Liebster Award Answers, Questions and Nominees

I haven't done one of these in a while and super excited to have some time to participate!!

Thank You J. Lenni

 



Rules of the Liebster Award

If you have been nominated for The Liebster Award and you chose to accept it, write a blog post about the Liebster Award in which you:

• Thank the person who nominated you, and post a link to their blog in your post.
• Display the award on your blog — by including it in your post and/or displaying it using a “widget” or a “gadget”.
• Answer 11 questions about yourself, which will be provided to you by the person who nominated you.
• Provide 11 random facts about yourself.
• Nominate 5 – 11 blogs that you feel deserve the award, who have a less than 1000 followers.
• Create a new list of 11 questions for the nominees to answer

List these rules in your post (copy and paste from here). Once you have written and published it, you then have to:

• Inform the people/blogs that you nominated that they have been nominated for the Liebster Award and provide a link for them to your post so that they can learn about it (they might not have ever heard of it!)

1. What sets your blog apart? Why is it special or different?
I don't know if my blog is quite so different from everyone else's, however, when I started blogging I didn't want my blog to  be"themed". I noticed when I started in late 2010 that a lot of blogs only blogged about certain topics, I didn't want that, hence the name Entertaining Interests. I wanted to talk about anything at anytime.

2. What spin would you put on this? “An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but _____”
...chocolate is better.

3. Red Vines, Twizzlers, or other type of red licorice?
As long as it's not black licorice, I'm good.

4. What’s your favorite constellation? (Include an image if you can!)
Lyra, which is home to the star Vega. Vega has always been my favorite for some reason. I have even named a novel character after it.

5. If you could have one of any vehicle you desire, but it’s the only transportation vessel you can use for the rest of your life — what one would you choose?
I have always loved Jeeps and currently own a Commander but my dream car is a Gran Torino, though to only own ONE vehicle for the rest of my life, it'd have to a be a Rubicon.

6. If you could save the human race from extinction, hypothetically, would you do it and why or why not?
To save the human race is a big task. I think I'd start off with just saving my family first and then help those I could. But let's be clear, I wouldn't help just anyone. I don't know what the criteria would be, but there would be a trial period for observation.

7. What is your favorite turtle, tortoise, or terrapin story?
I really like the Aldabra Giant Tortoise.

8. What does liberty mean to you, personally?
Free will

9. What’s your favorite scent?
Lemon

10. What is the most memorable hobby of a fictional character you’ve come across?
Espionage - Finishing School series by Gail Carriger

11. If you could have one of the following abilities, which would you choose?

• Able to easily swim the length of the English Channel
• Eat 100 hotdogs in 10 minutes
• Have more color receptors in your eyes, thus being able to see more colors, ultraviolet, infrared, and polarized light
• Go back in time to kill one villain of your choice one time
• Walk any tightrope without danger
• Understand the needs/wants/desires of animals
• Grow any plant or tree anywhere in under one week
• Require only 2 hours of sleep after every 22 hours awake
• Light candles with your mind
• Have skin as hard and tough as carbonado diamonds, but with luster intensity from light reflection

11 Random Facts:

1. I'm a chronic migraine sufferer.
2. Lucid dreaming is a super power of mine.
3. I can research a topic for days. It gets quite annoying.
4. Misophonia is a serious disorder. It means "hatred of sound" and can cause me to go bat-shit-crazy. Biggest problem is when someone eats apples and chips. It's THE WORST! Clicking of pens, repetitive sounds = insanity.
5. I'm not a big fan of people and keep my circle of friends to a minimum.
6. If I'm quiet it either means I don't like you, or shit is about to hit the fan and I'm waiting for the right time to strike.
7. The thought of a zombie apocalypse excites me... but then again, I don't have the cardio for it.
8. I take meds daily to keep Vertigo at bay. I'm a walking, dizzy, headache.
9. I like the way a hospital smells. I know, I know... it's weird.
10. I used to think, "oh woe is me" when it came to dealing with people and events in my life but I have come to realize that it has prepared me to love and understand people later in life. I truly believe I have been conditioned to cope with circumstances or love individuals which others would not.
11. If I don't pick on you, I don't like you. Sarcasm is my second language.

Nominations:
Bouquet of Books - @jackiefel
Morgan Shamy - @morganshamy
Left and Write - @mmeans68
whispers, lies and dreams of everyday life - @Cyn_Eve_Sin
The Write Mage - @debtheauthor
Literary Engineer - @suziretzlaff


Your 11 Q's:

• What God or Deity from Mythology (Greek, Norse, etc) do you think represents you the best?
• Which book character would you want to be?
• If you were to survive on your own in the wilderness, what ONE tool/weapon would you pick?
• What would your Superhero name be?
• What was your first concert?
• How would you describe yourself in one word?
• Name something from history which you would love to discover, explore or recover.
• Which era would you like to experience?
• If you were to be reincarnated as an animal, which would you choose?
• Is there a movie you would like to give an alternate ending to? What ending do you have in mind and why?
• Name one thing you'd like to improve on.

Hope everyone has an amazing day! And thanks again!! Tag me in a Tweet when you decide to post your Liebster, this way I can read your answers!!

I Got Liebstered Again!!

Mina Lobo @ Some Dark Romantic nominated me for the Inspirational Liebster Blog Award! Mina is a very cool goth chick that gives tons of blogging love and is such an amazing support. We recently connected on Facebook and she cracks me up! She is definitely one to follow!!

Complete the follow steps to claim your award:

• Display logo in blog
• Thank and link back to your nominator.
• Answer 11 questions asked by your nominator.
• Share 7 things about yourself.
• Nominate 7 bloggers.
• Notify your nominees.

1.       What would you peg as an appropriate age of majority?

Oh gosh… this is so different all over the world. But personally, as a parent now, I would have to say 25ish. I know that seems “old” but it’s after college years and after all the “horsing around” is out of the system and maybe by then you have “sewn your oats”.

2.      What would win in a fight: math or science?

Well science has always been a love of mine but you can’t have science without math. Formulas are made of numbers.

3.      How do you feel about time travel as a narrative device?

Well, seeing how I’m currently using it in one of my WIP’s, I feel ecstatic about it. But I don’t worry about the whole meeting-yourself-thingy.

4.      If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

I always say green cause it’s my favorite color but this time I’m gonna say white. What? Too boring? Let me explain. White can supply redo’s, an empty canvas, a start over. Kind of when painters start on a new canvas, or when us writers start a new story. It all begins with a white background. Even a new blog starts out white and we change it to how we like it whether it is black, green, blue, red, etc.

5.      What’s the last movie you saw in a theater?

World War Z – it was intense!

6.      The power goes out. It will be out for several hours. What do you do with yourself?

Are my kids gone? – Find my husband ; ) If my kids are around… play a game by candlelight.

7.      Who’s your favorite fictional private eye?

Shawn Spencer from Psych

8.     What’s your greatest struggle as a writer?

Taking (quitting) breaks when I hit a snag.

9.      What one book do you think everyone should read?

It’s a series – Skinjackers  series by Neal Shusterman

10.  What song are you listening to right now?

A remake of Hurt done by 2 Cellos

11.   Where in the world would you like to be right now, and why?

West Virginia – cause I want to be white water rafting using Rivermen on a vacation with my husband, and a group of friends and family! I love white water rafting!!

Seven Things about Me

1.       I have a scar on my chin, right below my cleft, from falling on a nail when I was two.

2.      My cousin and I have matching birthmarks on our hips but on opposite sides. We also look similar to one another.

3.      Another scar I have on my inner right knee is from me kicking a soccer ball off a pier and getting my leg caught on a nail when I was 14. My boyfriend at the time had to pull my leg off the pole the nail was hammered into. My parents freaked!

4.      When I line my teeth up, my right front tooth touches my bottom teeth but my left does not. I can’t tell if my right tooth is longer or if my jaw is crooked.

5.      My eyes are hazel and tend to change colors with my mood or what I am wearing. My husband says I’m a walking mood ring.

6.      Like a few of my cousins and two of my kids, I am covered in freckles and I like them.

7.      I currently have 6 tats; one on each foot (1 for a friend, 1 for my family), one in between my shoulder blades (for my brother), one on my wrist (for my husband – not his name), one on my lower left back (butterfly), and one on my upper right thigh (for my family). Each one consists of a butterfly, Asian lettering, flowers, or abstract words. In my lifetime I’ve also had both Tragus’ pierced,  a pierced Labret (lip), my tongue pierced, I have 5 piercings in each ear, and I’ve had my hair dyed every color of the rainbow.

And there you have it, 11 questions and 7 random facts about myself.

I would give this award to more of my fellow bloggers but this has gone around several times in my neck of the blogging woods. So instead of me handing it out I would like you to tell me about a SCAR, BIRTHMARK, TATTOO, or PIERCING you have/had in a comment below!

Have a cool Thursday!

Liebster Award - Fun Stuff

Nicki Elson awarded me with the Liebster Award on April 24. Since AtoZ was going on I waited until now to post my answers to her questions, pass this award on, and post my own Q's.

The Liebster Rules: 1. The Liebster Award is given to bloggers by bloggers. 2. Each blogger should post 11 facts about himself / herself. 3. Each blogger should answer the 11 questions that are asked by the nominating blogger. 4. Choose 11 new bloggers to nominate for the Award and link to them in the post. 5. Create 11 new questions for your nominees. 6. Go back to their pages and tell them they've been nominated. 7. No tag backs.

Her questions:

1. Les Mis or Sweeney Todd?

Sweeney Todd, most def.

2. If you were a comic book superhero, what would your name be?

Supremacous

3. What are the toppings on your dream hamburger?

Lettuce, pickles, onion, glazed mushrooms, mayo, mustard

4. What city (that you've never visited) do you most want to visit?

Sydney, Australia

5. Favorite city (that you have visited).

Myrtle Beach, SC

6. Which Disney character is most like you?

Goofy

7. Why? (in follow up to question 6)

I’m clumsy, sometimes a nincompoop, and well, goofy.

8. You can only choose one: would you rather write a book that's a best seller or a book that's highly acclaimed?

Hmmm… Best Seller I guess. Once it becomes a best seller and many hands have flipped through the pages, I guess acclamation would follow. Maybe.

9. What's your biggest pet peeve when it comes to grammatical mistakes in a published book?

Just one?! Okay then - Repeated Words and/or Actions. There are thousands upon thousands of words and ideas, be original. Switch it up.

10. If you could live permanently in any decade, which would it be?

Sheesh, permanently… uh, I love the 40’s. Flappers and gangsters in full force, and woman had full-body figures and loved themselves for it. Although, I absolutely adore the 60’s fashion and music and “free-will” thinking, but then again the 90’s totally rocked flannel, baggy jeans, and Grunge! Sorry I can't pick one.

11. Who's your favorite fictional romantic couple?

Romance – bleh! Haha… hmmm… I loved the whole triangle or was it a quad-something-or-other in The Host by Stephenie Meyer (I've only read the book - have not seen the movie yet). I usually hate love triangles but this wasn’t the norm.

My 11 bloggers - random order (if you have been chosen before then ignore this)

Suzi at Literary Engineer

Melanie at Melanie Schulz

Sally at Sally's Scribbles

T at Kidbits

Jaybird at Bird's Nest

Nancy at Writer's Mark - Christian and other fiction, poetry, and ideas

Emily at Emily Unraveled

S.K. at S.K.Anthony

Susan at Moxie Writers

Riann at Riann Colton

Cate at Going from Nobody to Somebody

1. Which urban legend freaks you out the most?

2. If given the chance, which dream celeb would you have asked to your prom? (They have to be from that time frame)

3. Who would you “Freaky Friday” (switch places) with?

4. Why? (to #3)

5. If you could claim any novel as your own, who’s would it be?

6. Is there any skill you’d like to learn or were, maybe, better at?

7. What movie would you like to star in?

8. Which book/series would you like to see made in to a movie(s)?

9. You just crashed into the back of Ryan Gosling’s car, what do you do?

10. The zombie apocalypse just broke out; besides family, you can pick - 1 movie star, 1 athlete, 1 weapon and 1 other person or object; who and what are they?

11. Umm, hello why didn’t you pick me? No, no that's not my question... What is your dream day?

Tomorrow - Sunshine Award passed on to 3 different blogs.

My First Liebster Blog Award

I would like to thank Geeky Tendencies for awarding me with the Liebster Blog Award! This award is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers. It is given in order for more people in the blogishere world to find your blog.

Be sure to visit Jeremy at Geeky Tendencies and on Twitter @geekytendency.

La Rules for accepting the award are:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them.

2. Nominate up to five (5) others for the award.

3. Let them know via comment on their blog. You can even send them a tweet!

4. Post the award on you blog.

Geeky Tendencies continued a fifth rule via inspirenordic.

5. Follow my blog and at least consider signing up for the A to Z Challenge. It is a great way to find new and interesting blogs, it help people find your blog, and meet new bloggers. Who knows? You might reach the 200 follower mark. I have signed up! I’m # 307!

The fellow blogmates I choose to receive the award are:

Jackie @ Bouquet of Books

Kelley @ Between The Bookends

Rachel @ Unforgettable Books

Miri @ I Solemly Swear That I'm Up To A Book

Heather @ Into The Cuckoo's Nest

And I realize that these are all girls but what can I say... I would have chosen Geeky Tendencies if he hadn't already nominated me!

Thanks again to Jeremy! Follow him. He follows back and always has great input!