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What Has Two Thumbs and Just Got Nominated For a Shine On Award?

Posted by Madd_Fictional on

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First, I’d like to thank the Academy, and all the little people for being littler than me…

Yeah, I know, my humor needs work. In all seriousness, however, thank you, Kim Raya, for nominating me for the prestigious Shine On Award. I’ll do my best to make my family and the rest of the blogosphere proud.

Rules of the Award:
1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. State 7 things about yourself
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.
5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award requirements.

Now for the bit you couldn’t care less about:

Seven Things About Me
1. As far as meals go, nothing beats a medium double bacon cheeseburger, steak fries and a nice cold pint of Guinness. Health concerns? What health concerns?
2. I’m convinced my muse is a practical joker because she always blindsides me with inspiration, forever catching me with my pants down and nary a pencil or paper in sight. I’m currently trying to talk Ashton into helping me punk her.
3. I physically bumped into Burt Lancaster in a fitting room in Saks Fifth Avenue. Last of the old school gents, he couldn’t have been a nicer man. Whaddaya mean, “Who’s that?” Ya got internet, dontcha? Look ‘im up.
4. My favorite karaoke tune to belt out is Billy Idol’s “White Wedding.” And when I say belt it out, I mean I go whole hog and scream-sing it. Not a pleasant sensory experience, trust me.
5. The three writers I’d most like to invite to my relative-time-pocket-dimensional dinner party are: William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemmingway, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Harlan Ellison, and Paddy Chayefsky. Okay, so that’s more than three but I’m hosting a dinner party in a pocket dimension for crying out loud, so cut me some slack here. Besides, I think Hemmy’s gonna be a no-show.
6. The top item on my Bucket List is: Live forever. Yup, I plan to live forever before I die. Let’s see how that works out.
7. I am a firm believer of never letting the truth get in the way of a good story.

And last, but certainly not least:

My Nominees For the Shine On Award

  1. http://laraschase.com/
  2. http://lanivcox.wordpress.com/
  3. http://macabrebutsweet.wordpress.com/
  4. http://cassandracharles.com/
  5. http://kristaquintana.blogspot.com/
  6. http://robakers.wordpress.com/
  7. http://insearchofmymuse.wordpress.com/
  8. http://300stories.wordpress.com/
  9. http://amandalemming226.wordpress.com/
  10. http://rachaelstanford.wordpress.com/
  11. http://bottledworder.com/
  12. http://cbmccullough.wordpress.com/
  13. http://charlottecarrendar.com/
  14. http://thejennymacbookblog.wordpress.com/
  15. http://christinajoneswriter.com/home/

The Versatile Blogger Award

Posted by Madd_Fictional on

Hmmm, my very first blogger award nomination. What a pleasant surprise as I wasn’t aware something like this even existed. I’d like to thank Lara S. Chase over at In Progress: A New Author Navigates the World of Publishing for nominating me. It’s an honor to know that she not only occasionally enjoys my posts but also took the time to nominate my blog.

According to the rules:

Well, I’ve thanked Lara, so that’s sorted (check out her blog, it really is an interesting ride). Now I have to name:

My Nominees for The Versatile Blogger Award

  1. http://chriskokoski.wordpress.com/
  2. http://cicampbellblog.wordpress.com/
  3. http://shareyourarticles.wordpress.com/
  4. http://damyantiwrites.wordpress.com/
  5. http://ellisnelson.com/
  6. http://www.moneyequalslifestyle.com/
  7. http://impossiblewords.wordpress.com/
  8. http://writingsofamrs.wordpress.com/
  9. http://insearchofmymuse.wordpress.com/
  10. http://macabrebutsweet.wordpress.com/
  11. http://khaulanazir.wordpress.com/
  12. http://letmereach.com/
  13. http://khmazzola.wordpress.com/
  14. http://lachlancathy.com/
  15. http://leonardostories.wordpress.com/

And finally:

Seven Things About Myself

  1. Although I love to read, watch and write horror, I do not, even in the tiniest sense, believe in the paranormal, supernatural, or the occult. I do, however, believe in loonies, cultists and serial killers, so that should give me some sort of horror street cred.
  2. I once owned a tom cat named Buster Crabbe Unit Active Missile Warhead, who met his untimely end doing battle with a boxer (the dog-type, not the Balboa-type, though that would’ve made for a better movie than Rocky V).
  3. A former anime junkie, now I am tragically addicted to UK telly and in severe need of an intervention. I even watch Big Brother UK and the addiction has spread to Big Brother Australia. Don’t judge me!
  4. I absolutely despise the use of CGI in movies, especially when used to animate humans in a live action setting.
  5. Although the internet has made things digitally easier, I miss swapping videotaped TV programs with my friends, especially episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
  6. I was once contacted by a man who claimed to own the licensing rights to Sybil Danning (an Austrian actress who starred in a lot of ’80s cult, science fiction, and action B movies) and he tried to rope me into a 5 year comic book deal (I was a comic book publisher at the time).
  7. I firmly believe that despite how intelligent we are as a species, we are not clever enough to know our origins, nor that of the planet or the universe.