I was thrilled to receive this award from the very inspiring author and blogger, Melanie Robertson-King and it’s my pleasure to nominate some of the blogs that I enjoy reading.
A part of the ‘acceptance’ of the award is to list three things that have inspired me during the past few weeks:
1. Working smarter and not harder has allowed me to return
to blogging, whereas my focus for a while has had to be writing novels and magazine articles. The two are very different animals and I regard ‘blogging’ as a bit of a guilty pleasure – but then I seem to have quite a lot of those! So I will be blogging on a regular basis for those who have time to while away … I’m always long-winded, but that’s me!
2. A really good friend advised me to forgive myself whenever I couldn’t take something on, simply because I’m over-committed. This was first said about a year ago and I’m still not comfortable saying ‘no’ to anything/anyone, but I have reached the point where I no longer stress about accepting it’s inevitable sometimes.
3. Kindnesses come in all forms and very recently someone I hardly know did me a very great kindness! It took my breath away for a moment as it was something I really wasn’t expecting and for that I’m grateful!
And now it’s my turn to share some of the fab blogs that make me smile:
Mandy Baggot – for sharing the fun and turning me on to Nashville!
http://mandybaggot.com/
Janice Horton – for taking me to some wonderful and exotic places:
http://janicehortonwriter.blogspot.co.uk/
Leslie, The Duchess of Dirt – a gardening inspiration!
http://duchessofdirt.ca/
Anneli Purchase – some beautiful photos and quilting …
https://wordsfromanneli.wordpress.com/
Bouncing Barb – for some stunning beach photos and making me smile:
http://www.bouncinbarb.com/
Patricia Sands for a flavour of France …
http://patriciasandsauthor.com/category/blog/
Kit Domino – there’s always something artistic on offer!
https://kitdomino.wordpress.com/
The man who gives me my Friday smile on Twitter – John Jackson:
http://john42hhh.blogspot.co.uk/
The HarperImpulse blog HAS to have a mention here!
http://www.harperimpulseromance.com/blog/
And the recently revamped (by Stephanie Keyes) LLm Authors’ Cafe:
http://loveahappyending.org/
Well, it’s been a busy week and I had no idea I’d be blogging this morning! I’m also on Loveahappyending Lifestyle magazine today interviewing wonderful artist, Ray Brilli.
I’ve been busy planning a month-long, February feature ‘In Love with Love’ on my LinnBHaltonAuthor Facebook page. I’ll be posting short clips from some of my novels to celebrate the month of LOVE – or is that angst, roller-coaster emotions and stress? Ha! Ha! Do drop by, as I’ll be awarding some spot prizes and have free ecopies of some of my novels to hand out. If you take part watch out for a DM if your name is drawn!
I hope everyone has a great weekend – until next time!
For my fab nominees, if you wish to take part in sharing your award: the rules are:
- Thank the person who nominated you, and link to their blog.
- Display the award logo.
- Nominate at least 15 other blogs (more or less) and provide a link where they may be found.
- Then, go to their blog, leave a comment to let them know they have been nominated, and where to find the information they need to accept (rules).
- Mention three things that inspired you the most during the past few weeks.