Angie over at Daydream Believer was kind enough to award me The Versatile Blogger Award.
There are a few rules with this one, but I’m a rebel and I might bend a few of them.
The first rule is to link back to the blogger who gave me this award. The link to Angie’s blog is above, but in case you missed it, click here to visit Daydream Believer. Like me Angie is a reader and a writer. Well, I think it’s a rule that all writers have to be readers, too! Anyway, if you have a chance please stop by her blog and say hi.
The second rule is that I need to share seven things about myself. I always have trouble with these lists so to make it even harder on myself I have decided to make mine a numerically based list. What does that mean? Well it looks like this:
One, the number of siblings I have.
Two, grade I was in when I decided I wanted to be a writer.
Three, the number of names I have. The middle one is Carin.
Four, the number of pets I have.
Five, the number of kilometers I ran regularly in high school. (Astute readers might be able to figure out that I was on the cross country team.)
Six, the number of places I have worked, not counting temporary jobs or really, really short-lived ones.
Seven, the number of cars I have owned.
Okay, now that my brain was officially fried coming up with those seven things, it’s time for the third rule, which says that I need to pass this on to 15 bloggers. This is where I plan on doing some big time bending. I mean, if I’m listing 7 things about myself, wouldn’t it make more sense to list 7 recipients? Especially if my brain is already fried from coming up with those seven things about myself? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. So here, in no particular order are 7 versatile bloggers worth checking out:
1. My virtual world and real world friend Sam.
2. The newly agented and kayak-rolling Terry Lynn Johnson*.
3. Fellow story lady and 2011 debut Kathy McCullough.
4. Reader, writer and fellow 2011 debut and fellow Fluxian (or whatever the appropriate adjective is to describe authors whose books are published by Flux) Medeia Sharif.
5. Another one of those reader and writer types, Heather McCorkle at Heather’s Odyssey.
6. Writer and reader Paul Greci whose nature-inpired writing advice posts are always a delight.
7. . . . and finally, YOU! That’s right, if you are reading this consider yourself awarded.
To take part, feel free to write your own blog award post and bend these rules any way you see fit.
* Terry is also a 2011 debut, but as I believe I mentioned my brain is fried and I couldn’t figure out a way to work that in without it sounding too clunky.
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*bows down to your fun and impressive list*
Thanks for the shout out, Dude! Some interesting tidbits about you there in an unusual and clever way!
Thanks for thinking of me, Alissa. And I like your numerical system for sharing things about yourself.
Terry: You’re welcome. I loved your kayak video!
Medeia: You’re welcome!
Alissa, how nice of you to mention me! I’m still trying to learn how to juggle everything, but encouragement helps! (P.S. I love bending rules too!)
Love your list! I’ll have to check the blogs of those you’ve passed it on to. *whispers* I bent the rules a bit too.
Kathy: My juggling skills need some work as well!
Angie: Thanks! And rules are made for bending!
Congratulations on your award and thank you for passing it on to me, I’m honored! I’ll be sure to post about it next week and I’ll probably follow in your tradition of rule breaking
Hey! You totally rock! Thanks for the blog props.
I’ll be sure to post that on my blog. Sweet!
Congrats on you award, Alissa. I recognize some of the names you’re passing it on to. They definitely deserve it.
Thanks, Stina!