creative writer blogger award

I just got another blogger award, this time a

Creative Writer Blogger Award

from Creative Writer A F Stewart. (Many thanks!)

Apparently, as a recipient I have to tell seven facts, all lies and one truth (or all truth and one lie), leaving my readers (if any) to guess which is which. Afterwards I have to send said readers chasing links to seven more creative writers. So, here goes...

My Creative Facts:

  1. My siblings include a Catholic priest, a retired schoolteacher, an astronaut, a secret agent, a mother of ten, a librarian, and an alien.
  2. My past and present pets have included several goldfish, a cat that my Mum said ran away to live on a farm, a dog that escaped through a hole in the fence, a goat, a pony, a spider and an invisible unicorn.
  3. My favorite pastimes as a child included reading, writing, travelling in space, saving the world, dancing, building with Legos, and controlling a very large family of imaginary children.
  4. My favorite music includes classics, classic rock, indie, rap, metal, Beatles, and country.
  5. My favorite books include horror, sci-fi, fantasy, romance, literary, mystery and adventure.
  6. My favorite subjects in school included math, English, latin, French, history, religion and physics.
  7. My favorite foods include bread, cake, pastry, pie, pancakes, scones and toasted tea-cakes.

My Creative Blogging Friends
I suspect they're really too many to name, but here’s seven

  1. Alina’s Purple Caravan for its lovely pictures and words.
  2. Laura Eno’s amazing stories in Shift in Dimensions.
  3. Christopher Grant’s Twist of Noir.
  4. Randy Ingermanson’s Advanced Fiction Writing, and Sam the Plumber in Christian Fiction magazine.
  5. Bearman - yes cartoons are also creative, and he’s running a charity challenge – get over there and join in!
  6. Lynn Squire’s Faith Fiction Fun and Fanciful. Her ongoing Joab’s Fire is great reading.
  7. Jack Foster’s Mr Biblehead. Bring the kids!

Comments

Bearman said…
Yay! I made the short list. And this time is was a good short list. Thanks for the shout out about the charity challenge.
May 11, 2010 at 4:58 PM
CA Heaven said…
Can't believe you're a headbanger, Sheila. I think #4 is a lie >:)

Cold As Heaven
May 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Lynn Squire said…
Thanks for mentioning my blog! I feel so honored.
May 13, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Kathryn Magendie said…
Congrats to you and to the other recipients! *smiling*
May 15, 2010 at 7:56 AM
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