Versatile Blogger Award

Ron Leighton was kind enough to nominate Hersenskim for a Versatile Blogger Award!

The idea behind The Versatile Blogger Award nominations is to use these nominations to make other bloggers aware of other great blogs, as I’m are doing here.

If you'd like to carry on this thing, do the following!

1. In a post on your, blog, nominate 15 fellow bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award.
2. In the same post, add The Versatile Blogger Award.
3. In the same post, thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link back to their blog.
4. In the same post, share 7 completely random pieces of information about yourself.
5. In the same post, include this set of rules.
6. Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination by posting a comment on each of their blogs.

I’ve pondered which fifteen blogs to nominate and decided, rather than sticking to one specific subject, to just choose some of my favourite blogs.

Below, in no specific order is *drum roll* my fifteen nominees (and a new blog I want to keep an eye on).

1. Rebecca P. Minor’s http://callofthecreator.blogspot.com/ - wonderful fantasy with a Christian influence and worldview.
2.  Ayesha Gamiet’s http://ayeshagamiet.com/blog/ - beautiful Islamic calligraphy and illumination.
3.  Lynn Coleman’s http://historicaltidbits.blogspot.com/ - informative and interesting; focussing on everyday life in the 19^th century.
4.  Aubrey Hansen’s blog at http://www.aubreyhansen.com/ - An interesting young Christian fantasy writer.
5.  Ann Martin‘s http://www.allthingspaper.net/ - not only inspiration for paper quilling/paper filigree, but also showcases beautiful paper art and artists.
6.  H. A. Titus’s http://magical-ink.blogspot.com – Christian fantasy, book reviews and writing tips.
7.  Karen’s http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com – Daily vintage clipart and backgrounds. (My current blog background is also one of her designs.)
8.  Kristia van Heerden’s http://wordsmyth.co.za/category/blog/ - A talented writer and friend’s interesting blog.
9. Rob’s bookish blog. Expect books, books, more books and the odd typewriter. And he enjoys translated fiction! – http://robaroundbooks.com/
10.  Jill’s blog Rantings of an Overworked Translator – http://translationmusings.com/
11.  Manelle Oliphant - http://manelleoliphant.blogspot.com/
12.  Ressurection Fern by Margaret Oomen contains photos arts and crafts and is very inspirational – http://resurrectionfern.typepad.com/resurrection_fern/
13.  Lisa Carter’s insightful blog about literary translation -  http://intralingo.com/blog-site/
14.  http://passageoftheacolyte.blogspot.com/ - Another young fantasy writer with a Christian influence.
15.  Ron Leighton’s blog Tales of the Shining Lands, containing fantasy stories, myths and very cool maps –  http://ronleightonauthor.blogspot.com/

And then… 

I also want to mention a blog started recently (December 2011) by lexicographer Kory Stamper called harm·less drudg·ery http://korystamper.wordpress.com/, which I find extremely entertaining.

  

And seven random things about me:

1. I once rode an ostrich. Yip. No matter how you say it, it sounds weird.
2. I know all the lyrics to the Les Misérables musical.
3. I can mimic Gollum’s voice (well, mimic Andy Serkis’ Gollum voice, I guess).
4. I adore good coffee and English Breakfast tea.
5. I sometimes wish living in Africa did mean that I get to have a lion as a pet. And ride a zebra to work. That would be so cool. Not practical, but cool.
6. I am extremely afraid of heights.
7. I always wanted to be Robin Hood when we were playing as children. Go figure.