The award goes to…

For the next 2 weeks I won’t be around much, I have many things to sort through (aka read/write) and I’m going to build ‘the wall of book’ i.e. adding a top level to my bookcases. Hopefully it won’t be a death-trap

However there are a few things I thought I’d blog about, firstly thank you to Marieke’s Musings for my blog awards

How did I get them? No no idea but she says: “…it is my bestest writing buddy’s amazing blog. And it deserves awards!” *has warm fuzzy feelings*

The Rules for The Versatile Blogger Award:

1. Thank and link back to the person that gave you the award.
2. Share seven things about yourself.
3. Pass the award to fifteen bloggers that you think deserve it.
4. Lastly, contact all of the bloggers that you’ve picked for the award

One Lovely Blog Award Rules:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I’m new to blogging, I’ve only recently started reading regularly them SO I can’t make 15 but I’ll try again in a year and see where we are – deal?

7 things about myself:

1. I love my flat – the wonky floors, the fact that nothing is level, the squeaking doors and that I can’t get a single picture hook all the way into a wall
2. I speak/read/write in two languages
3. I love the theatre and go every change I get
4. I’m a visual person. My stories are all on pinboards or stuck to the wall with bluetack – I need to see it to write it
5. I collect pins from the HardRock Café
6. I’m living the childhood I didn’t have now
7. When in doubt, tea

So the blogs I award:

Marieke’s Musings – sorry I know you gave me the award but it’s seriously good and guys her upcoming events are going to be epic. Check it out!

Tessa Quinn – fellow member of The Voice, as are: KidsBookJunky, KitForbes, ChristyH, RachelHarrie and yes I get the theme and it might be an easy out but as I said I’m new to blog reading and these are the ones I’ve started looking up so they get them because they should!

I thought about the below, mainly because I was like ‘I can’t possible write to these people’ but they are still people and at worst they can ignore me, right? Right? *is scared*

Jackson Pearce – it’s like one of the very first blogs I started paying attention to and have you seen her YouTube channel? Writers’  Blok is epic!

Robin McKinley – writer of my all time favourite book, Sunshine and probably my favourite author. I know I shouldn’t have favourites but still

Merry Sisters of Fate – doesn’t need an explanation, not really

Partly related, check out all these awesome blog competitions by ReadingTeen, InWhichAGirlReads & C.A. Marshall

See you guys soon!

In 3s

There is this saying that be it good or bad, things tend to come in 3. That might be because people automatically try and group things in 3s, I know I do. This time, happily my 3s were all good.

1. I returned to work today* to find out I had won £100 in the company lottery pot. Hurray! It’s paying for my friend and my SYTYCD ticket in Vegas. I’ve been grinning at my desk for most of today.
2. I found an extra 10Euros in my holiday wallet which has gone straight into my book fund. Now that I now don’t have to save the money for my SYTYCD ticket I can add those funds as well. I am going to go absolutely book buying mad… 20? Hah, I think 30 should be my new minimum target.
3. I’m getting addicted to Twitter of late** and had #fangirl moment when Robin McKinley re-tweeted my comment about Sunshine. Which was that it’s something guaranteed to make me feel better, along with chocolate and Supernatural.

Finally, one of the many reasons I love dance

*I was off sick, which is not good but I’m better now.

**I resisted so long…

Bring in a little Sunshine…

My throat feels like I stuck a cheese grater down it and a big part of the weekend was spent curled up on the sofa feeling sorry for myself. I admit it, I’m not a fun person to be around when I’m sick. Give me a book and stick me in a corner and leave me alone…

I had a massive creative spike on Saturday, my head was going a hundred miles a minute and I churned out one thing after other… I should have known. I normally get really hyper creative before I get sick. Not quite sure how that works.

So anyway, what do I do to cheer myself up?

I read, normally I dive into what I call my ‘trash-pile’ * or/and grab Sunshine by Robin McKinley which is my ultimate comfort read and has is the only book I own twice** (deliberately… I might have accidental doubles somewhere in the loft)

Apart from that I dig out my favourite TV-shows and movies (will name and shame sometime) and have them on in the background while I read. I write with the TV on as well, I need noise otherwise it doesn’t work… so anyway, depending on what kind of ill I include chocolate in my comfort needs. Obviously not if I can’t stand food but something that always works is TEA. Black, fruit, herbal… I ♥  TEA.

Between tea and Sunshine I’m guaranteed to perk up and as I improve I start to rearrange my bookcases…

* It’s an unfair description really, the books are well written. So yes the plot is predicable, as are the characters but you don’t have to concentrate and you’re guaranteed a happy end. Just the thing when you aren’t a 100%

** The original copy and a smaller travel-sized version