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My Blogging Writer Award from Elizabeth Spann Craig

December 15, 2009 By: Patricia


Isn’t this a great looking award? I received it on her Sunday post from blogger friend and mystery author Elizabeth Spann Craig, author of Pretty Is as Pretty Dies (which I read and loved, partly because of the spunky elder protagonist, Myrtle Clover).

The fun thing about this award is that there are no rules. I don’t have to admit to twenty past indiscretions, list the umpteen ways I procrastinate instead of writing, or pass the award on to as many blogging writers as Elizabeth did (50 blogging writers). As a matter of fact, I don’t have to pass it on at all.

However, there was this one blogger that immediately popped into my mind. First, she’s a member of my critique group, Raintree Writers. Second, she has just finished the first draft of her first novel (YA) and is now in the revision/tweaking stage in preparation for her first agent pitch in March. Third, she jumped into blogging with both feet a few months ago and is doing a fine job. Fourth, she recently did an outstanding guest post on character sketches for fiction writers for The Writing Bug, the blog of Northern Colorado Writers.

As a result, I’m passing the blogging writer award on to Carolyn Yalin and her blog of the same name. And I’m reserving the right to pass this award on to other blogging writers whenever I’m in the mood. Meantime, Carolyn, per Elizabeth’s original post, there are no rules. You may attach this blogging award to your own blog if you wish

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Comments

  1. Susan Helene Gottfried says

    December 19, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Aren’t awards awesome? Congratulations, Patricia.

  2. Galen Kindley--Author says

    December 16, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Carolyn as an awardee is a great choice. A stop by her blog is never wasted time.

    Best Regards, Galen.

    Imagineering Fiction Blog

  3. Patricia Stoltey says

    December 16, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    An award for Elizabeth is a great idea. I’ll give that some thought.

  4. carolynyalin says

    December 16, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    Thanks everyone for all the kind words!

  5. Michele Emrath says

    December 16, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    I think I found your blog through Elizabeth, and now awards connect us as well! Several of us are working on an award for Elizabeth – any ideas?

    Michele
    SouthernCityMysteries

  6. The Old Silly says

    December 16, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Hey – I got one o’ them thar ‘wards, too! LOL, well deserved, Patricia. And I like Elizabeth’s free-wheeling “requirements” for using it. Very Free Spirited, hmm?

  7. Patricia Stoltey says

    December 16, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Thanks, everyone. There is something really fine about an award with no rules. Thanks to Elizabeth for her award design and the kind gesture.

  8. Karen Walker says

    December 16, 2009 at 9:18 am

    Congratulations, Patricia (and Carolyn) whose blog I love as well.
    Karen

  9. Jane Kennedy Sutton says

    December 16, 2009 at 7:10 am

    Congratulations! I haven’t visited Carolyn’s blog but I plan to remedy that situation now.

  10. Elizabeth Spann Craig says

    December 16, 2009 at 5:01 am

    The no-rules award! πŸ™‚

    I love Carolyn’s blog too and it should have made my original list. Oversight on my behalf and I’m so glad you’ve corrected it!

    Elizabeth
    Mystery Writing is Murder

  11. Helen Ginger says

    December 15, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    Congratulations on the award. Well-deserved. I shall go check out Raintree Writers.

    Helen
    Straight From Hel

  12. Mason Canyon says

    December 15, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    Congratulations Patricia. You deserve it.

  13. carolynyalin says

    December 15, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    Ah, thanks Pat!

  14. Jemi Fraser says

    December 15, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Congrats πŸ™‚

    Great choice – I enjoy Carolyn’s blog as well πŸ™‚

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I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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