I'm not doing too shabby so far. I've got 8,548 words as of end of writing on Thursday night. I can live with that. Especially if I can keep it up.
It's interesting as I'm writing because I'll get hung up on how to do something and then I have a duh moment. You see, this is NaNo. I don't have to get hung up on things like I normally would. I can just leave myself a comment and move on.
Award
Author Marsha Ward was kind enough to give me the One Lovely Blog Award. Because of NaNo I'm going to cheat. For some reason everyone is supposed to forward it on to 15 (yes, that's right, FIFTEEN) other blogs. I don't have time. But since many blog awards are satisfied with 7, and this particular award asks for 7 things about me I'm going to stick with 7. Hey, it's good enough for Voldie Baby, it'll have to work for me.
So if you want to be bored stupid you can check a previous post here for some random person tidbits.
Please check out Marsha's blog and say Howdy (she writes Westerns).
Thanks for thinking of me, Carrie. I agree with you in your post here. This award is a little more complicated and, for me, difficult to assess. Recipients are supposed to provide links back to a few of their blog posts based upon seven categories.
How the heck am I supposed to determine "seven post superlatives"? For example, is a post most popular because it had the most comments, that it had the power to get people to take the time to respond? Or the number of visitors who, perhaps, left too stunned by the quality of the post to comment (yeah, and then I wake up). How do we quantify someone else's experience when they visit our blogs? I can't. So you're stuck with my interpretation. And I'm biased, either for or against.
1. Most Beautiful
Tribute The post I wrote after my father died last march.
2. Most Popular
According to my blog stats, it appears that my Fun & Games Blogfest post had the most page views. By a substantial number.
3. Most Controversial This one was easy to decide on. It was the post about self-publishing.
4. Most Helpful Okay. Now it's getting hard because this is so subjective. How do I really know if something I've written about turned out to be helpful to someone?
So, I'll go with one of my Grammar Friday posts and hope that I'm right. I like the one dealing with punctuation because I love the example so much. 5. Most Surprisingly Successful
I think this has to be my unmentionables post. I'm not into risque posts, and most of the ones I'd seen were definitely that, so when I was tagged for that meme, I was conflicted. However, I decided there was room for some potential humor there while still maintaining my propriety.
7. Most Pride Worthy I'm not sure what to put on here, either. I was tempted to leave it up to you guys, but I decided to list my book review of the I Am Not a Serial Killer series by Dan Wells. Perhaps because this is not a genre I read anymore. Perhaps it's because of the way Dan managed to make me love the terribly flawed, icky fantasizing, wanting to be noble John Cleaver that makes me gush about this series. John is no Dexter to try and justify his atrocities by targeting an "appropriate" kind of victim. Seriously. I can't gush enough about this series. It really struck a chord with me.
So, there you have it. My 7 (presumptuous) superlatives. Now I get to select seven others to pass this on to. Be sure to check their blogs out:
Here's to a great week everyone. I need to get through another poll worker training session (hopefully not an epic fail this time) and then I have a four-day weekend. And my mind is buzzing with ideas for WIP #3!
Valentina Hepburn was very kind and gave me two awards. It's always so nice when someone thinks of you for something like this, and I love to be able to showcase the blogs of other online friends.
Yes, this makes it the 5th time for this one. =D But I've shared awards with people who've already received them, so it's all good to me!
But in the spirit of the awards and the need to tell things about myself (click here for the most recent), I'm going to pass this on to the following bloggers (they will have to share 7 random [or not, depending upon their inclinations] bits of information about themselves). Please check them out and give them a follow if you're so inclined.
It's time for a little humor. This is another poem/lyrics from a song I learned at Girl Scout camp, when we lived in the Philippines back before there was dirt.
Long Johns
author unknown
I have lost my underwear.
I don't care; I'll go bare.
Bye bye, long johns.
They were very close to me
Tickle me. He he he.
Bye bye, long johns
If you see them you'll know where to find me
With my bare bum stickin' out behind me.
I have lost my underwear.
I don't care; I'll go bare.
Long johns, bye bye.
Independence Day
As a military brat and an Army Vet, this holiday means a lot to me. I posted about some of my feelings on Memorial Day, so I just wanted to share one of my favorite patriotic songs. This one always reminds me of one our gravest times as a nation--the Civil War.
My ancestry includes people who fought for the South. While I'm proud of their willingness to fight for what they believed, I'm glad their side lost that particular battle. And speaking of battles, I lurves this version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. It gives me chills every time I listen to it.
I was the choir director at my church for five years, and we were able to perform this once. It took months of practice, and we didn't have an orchestra to help. But still.
Usually I didn't mind doing that church job because, hey, I didn't have to face the congregation. I just had to face my choir, and we were used to working together. But they really needed me to cue them in a lot of places for the piece, and I'm not musically trained.
Scared me to death.
My hands shook so bad as I conducted that I had to pull my thumb in so it wasn't (quite) so obvious. But it was still a thrill and one of the highlights of my life, to be honest, to be part of it. I cried. The choir cried. Members of the congregation cried. *sigh*
Author Marsha Ward was kind enough to give me the One Lovely Blog Award. Because of NaNo I'm going to cheat. For some reason everyone is supposed to forward it on to 15 (yes, that's right, FIFTEEN) other blogs. I don't have time. But since many blog awards are satisfied with 7, and this particular award asks for 7 things about me I'm going to stick with 7. Hey, it's good enough for Voldie Baby, it'll have to work for me.
