Awards & a Book Cover

I've received two awards this week from three lovely ladies. Thank you Valerie, Stephanie, and Jemi, I'm both thrilled and flattered!

Valerie over at I Should Be Writing has given me a present: The Over the Top Award. Yay! Valerie rocks! If you don’t know Valerie, you should. She’s got a terrific blog with tons of advise and updates on her life as a writer. Seriously, check her out. Seriously!

Stephanie, at Hatshepsut: The Writing of a Novel also presented me with The Over the Top award! How cool is that?! I've just recently come across Stephanie's blog, and let me tell you, I'm impressed! Her latest posting (okay, her 2nd to latest post) was about editing her MS and was really good--and funny! I'm going to be stalking you for a while now, Stephanie. I apologize ahead of time... :)

Now, I don’t know if I’d wear the apron, but I totally dig the award anyways. It’s just too cute. This one is definitely going on my wall of awards (you know, the right sidebar of my blog). haha!

Rules: Answer the following questions with Single Word answers then pass this along to 5 other bloggers. Make sure you let them know about it though.
Your Cell Phone? Envy
Your Hair? Crazy
Your Mother? Loving
Your Father? Amazing
Your Favourite Food? Dessert
Your Dream Last Night? Monkey!
Your Favourite Drink? Dr. Pepper
Your Dream/Goal? Published
What Room Are You In? Bedroom
Your Hobby? Writing
Your Fear? Cockroaches
Where Do You See Yourself In Six Years? Mother
Where Were You Last Night? Home
Something That You Aren't? In-shape
Muffins? eck.
Wish List Item? gift-cards
Where Did You Grow Up? Hogwarts
Last Thing You Did? Watched "Dog the Bounty Hunter"
What Are You Wearing? PJs
Your TV? A&E
Your Pets? Fat
Friends? Noisy
Your Life? Ongoing
Your Mood? Better
Missing Someone? no
Vehicle? Temperamental
Something You Aren't Wearing? Socks
Your Favourite Store? Borders
Your Favourite Colour? Blue
When Was The Last Time You Laughed? Today
Last Time You Cried? Yesterday
Your Best Friend? Kelly
One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? Home
Facebook? Twitter.
Favourite Place To Eat? Out

And now to pass it on… 

• Anne Riley at Anne Riley
• Sarah Ahiers at Falen Formulates Fiction
• Elizabeth Bradley at Bits & Bites
• W.M. Morrell at Musings from Down Under
•  Kelly Reese at Rants, Observations, and other Ramblings

The Circle of Friends Award has been passed on to me by Jemi Fraser at Just Jemi! Thank you, Jemi! I love my online writer friends so this award is perfect! Blogging and Twittering (#amwritingparty hells yeah!) have really helped keep my spirits up with this whole writing thing ;-)

Jemi has been a friend since I started this whole blogging thing. She's a sweetheart who reads whatever crap I write and comments no matter how stupid my post was. And seriously, what more can a blogger ask for? Nothing--I know! There's nothing worse than someone like me--a lurker. I read a lot of blogs, but I'm pretty bad at that whole commenting thing. (I know, I know. So shoot me) So, to someone like me, Jemi is a freakin' goddess! Visit her blog, follow, and comment because Jemi is a gem (lame? Nah...).

So, I'm going to pass this one onto a few of my writer friends with tons of love. And yes--I do know that some of you have already received this award but come on! Its the CIRCLE OF FRIENDS and (though it sucks for you) you're my friend. Consider it your punishment for speaking to me.

♥ Sara McClung at The Babbling Flow of a Fledgling Scribbler ♥

♥ Carolina Valdez Miller at Carol’s Prints ♥
♥ Simon Larter at Constant Revisions ♥

♥ Shannon O'Donnell at Book Dreaming ♥
♥ Anne Riley at Anne Riley ♥

Oh, yeah...I have one last piece of business to attend to tonight. Carolina Valdez Miller, Sara McClung, and Alexandra Shostak have been having some fun posting *fake* book covers for their blogs. After taking a sneak peek at mine, Carol has convinced me to blog my WIP's fake book cover. This is Book One of my Immortal Series (which I have renamed to Nightling Series) and no, I don't have an actual name for book. Like I said, it's a work in progress.

Go, go Photoshop!

*images courtesy of vi.sualiz.us*