As she listened to the veterinarian’s diagnosis, her heart broke, but she decided she didn’t care how much the bill would end up being. She would do everything she could to make Bill the cat better. He was her baby, after all, and all she had left in the world.
This post is part of the Tuesday Use It In A Sentence prompt, “bill”:
https://stephaniecolpron.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/tuesdayuseitinasentence-bill/
Thank you very much to Bob’s Turtle Ambush Adventures for nominating me for this award. I truly appreciate it 🙂
For this award, I’m supposed to list 7 things about me. So here goes:
1.I’m a chocoholic. Especially dark chocolate.
2. I enjoy just about every type of music, except for (modern) rap or hip-hop.
3. I have quite a few fandoms, but my top favorites (right now and not counting anime) would probably be Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and Star Trek.
4. I enjoy the ghost-hunting tv shows (like Ghost Adventures), but have never had an experience myself.
5. I hate cold weather.
6. I love going on nature walks.
7. If asked what my favorite flower is, I’d probably say carnation, but it’d be a hard decision.
As part of this award, I’m supposed to nomiate 5 other blogs, but I’ll just say if you’re reading this and are so inclined to take part in it, consider yourself nominated. If you do so:
Thank you to Linda for tagging me for this challenge. It’s a nice little nostalgia trip, going back and looking at my first post after a year here on WordPress.
The rules are:
Copy-paste, link, pingback, etc. your first post.
Identify the post: introduction, story, poem.
Explain why it was your first post.
Nominate five other bloggers.
My first post:
Hi! This is my first blog post on this site, so please bear with me as I learn my way around WordPress. As you can see from my profile, I’m an animal/cat lover, a bit of a geek, and am an author. I have one book published so far and am working on a new book that I hope to have out soon. Visit my website for more info.
So, this was a short and simple little introduction post, obviously. I wasn’t really sure what to do, as I wasn’t all that familiar with blogging. I had a general idea about it, but didn’t really have much experience with it. And at the time, I was just trying to build up an online presence as an indie author, and have a blog to go along with my social media presence. So I decided to start with just a short and sweet intro post.
After a year, the main reason for the blog hasn’t really changed, but I’ve learned more about blogging, and enjoy it and hope to do more with it in the future.
Now, who to nominate? Whose first posts would I like to see? Hm. How about these 5, and anyone else who would like to take part.
I would like to thank Shelia Renee Parker for nominating me for this and giving me these very interesting questions to answer. I shall do my best!
You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How in the world do you decide what to read next?
I feel like I have that many already! How do I choose? I guess it pretty much depends on my mood. I decide what type of book I’m in the mood for (fantasy? mystery? suspense? animal? horror? YA? light and fun or heavy? etc.) and go from there as to whether I want something that’s been sitting for a while or something newer.
You’re halfway through a book and you’re just not loving it. Do you quit or commit?
Probably commit. I’ve already gone halfway, I might as well finish it out, and who knows, it might get better.
The end of the year is coming and you’re so close yet so far away on your GoodReads challenge. Do you quit or commit?
I’ll keep going and see just how far I can go with it, for g.p.
The covers of a series you love DO. NOT. MATCH. How do you cope?
Doesn’t bother me. I enjoy books for the story, not the cover, and what I picture when I read doesn’t usually match the covers, either. Kinda like the in Dresden Files, where they insist on giving Harry a hat to wear on the covers, even though he doesn’t wear one in the books. I do admit, though, that the hat looks pretty good on him in the covers.
Everyone and their mother loves a book you really don’t like. Who do you bond with over shared feelings?
I just let them be. I’m sure I probably like books they don’t, as well. But if I happen to find someone (like someone online, for instance) who shares my dislike of said book, so much the better.
You’re reading a book and you’re about to start crying in public. How do you deal?
If anyone asks, tell them it’s a really, really good book
A sequel of a book you loved just came out, but you’ve forgotten a lot from the prior novel. Will you re-read the book? Skip the sequel? Try to find a summary on GoodReads? Cry in frustration?
If it’s been a long time coming, I’ll re-read, otherwise, I’ll just start the sequel and usually I’ll be able to recall most of what had happened.
You don’t want ANYONE borrowing your books. How do you politely tell people “nope” when they ask?
I don’t usually keep people from borrowing a book. I just ask them to make sure they return it when they’re done.
You’ve picked up and put down five different books in the past month. How do you get over the reading slump?
I don’t know that I’ve ever really had a reading slump. Granted, I’ve got about 5 books going right now, some I’m reading more on than others. But I will finish them. I just get in different moods to read different things.
There are so many new books coming out that you are dying to read! How many do you actually buy?
I buy one or two at a time, depending on which ones I want most at the time, and if it’s close to Christmas or my birthday, ask for the others as gifts.
After you’ve bought a new book you want to get to, how long do they sit on your shelf until you actually read them?
If I’m really eager to read it, I’ll start it that day or within a day or two, otherwise I usually wait at least until I’ve finished a book I’m currently reading.
Now, I’ll nominate the following blogs, as well as anyone else who might like to answer these questions:
Thank you so much to Megan from meganelizabethmorales for nominating me for this award for my third time. I truly appreciate it and apologize for having taken so long to get to this. And if you haven’t yet, please check out her blog and support her attempt to spread awareness about epilepsy. Anyway, for this award:
The rules:
1) Thank and link the blogger who nominated you.
2) Answer the questions the nominator has provided.
3) Nominate 10 other bloggers.
4) Create 10 questions for your nominees and notify them of their nomination.
The questions…
1. What made you start blogging?
As a self-published author, I was trying to get myself out there more, besides just creating a social media presence.
2. What is your favorite show?
I don’t have just one show. There are quite a few shows I watch regularly, such as Doctor Who, Big Bang Theory, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Bones, Sherlock, and CSI.
3. Do you prefer spicy or non-spicy food?
I like a mild to medium spicy food on occasion. But unfortunately though I may like spicy food, spicy food doesn’t seem to like me much anymore.
4. Do you have a favourite song at the moment?
No one favorite song at the moment. There are just so many songs I enjoy, in different genres, that I can’t just pick one.
5. Are you a Marvel, or DC fan? Or both?
I enjoy both
6. What’s your favorite book?
Again, I love so many that I can’t pick one. I love Harry Potter, The Dresden Files, Sherlock, Agatha Christie, Count of Monte Cristo, Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, Lord of the Rings, …
7. Do you have a favourite colour?
Purple!
8. Do you read fanfiction?
Not so much. I did dabble in writing a little anime fanfiction a few years ago for fun, but didn’t stick with it.
9. Would you rather sit down and be on the computer 24 hours a day, or go outside and get sunburn?
Outside. I love spending time outside, and wish I could do it more.
10. Do you automatically connect to the fangirl memes, and say, “HEY, THAT’S ME!” Or just stare at it and wonder why you understand all of those fandom’s quotes and hairstyles…
A little of both, I think
The questions for my nominees:
1. Are you a morning person?
2. What was your favorite tv show as a kid?
3. Do you consider yourself a geek?
4. Are you a cat person or dog person?
5. Do you listen to music when you’re working on a project?
6. Who are some of your favorite authors?
7. What is one place you would like to visit if you could?
8. Do you enjoy doing things outdoors (nature walks, camping, etc.)?
9. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
10. Do you believe in ghosts?
Since there are so many great blogs out there to choose from, I will just nominate anyone reading this who would like to accept it and go for it.
Many thanks to Natacha Guyot from Science Fiction, Transmedia & Fandom for nominating me for this award. I am honored and truly appreciate it 🙂
There are four rules:
My answers:
The questions for my nominees:
1. Are you a morning person?
2. What was your favorite tv show as a kid?
3. Do you consider yourself a geek?
4. Are you a cat person or dog person?
5. Do you listen to music when you’re working on a project?
6. Who are some of your favorite authors?
7. What is one place you would like to visit if you could?
8. Do you enjoy doing things outdoors (nature walks, camping, etc.)?
9. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
10. Do you believe in ghosts?
My nominees:
Instead of choosing this time, since there are so many to pick from, I’ll just nominate whoever reads this and would like to take part 🙂
Bee from Just Fooling Around With Bee did me the honor of nominating me for this award. Thank you very much! I really appreciate it 🙂
According to the rules, I have to list 7 interesting facts about myself, then nominate 15 other blogs. So, here goes!
Facts about me:
1. I’m a bit on the short end at 5 ft. tall.
2. I’ve been writing since high school, but never thought about publishing until a creative writing class in college.
3. I enjoy video games, especially RPGs.
4. I enjoy watching shows about ghost hunting (I’ve never had an experience but am open-minded).
5. As a kid, I wanted to be a teacher, a veterinarian, an astronaut, and a librarian. Didn’t happen. But obviously I’ve loved animals and books all my life, and am still interested in astronomy 🙂
6. I enjoy playing with tarot cards, but haven’t used them lately.
7. I hate winter.
My nominations: (sorry if I chose anyone who doesn’t do these)
7.Bdhesse
10.Phoenix-The Rebirth of My Life
11.lindaghill
12.trying to make things right
13.Rumpydog
14.J. Giambrone
(And a bonus item about me: I’ve fallen victim to procrastination yet again, but fully intend to get my short story collection out asap.)
I’ve been honored by once again being nominated for the Liebester Award, this time by Prajkata of An Armchair Perfectionist (I also had an honorable mention nomination by Some Kernels of Truth). Prajkata also nominated me for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award, for which I am also greatly honored. Thank you very much! I will do both in this post.
Liebster Award:
Rules:
5 Random Facts about me:
1. I’m right-handed but tend to do a few things like a lefty
2. I’m a proud geek.
3. I’m a Taurus.
4. My favorite color is purple.
5. I can’t swim.
The questions for me to answer:
My Nominees: (sorry if I chose anyone who doesn’t do these or has already done it recently)
My questions for the nominees:
1. Your biggest pet peeve?
2. If you could have one last meal, what would it be?
3. Would you rather have a healthy body but a poor mind, or a healthy mind but unhealthy body?
4. Has this year gone by too fast?
5. Do you believe in Santa?
The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award:
Rules:
Answer the questions from my nominator:
(Yes, the questions I was given were the same as for the Liebster Award.)
My Nominees: (sorry if I chose anyone who doesn’t do these or has already done it recently)
The questions for the nominees:
1. Do you prefer warm weather or cold weather?
2. Do you like reality tv?
3. Your favorite author?
4. Are you a pet lover?
5. Favorite type of music?
Yet another blog award for me 🙂 This one is courtesy By Hook or By Book. Thank you very much for this great honor 🙂
Ok, now. The rules for this one are:
1. Include the Sunshine Award icon in your post and/or on your blog.
2. Link to the blogger who nominated you.
3. Answer 10 questions about yourself.
4. Nominate 10 other bloggers to receive the award.
5. Link to your nominees and let them know you nominated them.
6. Create 10 questions for your nominees to answer.
And the questions I have to answer:
1. What was your favorite book as a child?
-I loved Bunnicula and Howliday Inn by James Howe, and the Nancy Drew books 🙂
2. What is the best book you’ve read recently?
-Hm. Tough one. I just finished House of Hades by Rick Riordan, and it was really good. I also recently finished NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. That was really good too.
3. Movies. Scary or RomCom?
-Scary. I’m not much into romantic comedies.
4. If you had the chance, what author would you most like to interview?
-Maybe Jim Butcher. I love his Dresden Files series and his sense of humor.
5. Books. What is your favorite genre? It’s okay if you have more than one.
-Mysteries and Fantasy mostly. Also those having to do with animals.
6. What book or series have you read more than once?
-I’ve reread quite a few. The Harry Potter series, Percy Jackson series, Eye of the Dragon, Dark Half, Sherlock Holmes, and Count of Monte Cristo are the first ones to come to mind.
7. What book or series would you like to be a character in?
– Harry Potter 🙂
8. Have you ever used a Ouija board? If so, did anything happen?
No. I thought about it when I was a little, but was told not to because it was too dangerous, and my mom told me a story about one time when she did when she was little. She said and her sister had asked a question about where whoever was moving the platen was, and got a reply of “beyond the grave” or something like that. It scared her and her sister so much they never used it again.
9. Have you ever seen a UFO?
– I wish!
10. What made you start blogging?
-a love of writing, and wanting to get more people familiar with me and to try to spread the word about my book(s) and writing.
Ok. Now my 10 nominees:
http://lindaghill.wordpress.com
http://topofjcsmind.wordpress.com
http://meganelizabethmorales.wordpress.com/
http://misslouella.wordpress.com/
http://fisticuffsandshenanigans.wordpress.com/
http://dezizworld.wordpress.com/
http://writingfordesire.wordpress.com/
http://somekernelsoftruth.wordpress.com/
And the questions for them:
1. What is your all-time favorite movie?
2. Cats or dogs?
3. What is your dream vacation spot?
4. Do you call pop or soda?
5. What is your favorite food?
6. If you won the lottery, what would you do?
7. Do you like the rain?
8. What are you afraid of? (spiders, heights, that sort of thing)
9. What is your favorite holiday?
10. Do you like warm weather or cold weather?
Grady P. Brown did me the honor of nominating me for my second Liebster Award the other day. Thank you so much, and sorry I’m just now getting around to doing this.
Anyway, for this award, I’m supposed to answer 11 questions, tag some people, and give them 11 questions to answer.
So, my questions to answer are:
1.) Do you enjoy anime and manga?
Yes! I’ve been into anime and manga for about 20 years, I think. Some of my current favorites include Rurouni Kenshin, Hellsing, Fullmetal Alchemist, Blue Exorcist, Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail, Detective Conan, Lupin III, Black Butler, Naruto, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gundam, and Macross.
2.) What is your favorite pet?
Cats, with dogs a close second. But I love animals in general.
3.) What country would you want to visit the most?
Ireland (to go back and see more of), the UK, and Japan.
4.) What would you describe as your favorite vacation experience?
The week I spent in Ireland as part of a study abroad group. It was my first time going to a different country. It was also a bit of a gutsy move, since I went with people I didn’t really know. And it was my first time on a plane.
5.) If you enjoy superheroes, who is your favorite one?
Hard to say. I enjoy a lot of them. But I’d say Batman, Spider-man, and Gambit, probably.
6.) What is your opinion of pit bulls?
They’re just like any other dog. It all comes down to training, I think. Train the dog right, and you won’t have so much trouble with them.
7.) What kind of music do you enjoy?
My taste is pretty eclectic. About the only type I don’t really like is rap and hip-hop. I really enjoy rock (classic, hard, metal, alternative), country, classical, big band, some jazz, and J-pop and J-rock (Japanese pop and rock).
8.) What makes you laugh the most?
watching animals play; witty humor; sarcasm. I love the Marx Brothers, for example.
9.) What is your favorite season of the year?
autumn
10.) How would you describe as the perfect villain?
Tough question. I’m not really sure. Maybe someone who is clever but a bit psychotic. Someone with a method to their madness and who can do wrong but make it seem almost an endearing quality, so that people will have a hard time condemning him. He’d also have to be able to give the hero a run for his money in some way or other. My first thought was someone kind of like The Joker.
11.) What is your favorite dessert?
cheesecake, ice cream, or anything chocolate
My questions for the nominees:
1. What was your favorite school subject?
2. Do you enjoy video games?
3. What would you do if you won the lottery?
4. What is your favorite tv show?
5. If you could travel back in time, when would you go to?
6. What’s your favorite book from childhood?
7. Who would you cast to play you if they made a movie of your life?
8. Do you believe in ghosts?
9. What is your favorite holiday?
10. Do you consider yourself a morning person?
11. Coffee or tea?
My nominees (sorry if I nominate someone who’s done this recently or doesn’t do these things):
By Hook or By Book
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