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I was nominated for the Liebster Award by Andrea Lundgren. Thanks, Andrea!
The rules are as follows:
Say thank you to the person who has nominated you for the award.
– Answer the 11 questions the person has asked you.
– Nominate 11 people (comment on their blog to let them know).
– Ask the people you have nominated 11 questions
My Q&A with Andrea:
- What is your favorite book, or if you prefer, your favorite author?
Currently, “Brothers Grimm Folk Tales” is my favourite book.
- Is there a country you have always wanted to visit, and if so, where?
Scotland. Specifically, the Highlands and Islands filled with folklore and Fae magic.
- What do you enjoy about blogging, and how has your blog changed in unexpected ways since you started it?
I enjoy sharing the research I do on various folklore topics and to do posts about my writing journey. I never thought when I started blogging, that I’d do more than just weekly writerly posts.
- What is your favorite time period to read or write in, and why?
As a reader, I like historical novels (Medieval or Regency). As a writer, I like to write contemporary fantasy.
- What is your favorite time period to watch on film or television, and why?
I like explosions, superheroes and techy things when I watch TV – so that has to be as current as possible. For film, I like romantic comedies and dramas, so that can really be from any time period.
- How do you find inspiration?
When it doesn’t just cudgel me over the head? *grin* I go for long walks, play on Pinterest or read.
- What started you down the road of writing and blogging?
I’ve been writing stories since I was a tween (making up stories looong before that) so I don’t really know what got me on the road of being an author. But blogging? I read that writers should blog…
- How do you keep yourself motivated?
Oh, the usual: chocolates, flowers, promises I don’t intend to keep… No, wait: that’s from “Beauty and the Beast”. Still, it happens 😉
- What four people would you invite to a dinner party (contemporary, historical, or fictional)?
Elizabeth Bennett, Cate Blanchet, Albus Dumbledore, Emma Watson. (Now that can be fun…)
- What is your favorite kind of weather?
Depends on my mood. Some days I like stormy weather (even if that means I can’t work on my computer) and the rest of the time I’m content with the blazing sun we have around all year.
- If you could have any pet, real or fictional, what would it be?
A dragon. Specifically, the Dragon of the Caledonian Forest (my own creation) who hoards books…
My 11 nominees (in no particular order):
Carin @ Hersenskim
Erika @ cloud nine girl
Jacqui @ worddreams…
Anne @ I think, I say, I do
Theresa @ Lab Notes
Louise @ Dragonspire UK
Ben @ Just Punch the Clock
Lydia @ Noveltea
Kerry @ Allusionary Assembly
Lindsay @ Lindsay Lovin’ Life
Raven @ everywhere and nowhere
Here are my 11 questions for them:
- Pantser or Planner: do you plan your projects or do you just go by ear?
- Red or Green: in new situations do you jump in all fired up or do you watch and listen?
- Short Stories or Novels: which do you write and why?
- To NaNoWriMo or not to NaNoWriMo: will you write a complete first draft this November or not? Explain.
- Give away your writing for free: do you publish short stories about your novels on writing platforms like Wattpad to generate more readers? Whether you do or don’t, explain your reasoning.
- Writing competitions: do you enter them or do you shun them? Why?
- Social Media: Google+ or Twitter? Which one do you prefer and why?
- Slow blogging (once or twice a week) or daily blogging: which one appeals to you most and why?
- Fantasy (and other genres like it) or Realism: write it, read it and what appeals to you in it?
- If you could only eat one type of food for every meal forever, what would it be and why?
- Oliver Queen from Smallville (first guy in green below) or Oliver Queen from Arrow (second guy in green below): who would you rather have guarding your city? Why?
I can’t wait to read everyone’s answers!
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Ronel the Mythmaker 
Crazy how similar your answers are to what mine would have been! Fun!
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Thank you 🙂 Great minds…
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I love all your answers! Thank you for the nomination. I will work on my answers this weekend. Also, I love how you like to take long walks 😉
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Thanks, Erika 🙂
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I’d love to be at your dinner party! The Highlands are amazing, I hope you get there one day 🙂
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Thanks, Annalisa 🙂 When the dinner party happens, you’re invited too 😉
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Thanks for the nomination, Ronel. I shall get on it. Love the 411 on you from the answers. 🙂
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Thanks, Anne 🙂
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I am honored to be nominated, Ronel. Tough questions!
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You’re welcome, Jacqui 🙂
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How fun! I love your responses. And, especially your 11 questions! – so inventive.
I am honored that you thought of me to nominate for this award. I am currently enjoying the blog-reading and the community without participating in blogging awards.
Thank you so much for being one of my readers; your attention on my work is more than reward enough! :). I look forward to reading more of your work!
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Hi Ronel! Thank you again, I am grateful for the recognition of nominating me for the Liebster award. I was hoping you would indulge me in allowing me to post my response to your 11 questions here in the comments. The questions are so intriguing and creative – like you! Here they are:
1. Pantser or Planner: do you plan your projects or do you just go by ear? – Pantser, definitely. My stories are dead when I try to plot them out ahead of time.
2. Red or Green: in new situations do you jump in all fired up or do you watch and listen? – Usually listen first, then start to jump in.
3. Short Stories or Novels: which do you write and why? Oh! Not flash fiction? :). I have written 3 novels – none published, though one got close … – and early this year I’ve been writing a ton of flash fiction (500-1K words). Now I’m writing some longer stories (3K+ words). And I’m re-imagining one of my novels as a “collage” of flash fiction and short-story. We’ll see! The flash fiction just comes to me – a gift? But I love the sense of working on a much longer arc/journey in a novel. It’s just harder to write them!
4. To NaNoWriMo or not to NaNoWriMo: will you write a complete first draft this November or not? Explain. – No. I love that people do this, but I prefer to write at the pace I’m already writing. If I try to write too fast on a single project (even if it’s trash), my creative spirit writer packs up her toys and goes home … she doesn’t like to write bad or boring stuff.
5. Give away your writing for free: do you publish short stories about your novels on writing platforms like Wattpad to generate more readers? Whether you do or don’t, explain your reasoning. – I’ll share my publishing/reader strategy: Right now, I do a combination that I like: I publish on my blog flash fiction, poetry, or observational essays that I don’t plan to publish commercially. I also write a number of pieces that I don’t blog-publish, and I’m submitting those to traditional markets for publication. I’m exploring Wattpad, want to be sure I can keep up the social media commitment on that platform if I start there. “To get more readers”- not as much that, as just being part of a lively writing community and I like to help support and encourage other writers’ work.
6. Writing competitions: do you enter them or do you shun them? Why? – I have tried competitions, and they can generate really interesting writing for me, but my creative spirit writer packs up and goes home if she starts perceiving writing as a competitive environment. So, I take them on a case-by-case basis.
7. Social Media: Google+ or Twitter? Which one do you prefer and why? – Great question. I’m no longer active on Facebook – too painful in the current political and social climate – and I use Twitter for contacts with other writers and writing work. Very ephemeral, Twitter…I share blog posts as updates on Twitter and on LinkedIn. Not sure about the LinkedIn platform, still figuring out if it’s worthwhile to share writing.
8. Slow blogging (once or twice a week) or daily blogging: which one appeals to you most and why? – I have done daily blogging, but now I’m inclined toward one or two “anchor” blog posts per week and then shortish updates in between, allowing me to post something immediate that I’m interested in sharing with readers.
9. Fantasy (and other genres like it) or Realism: write it, read it and what appeals to you in it? – I’m recently describing my writing as “Twilight Zone”-style fiction – it usually has a supernatural or fantastic element, but not strictly high fantasy, not strictly hard SF. Favorite authors include Ursula LeGuin, Ray Bradbury, … mostly the classics, I’m afraid, along with Anne Tyler and Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs Dalloway” – not SF/F
10. If you could only eat one type of food for every meal forever, what would it be and why? – not sure! Maybe interesting vegetarian meals!
11. Oliver Queen from Smallville (first guy in green below) or Oliver Queen from Arrow (second guy in green below): who would you rather have guarding your city? Why? – Guarding my city? Smallville Oliver Queen! Following in my book? Arrow Oliver Queen. I think Smallville’s Oliver looks more up front and transparent, a good thing for security, while Arrow’s Oliver looks like he’s out for revenge. 🙂
Thank you, Ronel! Happy blogging-writing! 🙂 👍🏽
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Interesting answers! I’ve heard that LinkedIn doesn’t really work for all authors – some people want to leverage your platform for their own ends.
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Ah. Good advice. So far, it’s mostly been a way to connect with *some* of my LinkedIn contact, but I don’t think any of them are signing up for my blog. 🙂
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I finally did my post 🙂 Sorry for the delay, after the end of Flash and Arrow recaps my brain fell asleep for a bit!
https://dragonspireuk.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/blog-award-liebster-2017-get-to-know-the-author-and-discover-new-blogs/
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