Welcome to another A to Z Challenge!
I’m looking forward to getting to know all of the new visitors to my blog as well as visiting some familiar faces.
This year it a year of beginnings for me, so for My First Book, the theme is:
Welcome to another A to Z Challenge!
I’m looking forward to getting to know all of the new visitors to my blog as well as visiting some familiar faces.
This year it a year of beginnings for me, so for My First Book, the theme is:
Hey all! Just coming out of my break to let you know I did a post on Damyanti’s blog about writing first drafts by hand and one on Sydney’s blog to explain why I blog. Would love to see you there!
So sorry about this, but I’m going to take a short break until Sunday.
I was going to postpone this until Monday or so, but keeping the secret is driving me mad. To the point where I just can’t seem to blog about anything else. So I’m going to say to hell with fearing bad luck and hello to me sharing some EXCELLENT NEWS.
Hey all!
I want to say I’m in better shape now, but let’s not jinx it. I’ll hopefully be all better by Monday.
In the meantime, though, I want to announce this month’s Paying Forward Award Categories.
Before I do that though, I just want to make a small announcement. For some reason, some of last month’s winners still haven’t claimed their prizes. So. If you were nominated in February, please check out the list of winners to see who’ve won. After Monday, I’m giving the prizes out to third and fourth place nominees to make their day. There are some amazing prizes left, so don’t miss out.
Okay, this time around, I want to play with the prize giving format a little. Instead of listing the prizes here, I’m going to list them and the sponsors with the winner’s announcements. That way, the winners can see what they can win more easily.
So this time, I’m only going to say that I have the following categories for this month:
Nominations are open until noon, GMT on Tuesday, March 26. To nominate, please mail me at mishagericke(AT)gmail(DOT)com with “Nominations” as subject. You can nominate for all or some categories.
So… Who’s name pops into your head when you look at these categories?
Hey all,
Sorry to postpone on you again, but the bug is kicking my ass today. Tried waiting it out and beating it back with medicine, all to no avail.
Will try to wake up early tomorrow morning and get the post up.
Thanks for understanding!
Misha
Looks like I talked too fast yesterday, saying I was healthy. Still, it feels like I am beating the virus. Problem is that getting everything done (including visiting blogs to collect news day items) is a bit more difficult than usual.
So… today’s News Day post is mostly admin.
First of all, the Word Master Challenge is still open. So if you want to enter, but haven’t yet, you still have until the end of March.
Then, I’ll be announcing the Paying Forward Award Categories and opening nominations for March tomorrow. So, if you want to be one of the amazing and generous people sponsoring prizes please contact me at mishagericke(AT)gmail(DOT)com with “Paying Forward” as the subject as soon as possible so that I know how many prizes we’ll have. All prizes will be welcomed.
One thing that’s sort of unrelated to this blog is the WriteOnCon Pitch Fest going on this week. Agents are commenting on query pitches, so it’s definitely worth while for anyone wanting to query to check out the forum and learn what you can.
Also, the organizers are looking for book fans, book bloggers, published authors and represented authors who can vote for the best pitches in the competition. This is a huge thing, though, since the prizes can make some authors’ careers. Please check out this link for more information and to register as a voter.
Okay. That’s it for today. I promise I’ll start visiting blogs and commenting soon. I’m really missing my blog visits.
Any news for next week? Leave a comment or preferably mail me a link to the news bit with “News” as the subject.
Be back tomorrow! Remember those nominations!
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Hey all! I’m finally making a come-back after finally putting the stomach bug in its place. Thanks so much to everyone who left good wishes. I truly appreciated them.
But now, time for some movies. I only have a rough idea about what’s in my top 10, so I won’t be numbering them. It’s odd, I know, but I don’t have favorite books either. My reasons, as silly as they may be, are in green.
Made my day when I saw it again. Probably my favorite random scene.
So. What’re your favorite movies and why?
Hey all,
So I was a bit optimistic about saying I’d put up a News Day post. Truth be told, my stomach bug is currently kicking my butt.
Now I’m planning to get myself healthy as soon as possible, which means I’ll be extending my blogging break, when I’ll be taking part in Alex Cavanaugh’s Top Ten Movie Countdown Blogfest. As with all activities involving the Ninja Captain, I’m sure it’ll be awesome. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do. I’ll be fun.
See you on Monday!
Misha
Hey all. That stomach bug I might have mentioned has returned with a vengeance, which is leaving me exhausted.
As a result, I won’t be pasting more tonight, but will do the News Day post tomorrow instead. Please feel free to send me any tidbits (with links) that you think should be shared. Mail me at mishagericke(AT)gmail(DOT)com with News in the subject line.