More blog bling-bling and a heads up...

Check it out! I posted my book trailer on the sidebar! There, just there on the right! I love figuring out all of these blogger gadgets. Though it's a little humiliating how long it takes me. Heh.

I'm itching to make another trailer, and even considering a contest where the prize would be me making a trailer for one of your books. YAY! I'll give details on that sometime in the near future...

Okay, onto the REAL post. On Friday this week, I'll be having my vindictive and hateful gallbladder removed. At long last, good shall vanquish evil, and the heroic doctor will prevail!

Even though I'll be offline, I'm auto posting the QueryTrackers Making Tracks interview for Friday. Our guest will be the fabulous Veronica Canfield (vcanfield on QT) who has recently signed with agent Louise Fury of L. Perkins Agency .

Stop by to hear about A GIRL'S GUIDE TO GHOSTS, BOYS AND OTHER WEIRD THINGS (fabulous title, right?) -- Veronica's fun and quirky YA ghost story with some interesting characters including a gender confused, English, eighteenth-century spirit who has a penchant for cross-dressing.

Now onto today's awards.

Thank you Jenny Phresh of Party Pony fame for giving me these one of a kind hilarious blog awards:

Not only do they make my stomach growl, but I can't stop giggling every time I look at them! LOL


Also thank you to the gracious Cherie for bestowing me this next fiery honor. In turn, I'd like to hand it off to a few bloggers. Some are new to me, and others I've been waiting for the perfect award to share.

1. Beth Silverman Landeau

2. Write2Live

3. Katie Lovett

4. D U Okonkwo

5. Elizabeth Seckman

6. SycamoreMeadows
7. Kristine Asselin
8.  Darke Conteur
9. Ashley Nixon

Thank you, worthy recipients, for fanning the flames of inspiration through your posts! The only requirement for this award is to pay it forward.

Also, I'd like to thank Kerri Maniscalco for her blog of many hats: Write. Eat. Repeat. -- a place of peace, inspiration, and witticisms. Kerri not only writes novels, but is a Folk Arts Columnist and always has beautiful and inspirational quotes on her twitter feed that warm my heart throughout the day. So to show my gratitude, I'm bestowing her this:

Lastly, I'd like to step outside of the publishing corner of the world for a moment and welcome a brand new blogspot blogger who Marewolf mentioned in a post the other day. Shannon is a licensed esthetician and makeup artist who has recently started up a blog about being glamorous and fabulous on a budget. SWEET. That is such a super and unique idea, so here's a special award, just for her. I'm hoping it will match her pretty decor. ;-)

Shannon Shaw Mullis

Thanks, Shannon, for keeping our world beautiful.

Congrats to all of today's winners, and remember to drop by on Friday for Veronica's guest interview.

Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!

Award winners: On the off chance you're techno-challenged like me, you can post your award on your blog, just right click on the picture here and "save picture as." If you're on blogger, from your dashboard go into 'design' and 'add a gadget' and download the picture.