Blog Awards

Sunshine Award

Yay! It's been a while since I received an award I haven't gotten previously! Isn't this one pretty? Reminds me that spring is nearly here! Thanks to Kerri Cuevas and Mina Burrows for nominating me! To accept this award, I have to answer the following questions:

Favourite colour: Pretty powder pink (I know, tough old kung fu instructor likes a girly colour!)

Favourite animal: Domestic–dog; wild–three-way tie between dolphin, fox and tiger

Favourite number: 7

Favourite non-alcoholic drink: Apple & raspberry juice; Diet Pepsi/Coke; strawberry slush puppy (for the record, non-alcoholic drinks are the only kind I drink)

Facebook or Twitter: Facebook (for the games!)

My passions: Writing, martial arts, reading, my dogs!

Getting or giving presents: Giving

Favourite pattern: Plain, i.e. no pattern; if I had to choose, multi-coloured polka dots

Favourite flower: Lilies

I'm passing on this award to the following rays of sunshine:

• DL Hammons @ Cruising Altitude
• Michael Di Gesu @ In Time…
• Daisy Carter @ Fresh as a Daisy
• D. Biswas @ Amlokiblogs
• Anna Tan @ Deeply Shallow
• Belinda Witzenhausen
• Jai Joshi @ Jai Joshi's Tulsi Tree
• Rachel Morgan
• Carol Riggs @ Artzicarol Ramblings
• Melissa Sugar @ Have You Heard?

Liebster Blog Award

Thank you Barbara G. Tarn @ Creative Barbwire for this award! 'Liebster' is German for 'Beloved', so this award is for the best-loved blogs! To accept the award, I have to pass it on to 5 other bloggers, so here they are (for a more in-depth profile of each blogger, see here):

• Talli Roland – For her fun, lighthearted posts that never fail to put a smile on my face!
• Len Lambert – Her new blog is looking awesome and professional!
• Lucy Felthouse – Love her cartoon writer girl, her steamy snippets, and her Totty Tuesdays!
• Lydia Kang @ The Word is My Oyster - I so enjoy Lydia's medical-related posts! Gives me loads of writing ideas!
• Michael Di Gesu @ In Time… – His Earthly Angels series is guaranteed to restore your faith in humanity…

Write Hard Award

Big thank you to Becky @ The Rainy day Wanderer for this award! The award is meant to be given to someone who has been in some way inspirational. Not sure how many nominees you have to name, so I'm passing it on to 7 people whose creativity, talent and passion are truly inspirational!

• DL Hammons @ Cruising Altitude – Have you checked out his amazingly fun Whodunnit contest?
• Ika Koeck @ Ika Writes – LOVIN' her comics, plus she's an excellent writer!
• Margo Benson – I know you've just received this, but have it again–shows just how inspirational you are!
• Tony Benson @ Fireside Park – Margo and Tony are a formidable writing couple!
• Rachael Harrie @ Rach Writes… – Her Platform-Building Crusade is an ingenius idea!
• Ali Cross – I absolutely adore her adorable NiNoWriMo / NiNoReMo ninjas!
• Lydia Kang @ The Word is My Oyster – I so enjoy Lydia's medical-related posts! Gives me loads of writing ideas!

Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award

Thank you Elaine Stock @ Everyone's Story, Genna Sarnak @ Reading, Writing, & the World of Words, and Sierra's Writing Adventure for this sweet award! Does it look yummy or what?

Here are the (optional) rules for accepting this award.

• Thank the person who awarded you and link back to them.
• Share 7 things about yourself
• Award 5 recently discovered great bloggers, and notify them of the nomination!

Now, these are the rules for accepting both this award and the Stylish Blogger Award, which I have received previously (below). As such, I thought I'd just add 5 more blogs to award on top of the 10 I already nominated for the Stylish Blogger Award to make up the required 15. Not cheating, no?

And to make this seem less like a cheat, here are 7 new facts about myself:

1. Strawberry pavlova is one of my favourite desserts! The meringue is light so it's not a heavy dessert, and the strawberries mean I'm eating my fruits for the day! Oh, and that is why I am absolutely loving this award! Just look at that massive pavlova!
2. My three biggest fears: heights, needles, and–believe it or not–lizards! Ew at their scaly skin, clawed feet and bug eyes!
3. I wrote a 'book' when I was 13, long hand, in a school notebook. I hated it after, so much so that when a friend said he liked it, I just gave it to him! When (or if!) I become a world-famous author, that book will be worth something!
4. I call my partner the fiaby, short for fiancé-hubby, and will continue to do so during this limbo time between our marriage registration and the actual wedding ceremony!
5. I am 5-and-a-half years older than the fiaby, something he never lets me forget!
6. When I was 15, I was given an assignment in English to write a story beginning with the classic "It was a dark and stormy night…" I wrote a first person narrative of a cowboy trapped in a haunted ghost town–3,000 words in one-and-a-half hours. And my teacher slated the story. His main criticism: it has to be about myself if I write in first person, not some made-up cowboy! Which brings me to no. 7…
7. My most hated teacher ever in school was my 11th grade English teacher.

And my 5 nominees for this award are:

• Colene Murphy @ The Journey
• Elena Solodow @ You're Write. Except when you're Rong.
• Eeleen Lee @ Unmanuscripted
• Melissa Wideen @ Through the Looking Glass
• Will Burke @ Fatherhood & Other Common Terrors

Stylish Blogger Award

Big thanks to Christopher S. Ledbetter @ The Oracle and the Muse, Ariel Eishen @ Ariel Writes, Genna Sarnak @ Reading, Writing, & the World of Words, Sierra's Writing Adventure and Murees Dupe @ Daily Drama of an Aspiring Writer for this award. Me? Stylish? I'm flattered.

To accept this award I have to:

• Thank and link back to the person who nominated you for the award (check!).
• Share 7 things about yourself.
• Pass the award on to 10 recently discovered bloggers. Contact them and let them know they have been nominated.

Here are the 7 facts about myself. I've been careful not to repeat the ones I used for another award:

1. I hold a 1st Degree (black belt) in Wing Chun kung fu.
2. I wrote my first novel (probably novella word count-wise) when I was 14, in long hand, but hated the final product so much that when my friend asked for it I just gave it to him!
3. I am proud mom to three dogs: a Chihuahua named Alfie, a Pomeranian named Bubbles, and a cross of the two, a Pom-Chi named Boo.
4. My three biggest fears are: needles, lizards and heights–go figure.
5. I hold a degree in Pharmacology, and spent two years in cancer research, where I specialised in prostate cancer.
6. On the same subject, I practiced injecting cancer cells into a mouse's prostate. You have no idea how difficult that is!
7. I represented my university in badminton, and our greatest achievement is a team silver in the London University Championships.

And now on to the nominations. These are recently discovered bloggers that I am now stalking. Pop on over and say hi!

• Sarah Ahiers @ Falen Formulates Fiction
• Erica & Christy
• Charli Mac @ AJ & Charli Bite Back
• Christina Lee @ Write-Brained
• Elizabeth Briggs @ Liz Writes
• Tony Benson @ Fireside Park
• Margo Benson
• Ellie Garratt
• Patricia A. Timms @ Simplicity in Volumes
• Quinn @ Seeing, Dreaming…Writing

Beautiful Blogger Award

I'm really chuffed to receive this award from Quinn @ Seeing, Dreaming…Writing, as I've always adored the lovely design of this award. Plus there are BUTTERFLIES!! Who doesn't love butterflies? Well, I do know a friend who thinks they're evil, but the point is, it was a wonderful surprise after a long day at work, and a good couple of hours NaNoWriMo-ing! Thanks again, Quinn!

It seems there aren't any requirements attached to this award, except that I need to pass it on. Here are my five choices for Beautiful Bloggers:

• Summer @ …And This Time, Concentrate!
• Lydia Kang @ The World is My Oyster
• Rachael Harrie @ Rach Writes…
• Jodi Henry @ Turning the Page: A Literary Ramble
• L'Aussie Writing

Cherry on Top Award

Now I love the colour pink, I love rainbows, and I LOVE cupcakes! So you can imagine how excited I am to receive this lovely pink, rainbow-infused, cupcake-laced Cherry on Top Award from Talei Loto @ Musings of an Aspiring Scribe.

To accept this award I must answer the following question:

If I had the chance to go back and chane one thing in my life, would I, and what would it be?

I probably would have–yep, you guessed it–started writing seriously sooner: took a Creative Writing course when I was at university or something, joined a writer's circle before I started full-time work. Oddly, I've had two complete career changes in the last seven years, from scientific laboratory research to academic teaching, and now to martial arts instructing. However, I wouldn't change any of this even if I had the choice, as each of these very different jobs have given me a different insight and perspective that will probably come in handy in some WIP sooner or later! Plus I did really enjoy teaching, but alas, the call of the WIP was strong!

I'm not sure how many people I'm supposed to pass this award to, but figured five was a decent number. So here are my five cherry-topping blogs:

• Brenda Drake
• Hannah Kincade @ Musings of a Palindrome
• Rachel Morgan
• Marieke
• The Golden Eagle

THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD

Thanks to Jenna Quentin @ Meandering in a Field of Words, Donna Hole and Erica & Christy for this award! I'm assuming that to accept this award, the normal rules apply:

• Thanks the person who gave you the award and link to them
• Add the award to your blog
• Nominate 15 other people to give the award to (I'm assuming it's 15 as Donna nominated 15).
• Let your nominees know you have awarded them.

Additionally, I'm required to list 7 facts about myself, so here goes:

1. My favourite breed of dog is the chihuahua–that's why I have one-and-a-half of them! I don't see them as girly little handbag accessories, but little firecrackers; tiny dogs with BIG attitude!
2. I am still hugely addicted to Disney animated movies, and more recently Pixar ones!
3. I can probably sing 90% of said Disney movie songs.
4. On the same theme, my phone's ring tone is Under the Sea.
5. Although it used to be Kung Fu Fightin' until I changed my phone and somehow couldn't transfer the song over to my new phone.
6. I have low-to-mediocre proficiency in the following weapons (in some cases, I've picked it up and practised it for an hour!): bo staff, butterfly knives, escrima stick, long pole, nunchucks, sai and tonfa.
7. My favourite meat is duck…no, lamb…no, venison…no, beef…erm…let's rethink that. My favourite fish is monkfish…no, cod…no, salmon…gah! I like food.

And here are my 15 nominees:

• WritersBlockNZ
• Mesmerix @ Scribbler to Scribe
• J.W. Parente @ In My Write Mind
• DL Hammons @ Cruising Altitude
• Roh Morgon
• Summer Ross
• Francine @ Romancing the Blog
• S.E. Sinkhorn @ Maybe Genius
• Michele @ Southern City Mysteries
• Angela McCallister @ Jaded Love Junkie
• Emily White @ Stepping into Fantasy
• Christine Danek
• Brad Jaeger
• Damyanti @ Amlokiblogs
• Amanda Sablan @ All That Good Jazz

LESA'S BOLD FACED LIAR "CREATIVE BLOGGER" AWARD

Thank you John Smith for this award, which is a lovely surprise considering I go bankrupt when I try to play poker! But I'll give it a good go!

To be able to accept this award, one must now do the following:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link to them.
2. Add the award to your blog.
3. Tell six outrageous lies about yourself and one truth.
4. Nominate four creative liars–I mean writers–and post links to them.
5. Let your nominees know that they have been nominated.

Have a go at picking the truth out of these lies:

1. I never go near black cats.
2. I have an irrational fear of newborn marsupials–they're all pink and slimy and squirmy–ew!
3. My three dogs are named Snap, Crackle and Pop.
4. I can't swim.
5. I would love to own a pet iguana or chameleon–lizards are my favourite animals!
6. I arrange the herbs and spices in my kitchen in alphabetical order.
7. I sing to my flowers.

And my four nominees are:

• Tessa @ Tessa's Blurb
• Franklin's Flash Fiction
• Dawn Embers @ It's in the Book
• Olivia J. Herrell @ That Rebel with a Blog

ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD

Thanks to WritersBlockNZ for my first ever blog award! I'm chuffed to bits by the honour, considering I'm so new to all this!

Also thanks to Erica & Christy and Jennifer O. @ Literary Endeavors for awarding it to me a second and third time!

The rules for this award states that I need to pass it along:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered.
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here is my honour roll:

• Tessa's Blurb
• Wanton Acts of Writing
• Lovy Boheme
• Thoughts by Lilah Pierce
• Future; Nostalgic
• Elspeth Cooper
• Roland Yeomans
• Monica Marier @ Attack of the Muses
• Sangu Mandanna @ Echoes of a Wayward Mind
• John Smith
• Jayne @ A Novice Novelist
• Rosie Connolly @ East for Green Eyes
• Barb @ Creative Barbwire
• Christine H @ The Writer's Hole
• The Magic Nutshell
• Erica & Christy

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