Dazzingly Awards for Awesome Blogs

Instead of my usually Monday photography tips, I’m going to present two awards to some awesome blogs.

The Creative Writer Award

The rules are:

1. Thanks the person who gave you this award (thank you Katie!!)
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog
3. Link to the person who nominated you (see #1)
4. Tell up to six outrageous lies about yourself and at least one outrageous truth.
5. Nominate 7 creative writers who might have fun coming up with outrageous lies.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate (see below).
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them.

About me:

1. I’m fluent in three languages: Finnish, Swedish, and English.
2. When I was in grad school, I tested the fitness level of a NHL (National Hockey League) player the Edmonton Oilers were thinking of signing. He hit on me the entire time. Several hours later, I showed up at his hotel.
3. My favorite Disney Princess is Snow White. And boy does she ever end up with one hottie of a prince.
4. I used to promote birth control when I was a pharmaceutical sales rep. Of course, I had to suffer through the wisecracks about the drug's efficacy (how well it worked) when I was pregnant. The joke became old fast.
5. I married my college sweetheart. He used to be quarterback for the football team.
6. I used to train competitively as a biathlete. You know, the sport with skis where you shot at things. Preferably not your fellow skiers.
7. I’ve taken Latin dance lessons and can do one spicy salsa. That’s when my husband fell in love with me. Or so he claims.

Can you guess which is the truth?

I’m passing on the award to the following blogs:

1. Tahereh Mafi. ‘Cause she filled with awesome.
2. Weronkia Janczuk. ‘Cause she wants to help writers reach their goal, and it’s amazing what she does to achieve that.
3. Carrie Harris. ‘Cause she makes me laugh. Seriously laugh. I can’t wait to read her first book.
4. Debbi Ohi at Inky Girl. ‘Cause she makes me wish I could draw.
5. Cassandra Marshall. ‘Cause she’s bursting with great free advice.
6. Beth Revis. ‘Cause she landed a three book deal for her YA Sci Fi series. Man, she has to be creative to do that. Right?
7. Danyelle Leafty at Myth Takes. ‘Cause she’s so sweet.

Quillfeather Award



Thank you, Abby Annis.

This award comes with the instructions to share with you how I like my eggs.
I like my eggs sunny side squished. And it has to be cooked. I can’t stand the runny stuff. Totally gross!

I pass this on to:

1. Sherrie Solvang ‘Cause she’s smart and has a great mantra. I seriously have to get me one of those.
2. BJ Anderson ‘Cause her blog is just plain cool.
3. Slam Dunk ‘Cause he’s enlightening in an amusing kind of way.