Are blog awards like London buses, in that you wait ages for one and then two come at once? Of course if you’re outside London, you wait ages for a bus and then realise they only run on the 32nd of each month.
Anyway, the lovely Kate M Colby, bless her, has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blog Award. Thank you Kate, read her blog here, it really is full of inspiring and interesting stuff for writers: https://katemcolby.wordpress.com/
Award Guidelines:
- Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.
- Display the award in a blog entry.
- List the award guidelines so your nominees will know what to do.
- State 7 things about yourself.
- Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.
Seven things about me
- I was once tear-gassed protesting against the National Front in Marseille, France.
- I love the sea.
- I need to write for my well-being.
- I love the Dixie Chicks.
- I am most creative in the morning but rarely write in my pyjamas.
- Forget the champagne, it’s tea and cakes any day for me.
- I once worked for The Women’s Press.
My nominees
https://richteramanda.wordpress.com
http://suzannebrazil.com
http://karajorgensen.com
http://inkwrapped.com
http://the-grumponthehill.blogspot.co.uk
http://juliefairweather.co.uk
https://51stories.wordpress.com
https://aliceandeve.wordpress.com
https://ofopinions.wordpress.com
https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com
http://inspireportal.com
https://awomanswisdom.wordpress.com
https://lanivcox.wordpress.com
https://reneenmeland.wordpress.com/
https://scribblinginthestorageroom.wordpress.com/
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Wow, that’s a really interesting life packed in seven sentences! I would love to know about your experiences in 1 and 7. Congratulations and thank you so much for the nomination! I agree wholeheartedly, tea and cakes are the best any day, any time!
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Thank you, I was glad to pass the nomination onto you. Well, 1 came when I was living in Marseille and Le Pen was coming to speak. I innocently went on the anti-NF march, not realising that the French police are pretty handy with the tear gas. Luckily other protesters were more experienced and dragged me into a near-by video store before any real damage was done. I was very scared, but it makes a good story some 17 years later. As for 7, when I returned to London after my stint abroad I had to find a job and The Women’s Press was looking for a receptionist. I took the opening. I’m very glad I did because I met some wonderful women and learned a heap about publishing.
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Congrats on the award 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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Thanks so much for passing the award along! I agree with Amrita — you have some incredible stories in just seven sentences! Your street cred is definitely raised with the tear gas story. 🙂
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Thanks, Kate! I’m honored that you thought of me. I will get cracking on my responses.
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Thanks for the nomination, Kate! I love your bus analogy! Dixie Chicks are, indeed, cool. I always identified with “Long Way Home”…
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Oh me too and Not Ready to Make Nice! Another side of me.
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Hence, tear gas…got it. Hahahahaa.
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Congratulations on your nomination and Thanks v much for passing it onto my blog – I’ll get onto it tomorrow. Tear gassed in France doesn’t sound v nice but the rest sounds good!
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You’re welcome Corri. Yeah, tear gas wasn’t good at the time, tho, having survived intact, makes a good story. Don’t recommend it though.
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My pleasure. You’re obviously very inspiring!
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