And The Awards Go To . . .

Wow, I feel like I’m at the Academy Awards. And the blogging awards go to . . .

The Sugar Doll Award





First, I’d like to thank A.L. Sonnichsen for this beautiful award. To claim it, I have to tell you ten unusual and/or unexpected things about myself. So here goes:

1. My middle name is Louisa, after Louisa May Alcott. Even before I was born I was destined to be a YA writer. *grins*


2. I lived in Jyväskylä (central Finland) for a semester in grad school. The university there has one of the top sport research centres in the world.


3. I have a physical education degree but I’m a klutz when it comes to sports.


4. I’ve studied French, Spanish, and Finnish and suck at all of them. But hey, at least I tried.


5. I used to live not far from Jane Austen. Well, where she lived when she was alive.


6. Me and high heels are not a good mix.


7. I’m a chocoholic and proud of it.


8. I used to test the fitness level of elite athletes. And boy was it fun yelling at (motivating) them to keep going. Just give me pom-poms and I’m all set. (No pyramids, though).


9. I once wanted to be a historic romance writer, but then discovered YA novels. There was no turning back after that.


10. If there was a time in history I would love to visit, it would be the early to mid 1800’s. Especially if Mr. Darcy really did look like Colin Firth.

I also have to pass this award on to five other bloggers I’d love to know more about. So I’m passing this great honor on to the following (and believe me it was hard to choose since I want to know about so many of you):

Roni Griffin atFiction Groupie
Melissa at I Swim for Oceans
Keri Payton at Cinnamon Quill
Karen Denise at I’m Always Write
Kat O’Keeffe at Words, etc

The Sunshine Award

Steena Holmes from Chocolate Reality awarded me The Sunshine Award. In this case I was supposed to pass it onto twelve bloggers, but I ran out of steam after doing the previous one and the one from last week. So here are my nine choices.

Wendy Sparrow at Where Ladybugs Roar

C. Lee McKenzie at Write Game

Angela Ackerman at The Bookshelf Muse. You really have to check this one out. She’s like a living thesaurus, only better.

Nisa at Word Play Sword Play

Lisa And Laura Write . This dynamic duo makes me wish I had a sister instead of a brother.

Katie Salidas at My Immortal Stories

The girls at YA Highway

Susan R Mills at A Walk in My Shoes

Gretchen at Seanchai

Abby Annis

Rules to Accept the Awards:
Put the logo on your blog in your post.
Pass the award onto x bloggers.
Link the nominees within your post.
Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blogs.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!