Versatile Blogger Award
In early November 2011, I officially launched my blog Life At Warp 10. You can imagine how thrilled and honored I was when, less than two months later, one of my favorite bloggers passed along the Versatile Blogger Award to my baby blog. Thanks so much to fantasy author Jessica O’Neal for giving me this award! If you haven’t yet checked out her site, be sure to go there next because you don’t want to miss her series on the characters of Harry Potter or her awesome post on learning to shoot a bow.
One of the conditions for accepting this award is that I need to share seven things about myself.
(1) I’m a stray animal magnet. Literally. They show up at my door, and I’m incapable of turning them away. I currently have seven cats, down from my high of 12.
(2) I’m writing a historical fantasy for the ABA with Lisa Hall-Wilson that asks, “What if the Arthurian legends originated not in Britain, but near the Black Sea from an Amazon warrior’s pursuit for equality and a barbarian Scythe’s spiritual quest?”
(3) When I was 10, I broke a boy’s nose. In my defense, it was an accident, and I’ve felt bad about it ever since, but apparently I have a mean right hook.
(4) I enjoy editing. The biggest compliment I ever received about my editing skills was that I “make the page bleed red.” (*Shameless Plug Alert* I offer manuscript critiques for fiction, as well as various levels of editing for fiction and non-fiction if you’re looking to hire a freelance editor. *End Shameless Plug*)
(5) I play the flute and violin, can play very simple songs on the piano, and played percussion in my high school concert band. I can’t sing. At all. It’s painful to listen to.
(6) I can eat an entire large pepperoni pizza by myself (and then some).
(7) When I graduated with my bachelor’s degree, I received the Governor General’s Silver Medal, which means I had the highest GPA of all the students who graduated from my university that year. When I graduated with my master’s degree, I graduated summa cum laude. Yet I have to have my husband remove my digital camera memory card because I can’t figure it out.
The final part of the Versatile Blogger Award is to pass it along to 15 recently discovered blogs that I think deserve recognition. I’m going to loosely interpret “recently discovered” to mean “sometime in the last year.” (In alphabetical order because I’m like that.)
Amber West – A Day Without Sushi
Angela Wallace – Believe, Dream, Awaken
August McLaughlin – Savor the Storm
Coleen Patrick – Read. Smile. Repeat.
Debra Kristi – Sparks In the Fire
Emma Burcart – Occasional Epiphanies
Gene Lempp – Unearthing the Future
Ingrid Schaffenburg – Threadbare Gypsy Soul
Lena Corazon – Flights of Fancy
Lisa Hall-Wilson – Through the Fire
Myndi Shafer – Blogging Barefoot
Nicole Maggi – From Getting the Call to Seeing the Book on the Shelf
Samantha Warren – Stealing Starships
If you’re one of the people I passed the Versatile Blogger Award on to, I hope you’ll also pass it along, but there’s no pressure. If you don’t want to do it now, you can always do it later, and I know some of you have already received it (but I love your blogs enough to second the award).
Jan 07, 2012 @ 10:17:36
Well, when your blog is awesome how old it is doesn’t matter. 😉 I’m so glad that you were able to pass this and thank you for the really kind words.
Loved your seven facts! I can relate to the pizza one (I out eat my husband who outweighs me by 100 pounds on a regular basis) as well as the last one (I only graduated magna cum laude, but still 😉 ) And there is a very strong possibility that you will be getting an email from me in the future asking for your editing rate!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:09:51
People don’t tend to believe I can eat as much as I can until they see it 🙂 And I’d be happy to work with you if you ever need an editor 🙂
Jan 09, 2012 @ 13:52:48
Speaking as Marcy’s husband, I can definitely attest to her usually concealed eating ability. While I tend to eat more than she does during a normal meal, she is certainly capable of eating me under the table shen she decides to. I guess that’s the power of her having more self-control than I do.
I am also an editor, and I would be more than happy to do some editing for you as well, should Marcy be unavailable (yes, I know, shamelessly plugging my services…)
Jan 09, 2012 @ 13:53:43
Look at me, plugging myself as an editor but making a typo: I meant “when,” not “shen.”
Jan 07, 2012 @ 13:16:43
Congrats on getting and giving this award, Marcy. It’s such fun to pass the blog luv around.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:11:09
Thanks 🙂 It is great fun. The hardest part was narrowing down a list because I’ve discovered so many fabulous blogs in the last year.
Jan 07, 2012 @ 13:52:13
Thanks, Marcy. This means a lot coming from you. I loved your ten facts. I’ll remember not to get you angry so I don’t ever see the right hook!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:31:56
I’d never hit a girl 😉
Jan 09, 2012 @ 13:54:55
Marcy has the right of it: she’d never hit a girl. That doesn’t stop her from punching me, though. It doesn’t really hurt, but still…
Jan 07, 2012 @ 14:14:29
Such an honor! Thanks, Marcy! I love that with all your brilliance, your camera perplexes you. Makes you more relatable to us human folk! 😉 Your WIP sounds fascinating. Yep, please save your smarts for such things. Worthier cause!
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Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:12:30
Haha. Technology and navigation often leave me baffled. Sometimes all my husband can do is shake his head 🙂
Jan 07, 2012 @ 18:02:04
Thank you so much for the award, Marcy! You turned into one of my favorite bloggers since I fell in love with your Unicorn post, and it’s a honor to be nominated by you.
Wow at number seven! This is a great accomplishment (well, number six is too :-).
But what intrigues me is number four: do you enjoy editing your own works too? (I have mixed feelings about editing…)
It’s super fun to give awards, isn’t it?
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:24:28
I love editing my own work too. I actually prefer it to the writing phase because once I reach the editing I really feel like the difficult part is over. I revel in the details and subtleties of the editing phase.
Lisa and I are opposites in that way. When she writes, it’s like she’s bungee jumping, shouting “wheee” the whole way down, and then has to climb the stairs back up when she edits. For me, writing is like climbing a steep mountain trail. It takes a little longer, but it’s when I reach the top and see the view that I shout “yahoo.”
Jan 08, 2012 @ 00:59:29
Woohoo! Congrats! LOL about being a stray animal magnet. We had a stray show up a few weeks ago and I keep feeding him. Just can’t resist the pathetic meowing. Sigh. I’m sure I’ll officially adopt him in the not too distant future.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:26:55
Hehe. I know just what you mean about the pitiful mewing. And my cats don’t seem to mind a new addition every once in a while. I’m thankful that we’ve only had two dogs show up, and both of them turned out to be lost rather than strays. We took them back home within a week. I think my dog likes being an only dog 🙂
Jan 08, 2012 @ 09:07:34
Cool and thanks Marcy 🙂
I think I’ve gotten 5 (or six now) Versatile Blogger awards but it is nice to know that the work is appreciated. I’m honored, by both the award and the friendship 🙂
Peace.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:28:26
You’re welcome 🙂 The funniest thing is that this weekend I was awarded the Versatile Blogger Award two more times. It is so nice to know someone appreciates what you’re writing.
Jan 08, 2012 @ 17:14:59
Congratulations! What a fun list of random facts. A whole pizza? Really? Where do you put it?
I’m in awe that you like editing. I can’t make the page bleed for the life of me. Well, my own pages. Someone else’s I have no problems. Hmmm.
Great list of recipients! I enjoy all the bloggers you chose, well done!
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:30:40
Thanks 🙂 I’ve actually had to ease up on the amount of food I can put away as I age. It used to be really freakish 😉
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:01:05
My goodness, there’s been a lot of blog love going around the blogosphere this weekend! And what awesome bloggers they are. I just love the way our WANA class pays if forward, don’t you?
Congratulations Marcy on your award!
See you soon! 🙂
Jan 08, 2012 @ 20:33:17
The WANAs rock! And it’s amazing how so many of us ended up putting up awards posts all at the same time.
Jan 09, 2012 @ 10:06:05
Luv your seven random facts, Marcy! The book you’re working on sounds intriguing. And I’m a stray animal magnet, too.
Congrats on the launch of a really great blog that is fun and always filled with heart.
As usual I’m scrambling to get everything done, but I’ll hopefully be posting my WANA 1011 blogfest awards today.
Jan 09, 2012 @ 10:44:19
Congrats on the award, Marcy! Thanks for including my blog – you rock, girlie!
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Jan 09, 2012 @ 16:24:37
Those are some great seven facts. I’m so boring; I can never come up with stuff as fun as that. Thanks for the award! *grin*
Jan 09, 2012 @ 18:50:06
Thanks so much for the shout out Marcy. I am flattered, I’ve always enjoyed and learned so much from you (and Lisa’s)Girls with Pens blog! 🙂
Jan 11, 2012 @ 09:42:59
You’re welcome, and thank you for such a lovely compliment 🙂
Jan 13, 2012 @ 15:33:03
Yay! Congrats on the award. You deserve it! I’m so glad to see your new blog is taking off. 🙂