Me and My Stylish Blogger Award (and 10 Things About Me You May Or May Not Know)
Thanks to school librarian Lynda Shoup for the Stylish Blogger Award:
Heh. The award immediately inspired the cartoon above.
Apparently I'm supposed to tell you all 7-10 things about myself and then pass the award along to someone else. So here are some things about me that you may or may not know:
1. I work in a basement office which both Jeff and I nickname The Cave. There are small windows near the ceiling but I cover them up with scarves for privacy. I painted a tree on the wall. There are floating piles of books in its branches.
2. My music group recently put out a Mockumentary DVD which has some of our concert song performances on it! In one, Jean-Luc Picard dances with me. Here's the trailer I made on YouTube about it. You can buy a copy for $20 (plus shipping/handling) in our Urban Tapestry shop. And yes, I'm shameless!
3. I sold a website.
4. I was a clown in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. Here's proof.
5. I have a weakness for miniature food.
6. A lot of people think I'm an extrovert, but I'm actually an introvert at heart. While I love hanging out with and meeting creative people, I need solitude to recharge.
7. I'm a board gamer. Jeff and I recently came home from a 10-day board gaming event (Alan Moon's Gathering of Friends) and those 10 days went by SO fast. I post board gaming comics and news on BoardGameBook.com as I work on a book which I am hoping will get more people into the hobby. Also see my profile on BoardGameGeek.com. Alan Moon just released a fabulous new game called Airlines Europe, by the way: a fun family strategy game!
8. I'm illustrating my first picture book! It's called I'M BORED and is written by actor/comedian/writer Michael Ian Black. Simon & Schuster is publishing it in 2012.
9. I have a meeting at Simon & Schuster in NYC next week, woohoo! We're going to be doing the first pass at the final layout of I'M BORED. Very excited.
10. I'm attending the SCBWI Summer Conference in LA this August (booking my flights today!).
And now I'm bestowing the Stylish Blogger Award onto my writer chef pal:
AMANDA SNYDER
for her blog, MY LIPS ARE RED
As you can see from the photo to the right, Amanda is a MUCH more Stylish Blogger than I am. :-)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 7:19 AM
Reader Comments (3)
I daresay if your top and bottom COORDINATE, you can be named a stylish blogger, chica!!
I love the board gaming thing - I adore board games, and someday want to play with - gasp! - strangers, maybe. Maybe.
Just another huzzah in the long line accolades coming your way. We have similar styles -- my sweats are blue and read "Spam" down the left leg. My office is either a treadmill or Starbucks. And my daily protein intake is typically (lots of) cat hair.
Tanita: Heh, good point re: coordination. And yay for board gaming!
Dawn: Love the idea of Spam sweats. :-D