I was nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award by P.S. It’s Peri. Thank you, Peri, for this honour, and congratulations to you for winning this award.

Peri noticed there weren’t many blogs from a home-schooled student’s point of view, so she started a blog to share her perspectives.

I am supposed to give a brief history of how my blog started and offer two pieces of advice to new bloggers. My responses are below.

A brief history of how my blog started

I started what I consider “committed blogging” in July of 2016.

Originally, I had intended to keep posts curtailed in four main categories: writing, manuscript editing, parenting, and health.

Unfortunately–or fortunately–I have a broad range of interests that have caused this list to grow. Photographs, challenges, music, gardening, weather, travel, and interviews have found their way into the blog alongside posts about writing, writing tips, NaNoWriMo, and author/book events. The two links below give details.

What my blog is about

What’s planned for us in 2017

Two pieces of advice to new bloggers

• Posting: Fill a void, and/or blog about what interests you. When you write with passion, others get interested as well.

I’ve stopped worrying about having too many categories and directions in my blog. These are my interests and activities. Yes, I have a lot of them. This is who I am. I cannot confine my life to one theme or topic.

• Interaction: Read other blogs, comment, share, and show genuine interest.

The rules of this award

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.
2. Write a post to show your award.
3. Give a brief story of how your blog started.
4. Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
5. Select 15 other bloggers for this award.
6. Comment on each blog to let them know you nominated them and link to the post you created.

• I believe you’re also supposed to add this image when you write your post.

Nominees

JJ Azar
Mandy Eve-Barnett – Read the post here
Building a Healthy Lifestyle – New blog as of spring 2017: Leslie Hodgins Online
True North Nomad
Dayna Wayne

There aren’t 15 because I’m a bad-ass and I’m breaking the rules. Do check out these wonderful blogs!