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Creative Blogger Award

Thank you so much to, The Armchair Squid, for nominating me for the Creative Blogger Award. Humbled is the only word I can think to describe how I feel about this. To receive this award from the Squid means so much because I respect and admire his role as blogger, book and movie reviewer, group leader and friend. I’m glad to accept this award and be in his company…

Of course I should have done this about a week ago, but being on vacation has affected my blogging schedule. The rules are listed below, but I’m breaking them a little.

The rules:

  1. Thank and post the link of the person who nominated you. Done.
  2. Share 5 facts about yourself to your readers. Below.
  3. Nominate 10-20 blogs and notify them. I only did one. 🙁
  4. Pass on the rules. <-Hello.

Five Facts:

  1. I love to bake, from the box and from scratch. I’m mastered cakes and biscotti and now I’m taking on pies and other pastries.
  2. I’m a bit of a Batman fan, just a little (no really a whole lot :D).
  3. I love dog, but don’t currently have one, which is why I dog sit.
  4. I thorough enjoy watching Hockey and Opera live, not on TV.
  5. I have just enough knowledge of computer graphics to be either dangerous or annoying, but I did manage to design the covers of my paranormal book series.

My nominee:

Toya’s Tales – I nominate Toya for several reasons and the fact that I love her name isn’t one of them. Toya writes a fashion blog and packs a lot of punch into her short and visually stimulating posts. I love how she interacts with her readers and reaches out to other bloggers. I also love how she features a piece of art work each week. Most blogs I read are author or book blogs, but I like stepping outside my comfort zone from time to time to see what Toya is sharing.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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Very Inspiring Blogger Award #gratitude

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My buddy, the motivator of my journey into movie reviews, The Armchair Squid has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award and I am almost speechless. It took me a few days to wrap my head around this and now I’m sharing it with the world. Thank you so much Squid for nominating me and providing me with a level of encouragement I didn’t realize I needed. You have made my week! 😀

Here are three things that have inspired me recently:
1) Lemons. To me lemons have always symbolized opportunity, ever since I understood the phrase “make lemonade”. I’ve been dealt plenty of lemons recently, but have chosen to make lemonade at every turn. I just hope I don’t end up upsetting my tummy.

2) This driving dog inspires me for three reasons.

1. This is just so cute 8D.
2. Dogs are so willing to do things above and beyond, maybe even unnatural, to please the people they care about. I want to be more like dogs in that they can be so selfless.
3. If a dog can learn to drive a car, surely I can figure out a way to write a story that reaches into people’s hearts and makes them feel good. That’s all I really want, but it may be a bit much.

3) My sister who is also one of my nominees. Tori J. Jones inspires me in more ways than I have time or space to write here, and on top of all that, she’s the physical inspiration for the main female character in my book Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel. Tori is a full-time mom, a full-time art student, a full-time cyber entrepreneur, daily –weekly blogger, and she volunteers her time at Church, the PTA, and women’s shelters. Maybe I should just write a story about her; it’s bound to me a phenomenal read.

My nominations:
I am well aware that these awards aren’t for everyone and also realize that some of the people I’d like to nominate may have already been nominated. In any case, I’m taking lemons and using them as an opportunity to honor and or promote a few bloggers who inspire me daily and weekly. Even if they wish not to participate, I’m proud to give them a shout out and say, “Thanks for inspiring me.”

M.C.V. Egan – an amazing promoter and advocate for peace; an all-around fun person
Stacy Rourke – wonderful sense of humor, wonderful promoter and author
Wiz Green – wonderful sense of humor and great promoter, makes everyone feel like a friend
Brian Feinblum – knows his stuff about the industry, excellent blogger
Tricia Drammeh – an amazing supporter of indies, all around wise and peaceful person
Derrick Ferguson – Mr. cool to me, excellent movie reviewer, blogger, and writer
John H. Byk – great entertainer providing interesting and fun audio interviews
The Geek Twins – my goto for geekess, fun stuff, but also thought-provoking
Beth – excellent book reviewer and blogger, the reason I check out many books
Bethany – a true blessing and reminder of the good things in life
Andrew Hess – another cool guy, great critiquer and promoter
Tori Jones – A renaissance woman (my sister)

The Rules for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award:
1. Thank the person who nominated you, and link to their blog.
2. Display the award logo.
3. Nominate 15 other bloggers (more or less) and provide a link where they may be found.
4. Go to their blog, leave a comment to let them know they have been nominated.
5. Mention three things that inspired you the most during the past few weeks.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords