Things About Me and Awards

On Wednesday I kindly received the Kreativ Blogger award from my mom, Kathy, over at Imagine Today!  Well, actually she sorta just said whoever comments gets the award, so I commented lol.

Anyway, the rules are:

1. Link back to the person who awarded you
2. Answer the questions below
3. Share ten random facts about yourself
4. Nominate seven worthy blogs for the award

Okay, let's get moving!

What's your favorite song?

I really only have favorite artists.  My favorite songs change all the time, but this week, I guess my favorite is Forever by Red

What is your favorite dessert?

Key lime pie!

What ticks you off?

Unloading the dishwasher.... (sorry, mom.)

When you're upset, what do you do?

Put in my headphones and listen to my music BLASTING LOUD.

Which is/was your favorite pet?

Padme, our turtle.  Rest in peace, Padme.

Which to you prefer to wear, white or black?

Depends.  I like both.

What is your biggest fear?

Hmm... this is a hard one.  I guess I'm afraid of not doing much in life.  Living my whole life without really accomplishing much.  Hopefully I'm on the right path :)

What is your attitude mostly?

Don't worry.  Things will work themselves if you put in the effort.

What is perfection?

Perfection is a state of mind.  The only way to achieve it is to accept that it's not achievable.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Playing video games.  To be more specific?  Any Star Wars video game, Little Big Planet, but mostly it goes to the Assassin's Creed.  That game is awesome.  Oh, and watching the TV series LOST and The Clone Wars.

Ten other random things:

1. I'm a writeaholic. Duh.
2. I love singing, but no one else loves my voice.  But I sing anyway :)
3. I love drawing and painting people, but I can only draw girls with accuracy
4. I'm awkward around people I don't know unless it's over email/blog/IM
5. When people ask me what my story's about, I freeze up and have no idea what to say
6. I have a secret crush on Anakin Skywalker (okay, guess it's not that secret anymore... just keep it between the 324 of you...)
7. I listen to/read pretty much every genre of music/literature including opera/non-fiction.  What would make me not like it or like it would depend on how well it's written.
8. I want to write in as many genres as I possibly can.
9. My favorite mythical creature is a dragon :)
10. My favorite colors are blue and silver

Okay!  Now that that's over with, I'll get on to my nominees.  Since I'm lazy, I'm only going to award three lucky bloggers.  And they are:

1. Kate~ Because she's awesome and creative!  We know each other outside the blogosphere and have been friends since... four years ago?  She's a great writer and I have no idea where From the Ashes would be without her help.  Thanks Kate!
2. Matt~ Because his posts have been so useful to me lately, and he's got such a creative way of analyzing fantasy!  Even though I don't write fantasy (yet) it's giving me a TON of ideas.
3. T.Z. Wallace~ Because her posts never fail to make me laugh/smile/nod-my-head-in-agreement/reflect on whatever she's posting about!

All three of these bloggers are more than worthy of the Kreativ Blogger Award.  So go congratulate them and follow them!  They will not let you guys down!

Have a wonderful weekend!

--Jess

KOMF Winners & Awards :)

The Knights of Micro-Fiction (KOMF) is steadily growing in ranks! Thanks to everyone who participated! If you missed it this month, go here to add your name to the linky list.

Kathy and I had a really hard time choosing winners! You guys all did such an awesome job! Unfortunately, we could only choose two people. Now to our lucky winners!!

Congratulations Aldrea Alien over at Thardrandian Thoughts!
And congratulations T.Z. Wallace at One Year Until Book Launch!
Great job! You two lovely ladies will be receiving an email from Kathy and I so we can feature you on our blogs for Friday's post.

Once again, thanks to everyone who participated! We hope you had fun :)

Now, moving on!

I've been tagged by W. Chaser for some awards! First is the Sunshine Award!

The rules are, 1) thank the person who gave it to you. 2) write a post about it. 3) Answer the questions below. 4) Pass it on.

Answers to questions:

1. Favorite Color? Blue.
2. Favorite Animal? Wolf.
3. Favorite Number? Five!
4. Favorite (non-alcoholic) drink? Pineapple juice or Coffee or Pink Lemonade. Any of those work :)
5. Facebook or Twitter? Neither. I have an account with both, but they both keep me from getting my work done.
6. My passion? Writing of course!
7. Getting or Giving presents? I want to say giving but I'm not sure how true that would be...
8. Favorite pattern? I couldn't care less.
9. Favorite day of the week? Wednesday.
10. Favorite flower? Lotus.

And then the second award is the Kreativ Blogger Award!

Okay, now I'm supposed to list seven interesting things about myself. Um, is it a bad thing that I can't really think of anything?

I'll think a little harder. Seven interesting things about me...

1. I used to hate novel writing. I'd tried it a few times but couldn't continue after the first 50 pages. I only wrote poetry up until I was 12 or 13.
2. I like European music. Like, modern European music. (Example Artists: Within Temptation, Epica, Nightwish)
3. I've moved 15 times and lived in 7 different states.
4. I hate crying. I never cry in front of people.
5. I have a really strong gag reflex. No really, when I was a baby I used to choke on Cheerios.
6. I am terrified of Lady Bugs!
7. I'm really daring when it comes to skiing and rock climbing and a bunch of other stuff, but I'm afraid of the dark. I will not go into the basement by myself!

So there you have it!! Now I'm just going to pass these on to three people because I have to get to my work.

1. Rena @ Dr. Faerie Godmother
2. McKenzie @ The Ubiquitous Perspective
3. Fairbetty @ Fairbetty's World

Congrats, guys!

Have a great day! And don't forget to stop back on Friday to read an interview with one of the two lucky winners of the KOMF!

--Jess

Dream Launcher Award

Hey guys! Today I've been awarded by Rena, over at Dr. Faerie Godmother with a new award she came up with. It's called....

The idea of this blog award is to thank people who have helped you become the writer you are today. In other words, you give it to people who have helped 'launch your dreams'. So, here are the lucky five people I'm tagging:

1. Angela Brown @ In Pursuit of Publishness
2. T.Z. Wallace @ One Year Until Book Launch
3. Kris Yankee @ Adventures That Score
4. Kathy McKendry @ Imagine Today
5. Fairbetty @ Fairbetty's World

Thanks so much for inspiring me and helping me out! So, please go check out their blogs and follow them!

Have a great weekend!

--Jess

Meme Q&A Thing

Hello everyone! First of all, I can't believe the last time I posted was Monday!! Jeez I'm really behind! Now before I get too far into this post, let me just clarify one thing. I have no idea what a Meme is. If anyone else knows what it means, please tell me because I feel really stupid!

Okay, so recently my lovely friend Laura, over at The Daily Dodo gave me this Meme thingy to answer. Thanks so much Laura!!

So here are the questions and my answers.

If you could go back in time and relive one moment, what would it be?

I was taking a three week summer program at Northwestern University in Creative Writing two years ago. I'd relive the night where my roommate and I stayed up all night long laughing and trying to avoid getting caught by the hall monitor. It was scary, but fun :)

If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?

It would be to focus on writing at an earlier age.

What movie/TV character do you most resemble in personality?

I'm not sure if it's up to me to say but I'd like to go with Princess Leia. I'm strong willed, and passionate and hopefully just as pretty!

If you could push one person off a cliff and get away with it, who would you choose?

Hmm... this is a toughie... hate to be cheating this question but I honestly have no idea.

Name one habit you want to change in yourself.

Not be so messy. I mean really. My room doesn't stay clean for a day and neither does my desk. What's up with that?

Why do you blog? (Answer in one sentence)

Because anything that has to do with writing is completely awesome!

Name at least 3 people to send this to:

1. Nick Height over at Writing Fire
2. Liz over at Laws of Gravity
3. Angela over at Live To Write

All three people I met through Rachael Harrie's Third Campaign Challenge. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts (yes, I have actually read everyone's, and I'm trying to stay up to date)! So, go visit their blogs and give them a nice big 'Follow'! Because they are all really awesome!

So have a great weekend!

--Jess

P.S.

Actually, all of you guys are awesome!

Really Late Awards!

I just realized that I've got three awards that were awarded to me quite a while ago! I knew I was behind but so behind I couldn't write a quick post for awards? Ahh! This isn't so good!


As you know, I've already gotten the Versatile Blog Award a few times. So instead of enlightening you with seven more facts about me, I've decided to just be lazy, I'll make it easier for me everyone. Here's a link to my old post if you're really dying to know.


The rules for passing on the Versatile Blog Award (and I'm also passing on the One Lovely Blog award with this) are:

1. Thank and link to the person who awarded you
2. Share seven random facts (which I already linked to)
3. And pass this award on to 7 recently discovered blogs

So, I'd like to thank Mel Corbett for giving me the Versatile Blog award and Sheri L. Swift for both the Versatile Blog Award and the One Lovely Blog Award. Thanks again guys (sorry it took so long to pass it on!)

Okie dokie so I'm passing on these awards together (hopefully that's okay) but you can pass them on separately or however you want.

Now, the people I'm passing these to are:

1. 1000th Monkey~ Because I loved her flash fiction piece for the First Campaigner Challenge
2. Cheri Chesley~ Over at 'From the Other Side of the Mirror'. Go check out her review of the book The Armor of Light by Karen E. Hoover.
3. Julie Fedderson~ Over at 'Gypsy In My Soul'. I loved what she had to say for Alex J. Cavanaugh's Insecure Writer's Support Group
4. Rayna Iyer~ Over at 'Coffee Rings Everywhere'. First of all, she's got the word 'coffee' in her blog title and I love what she has to say.
5. Jani~ Over at 'Life Debatable'. Check out her contest for figuring out what to do with about 50 fliers!
6. Griffinclaw~ Over at 'Pen and Chocolate'. Give her a nice big 'hi' and lots of support!
7. Raz Darnell~ Over at 'Raz Berries'. Read an awesome excerpt from her Journal from Peru!

And of course, I've got one final thing to pass on. Thanks to Tara Tyler I've been included in the game of Blog tag. So here's five random people that I'm tagging.

1. Anita Laydon Miller
2. Jessica Love
3. Alyssa McKendry
4. Isis Rushdan
5. Kelley

Phew! Hopefully I didn't miss any awards people gave me, and if I did, I'm really sorry! Anyway, have a great rest of the week/weekend and congrats to all the winners!

--Jess

Campaign and Awards!

I have been having so much fun these past few weeks! I've been able to edit quite a bit of my novel and have actually found some time in my day to read! I've been playing my violin more often and all of those blogfests were awesome! I'm also signing up for the blogging Campaign over at Rachel Harrie's site! Signup closes on the 31st, so be sure to go over there to meet new blogger friends!

Also, I have been awarded by Laila Knight these two awesome blog awards:

They both came from Laila Knight over at the Untroubled Kingdom of Laila Knight! Go stop by her awesome blog and give her a nice 'hi'. Thanks so much Laila!


I should probably pass these on now. The rules are:

1. Thank and link to the person who nominates you
2. Share seven random facts about you
3. Pass this award to five new blogging friends
4. Contact and congratulate the awarded bloggers

Okay so seven random facts, here I go!

1. I love Japanese food. I'm like, obsessed with it. (I wonder if it's because I'm a quarter Japanese...) My least favorite food is fried onions. I can eat plain ones, as long as they're not cooked in any way!
2. I am a very artistic person. I love to write (duh), paint, draw and play violin. By the way, I love any kind of music. (All of the kids at my old school thought I was crazy because I actually liked Opera.) It really just depends on the song for me.
3. I'm TERRIBLE at writing romantic scenes. And they're not even kind of good, they are actually terrible! It's really funny :D
4. I used to like a guy in 6th and 7th grade and ever since then I decided that I would wait until college before ever having to go through that again. (That's probably why my romantic scenes are so bad!)
5. I don't really follow any particular religion. I just choose the good things from each one and that works pretty well for me. (As long as you're a nice person it shouldn't matter too  much right?)
6. I love dreaming! I don't care if the dreams are scary or fun... as long as I'm dreaming! More than once have I found inspiration for my stories and poems in my sleep!
7. I'm in love with science. I want to be an astrophysicist when I grow up (as well as a writer of course!) but any kind of science I think is awesome!

The five people I'm giving this award to are:

1. Anna Saikin at http://annasaikin.blogspot.com
2. Teralyn Rose at http://teralynpilgrim.blogspot.com/
3. Ellie Garrett at http://elliegarratt.blogspot.com/
4. Isis Rushdan at http://isisrushdan.blogspot.com
5. Alyssa McKendry at http://lifeisgood-forever21.blogspot.com

So go check out those awesome blogs! Hope you enjoy :)

--Jess

Liebster Award!

Since I've only started this blog fifteen days ago (I'm pretty sure it was August first), I thought I would be bored out of my mind posting to my family every single day... and I'm with them all day long anyway, so what's the point of blogging then? I'm so surprised and excited that I've already met (virtually) so many awesome writers and even more surprised at the support everyone has for each other. I'm really happy to be a part of the writing community and I want to thank my mom at Imagine Today for giving me the Liebster Blog Award!
So I think you're supposed to pass this award on to five people with under 250 followers but I could only find four, so here I go!


Kris Yankee - Adventures That Score
Geoff Maritz - Geoff's Blogs
Susanne Winnacker - Susanne Writes
Angela Kulig - Angela Write Now


So congrats everyone!!


--Jess