The Christmas craziness is almost upon us, so I’ll be taking the rest of the year off to find me some holly-jolliness. I think I left a little in the pocket of an old pair of pants…
I wish you all a joyous holiday season!
Don’t forget to have fun!

A groovy little website by children's book author Mike Allegra

I am now an official guest blogger. Do feel free to stop by Khaula Mazhar’s place and check out my post: Criticizing Critiques: A Critical Study. Maybe she’ll serve cake.
Hope to see you all there!

Although my posts over the past few weeks suggest otherwise, I am eager to stop the self-promotion and get back to the business of writing about writing.
And so help me, I will do so beginning this weekend – even if it kills me.
But I would be remiss if I didn’t first thank a few fellow online scribes who presented me with blogging awards over the past couple of weeks.

The lovely Khaula Mazhar and Amanda Leigh each nominated me for the Lovely Blogger Award! (Even though Khaula presented it in a bwa-ha-ha-I-hope-you-enjoy-all-the-work-I-just-gave-you kinda way, I still find her lovely.)

Raging Gail nominated me for a Leibster Award, which was both a lovely and leibster-y thing to do!
And the wonderful Susan Rocan at mywithershins tagged me with some fun questions.
That is not the first time Susan questioned me by the way; she also just interviewed me on her blog! Do take a look if you wish. She’s a great interviewer. She is also a kind and thoughtful person – even though she does not share my appreciation for goats. Nobody’s perfect, I suppose.

Each of the above honors requires me to answer questions and nominate other bloggers. To give each award the attention it deserves, I’m going take care of them one at a time over the next couple of months. So please don’t interpret my delayed followup as a sign of ingratitude. Believe me, I’m appreciative. Thank you all!