog between May 21 - 23. Sign up in the linky on the host's site to have your entry counted.
http://cheriereich.blogspot.com/2012/05/announcing-2nd-annual-flash-fiction.html