Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here.
A few weeks ago, Wallcat over at My Inner Geek nominated me for the Creative Blogger Award! Thanks so much, Wallcat!
The rules for accepting the award are:
- Thank and post the link of the person who nominated you.
- Share 5 facts about yourself to your readers.
- Nominate 15-20 blogs and notify them.
- Pass on the rules.
Since I’ve already shared a great many facts about myself, which can be read HERE, I thought I might share instead 5 things on my bucket list.
- A ride in a hot air balloon.
- To go ziplining! I don’t care where.
- To see the Redwood trees in California.
- To see my book made into a movie.
- To visit the ruins of an ancient civilization like Machu Picchu or the pyramids of Egypt.
My nominations (in alphabetical order):
Atherton’s Magic Vapour — Anyone who loves a good mystery would love Melanie’s serialized A to Z murder mystery. She even used theatrical makeup and included photos of herself dressed up as each of the characters.
Bemuzin’ — Many of Sammy D.’s humorous posts include intricate tangles and designs that are just lovely.
Constantine — Cathrina writes YA/NA suspense and is about to publish some short fiction as well.
Doorway Between Worlds — Sue Archer’s creative take on grammar and spelling issues is not only useful, but hilarious.
Down the Rabbit Hole — Celine Jean Jean’s nostalgic and sometimes fictionalized childhood stories made for some fun and amusing A to Z reads.
Eclectic Alli — I’ve enjoyed reading Alli’s serialized Taliana stories on her blog.
Elizabeth Mueller — Not only is Elizabeth a great writer, she’s also a fantastic artist. My daughter and I both loved her A to Z original My Little Pony drawings.
Hungry Enough To Eat Six — Nancy Mock has very creative culinary talents and makes the best desserts.
Kristin Smith — Kristin is a YA writer and busy mom, who also loves interior design and party planning.
Marilyn Parel — Marilyn is a producer and writer of short stories with a twist.
Often Clueless, Always Shoeless —Olivia Berrier recently began a serialized story on her blog called “The World That Forgot How to Dance” that I find intriguing.
Sara C. Snider — Sara wrote beautiful flash fiction stories using tree names for prompts for A to Z this year.
Story Treasury — Sonia writes fascinating fiction and book reviews, among other things.
Tyrean Martinson — Tyrean is another awesome writer who is amazingly organized.
Write with Fey — Author Chrys Fey’s blog overflows with great tips for writers.
What other celebrations are going on out there?
© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
Why thank you so much for the nomination. I’m honored. Have a great weekend.
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You’re welcome! I was on my way over to let you know about the nomination, but you beat me to it. Hope you enjoy your weekend, as well!
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Congratulations.
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Thank you!
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Love the bucket list! I could totally see your book as a movie!
And thanks for the nomination!! 🙂
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You’re welcome! Seeing it as a movie would be so much fun.
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I think substituting the bucket list was very clever! I can’t say I’d like to do the things you would though. I lived in Cairo for years and never went to the pyramids. (But I also lived in NYC for years and never went the Empire State Blg or the Statue of Liberty.) I hope you get to do everything on your list some day!
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Thanks, Lexa. You never went to the pyramids? That would be the first place I’d go. They’re so amazing in photos. I can’t imagine seeing them up close.
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Thank you so much, Lori!!!
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You’re welcome!
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Congratulations, Lori!! You deserve this award for all your creative (and hairpulling) work to develop your lovely book cover! I love your creative bucket list – a blogger I follow is on her way to Machu Pichu and Galapagos now ( that’s on my bucket list) but she said wi-fi will be spotty, if any, so I’m nit expecting posts till she returns.
Thank you for nominating me. It’s such a treat to interact with friends like you 💖
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You’re welcome, and thank you! Hairpulling is right. I hope the blogger you follow posts lots of pictures! I’d love to see them.
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I’ll look up her blog URL tomorrow and send it to you.
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Thanks!
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Lori – Sue and her Machu Pichu trip can be found at http://traveltalesoflife.com Her post today and the one prior are the start of this trip. there are great maps in the first post. ENJOY ! We can share a room 🙂
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Thanks, Sammy! That sounds like fun. 🙂
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Thank you so much for the nomination, Lori! I’ll do a post soon. I’m not going to nominated that many bloggers but I will nominate a bunch. Thanks again! 😀
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Your welcome, Chrys! You can nominate however many you like. I always feel like the “rules” are actually guidelines that can be bent if needed. 🙂
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Congrats on the award! I have way too many things on my bucket list to settle for just 5….
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Thank you! I know what you mean. It was hard to pick just five. 🙂
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Thank you so much for the nomination, Lori! If you ever go ziplining, please blog about it so I can live vicariously through you (I’m too much of a sissy!). I’d also love to see some ancient ruins. I think Angkor Wat is at the top of my list.
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You’re welcome! I’ll do that. I always thought it looked like so much fun. Angkor Wat would be another fascinating place to visit. Maybe someday…
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Congrats on the award. I like your bucket list. Sounds like a good list to aspire towards. The movie would definitely be cool.
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Thanks, Loni!
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