First off, and before I forget, many, many thanks to Melanie Marttila over at Writely Goodness for manominating It was a Dark & Stormy Night ... for The Versatile Blogger Award.
Thank you Melanie! I mention her name so you will know who to blame in the future. I must say, I feel like I imagine blue ribbon cattle feel; outstanding in their field.
Seriously (if I can be taken at face value), it is quite an honor, especially since it is bestowed by a peer. I wasn't sure who was reading my ramblings, outside of friends and family, so it’s encouraging. Yes, I have been encouraged and will continue (the last spoken to embarrassed spawn).
Here’s the other shoe; having been manominated, I have been awarded the Versatile Blogger Award, with all the attendant rights and responsibilities thereof. I have the right to display the button (see above). Sweet!
And now, the responsibilities:
- Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.
- Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
- Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent! )
- Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
- Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
Here are my fifteen manominees, in no particular order:
- Joe Konrath – A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
- Dan Pearce – Single Dad Laughing
- Mur Lafferty – I Should Be Writing
- DarthDogCow – Steampunk News
- Chuck Wendig – terribleminds
- Nathan Bransford – Nathan Bransford, Author
- Rob Guthrie – Rob on Writing ™
- Amber James – Letters to People Who Won’t Read Them
- Sara Walpert Foster – Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition
- Brooke Ryter – So, Whatcha Think?
- Jeffrey Hite – Jeffrey Hite
- Keryl Raist – To Publish or Not To Publish
- Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris – The Shared Desk
- Cherie Priest – Cherie Priest
- Lauren “Scribe” Harris – Ink-Stained Scribe
Finally, 7 things about myself:
- I’ve built a studio in my office at home in order to pursue voice work as a podcaster. Currently, there’s so much stuff piled in front of it, I need a pitchfork to get to the mic.
- As part of my creative process, I talk to myself … a lot. I do like the fact that I can now hang this behavior on the term “creative process.” Growing up, the neighbors just thought I was odd.
- I worked in radio and television for thirteen years before taking the plunge into computers. My fame spread neither far nor wide and as a result I am not remotely famous … not even regionally.
- My index toes are longer than my big toes. I can grip and pinch with them. The spawn can as well, so it breeds true.
- Last year I was the USA-NKF Virginia State Champion in the Grumpy, Old Men division. This year, I got my walker handed to me.
- I’m a big fan of classic & noir films: The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, The Maltese Falcon, etc.
- I enjoy buying polystyrene models. I would like to say that I like to build them, but I haven’t had time to do that in years. They’re currently piled in front of my mic.
