Blog Break…Sorta

Hiya blog followers! I’ve got some good news and some ‘other’ news.

The good news is I got a job! For the next few weeks I will be back in the library world again! Yay! And the best part is, I get to play with pre-schoolers! Double Yay! I’m going to make some more readers! Yay! Readers!

The ‘other’ news is that I am not going to have quite as much time for my blog. So, in case you feared that I had forgotten about my blog and you, my lovely reader, fear not. I haven’t forgotten, I just don’t have enough hours in the day at the moment.

Feel free to talk amongst yourselves. (As well, for a low, low, introductory price, you can pay me to brainwash these little ones into loving the genre you write in.)

Kreativ Blogger Pass Along

Yesterday I mentioned I had been awarded the Kreativ Blogger Award. I also mentioned that I was having troubles figuring it out. However, I failed to mention that I am a good sport and would be passing along the honour.

Therefore, I participate to the best of my abilities.

Here’s what I have to do:

1) Copy the Kreativ Blogger Badge onto my blog.
2) Thank the person who gave it to me and link to their blog.
3) Write 7 things about myself that my blog readers don’t know.
4) Choose 7 other bloggers to pass the award to.
5) Link to those 7 other bloggers.
6) Notify my 7 bloggers.

Sooo…without further ado:

1)

2) Thank you to Jemi Fraser and Cate Woods. I appreciate you both thinking of my blog. I’m flattered, to tell you the truth.

3) Seven things you don’t know about me:

I still have baby teeth (in my mouth). My favourite colour is blue. In my years as a volunteer at the Humane Society, I used to let all the cats loose in the back room. Freedom! They all got along remarkably well, believe it or not. My favourite board game as a kid was Trouble. I hate shopping for clothes. My favourite flower would be daisies because they are unassuming and beautiful, as well as cheery. And finally, I’d rather have a few really good, true friends than many false friends.

4 & 5) Seven great writing blogs for you to discover. Some have been around a long time, some are new:

Amy Sue Nathan –A chick lit and women’s fiction.

J. Lea Lopez — A commercial fiction writer.

Matt Sinclair — A writer, editor and freelancer with several blogs.

TK Richardson — YA author.

Rhonda Stapleton — YA author and one of AgentQuery’s first chat guests.

Robert K. Lewis — I think this badge will look lovely on his gritty, noir blog.

Prairie Chicks Write Romance — I have no clue how they will handle part 3 of this as it is a communal blog–and a cool one at that.

Enjoy!

Noah Lukeman is in the Blog House

Noah Lukeman, literary agent and the hero of all newbie writers (Lukeman’s the author of the stellar book The First Five Pages) has started up a blog where he answers all our burning questions about writing, agents, publishing and likely a whole lot more. Space Monkeys? I’m really curious about them. And women in the Klondike in the 1800s. That sounds interesting too. Anyway, check out his Ask a Literary Agent blog and sign up for his free newsletter (left hand side of the page) and while you are at it, add him to your follow list on Twitter and heck, why not read his free ebook on How to Write A Great Query Letter as well as order The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile.

There, you can’t say you never got anything great for free (or almost free).

Enjoy!

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Hey, I’m off

No, I don’t mean that I smell bad…I mean I’m going on a little holiday. I had meant to make a bunch of blog posts for while I was away, but I had too much fun in the past few weeks visiting family. Therefore…I only have one coming up in a few days…then silence. Sorry.

I do have a bunch loaded and ready over on my Kid’s Play blog though. So if you get to missing me, check it out. Oh, heck. Even if you don’t miss me, go check it out!

Enjoy and have a happy, safe July!

Update your RSS, Please

For those of you who use rss feeds to read my blog, you need to update your rss link in your feeder. I apologize for the broken feed. The software upgrade from a few weeks ago broke the old rss link.

Here is the new link you need: http://jeanoram.com/blog/?feed=rss2

Sorry for the inconvenience!