Liebster Award

Hi! I’m Vashti! Welcome to my blog. Thank you for stopping by. In the last couple of months awards have been raining down on me like blessings from Heaven! (I can feel the heat rising in my cheeks as I write this). Words cannot express how grateful and honored I feel to know that my writing and blog are enjoyed by fellow bloggers and writers that I like and admire. In the next few weeks I will be posting different awards. Please do not take this the wrong way. I am not boasting. Yes, I am proud to have gotten these awards, but I’m even more excited about forwarding the love by honoring other deserving bloggers and writers.

I was presented with this award by these awesome and talented people. Please visit their sites. They all have a lot to offer.

* Sunni – Surviving Life
* Katherine Vucicevic – Write Stuff, an Author blog by Katherine Vucicevic
* Michelle Bowles
* Oliver Saak – OliverSaak71Sides
* April – 100lb Countdown

* Yolanda I. Regueira Marin – Love, Pain and Other Catastrophes

The rules for the Liebster Blog Award:

1- List eleven random facts about yourself.

2- Nominate eleven other bloggers for the Liebster Award.

3- Notify these bloggers.

4- Ask eleven questions that the bloggers must answer upon accepting the Liebster Award.

5- Answer the eleven questions that you were asked when you were nominated.

6- Link back to the person who nominated you.

Eleven Random Facts About Me:

1. I’m a writer of Fantasy, Suspense and Thriller.

2. My first novel “The Basement” will be released August 20th, 2013.

3. I can speak, read and write Spanish fluently and some Italian.

4. I love to try things that scare me.

5. I would love to live in North Carolina.

6. Sometimes I daydream about going back in time and meeting some of my favorite people in history. (Hey! Einstein proved time travel in theory!)

7. I love to laugh.

8. The word cinnamon still twist my tongue.

9. When I was a kid I wanted to live on a farm (instead of the concrete jungle NYC)

10. I’m a huge Stephen King fan.

11. I can be pretty silly at times.

QUESTIONS FOR MY NOMINEES (via Seumas)

1. What was the funniest movie you have seen?

2.What’s your earliest memory?

3. What was your favourite school subject?

4. Have you EVER had a need to use algebra away from a school environment? (No, seriously!)

5. Do you understand modern art (or even know if it’s hanging the right way up?)

6. Most enjoyable book?

7. Ever spent money to buy something you really wanted, although you could hardly afford it at the time?

8. Apart from when you were a child, have you ever danced in the rain?

9. What country would you like to visit that you have not yet been to?

10. What makes you grumpy?

11. What’s your  ’Go To’ switch to make you feel better on a gray day?

My Answers:

1. What was the funniest movie you have seen? There’s quite a few. A Night At The Roxbury, Hangover, The Waterboy, The Watch, The Campaign, Hall Pass, Bridesmaids…I could go on and on.
2. What’s your earliest memory? Getting lost at a carnival when I was five. (I wasn’t really lost. I just lagged behind for a minute)
3. What was your favorite school subject? Reading, Writing, Science… (Nerd Alert)
4. Have you EVER had a need to use algebra away from a school environment? Nope.
5. Do you understand modern art? I understand some, but I don’t fall for it. I believe real skill lies in traditional art.
6. Most enjoyable book? I’m a big fan of Stephen King. I loved reading The Eyes of the Dragon, It, Misery and so many more.
7. Ever spent money to buy something you really wanted, although you could hardly afford it at the time? I’m a very sensible person, but come on, I’m a woman, of course I have. Ha, ha!
8. Apart from when you were a child, have you ever danced in the rain? Yes, I have. I love the rain, and in Florida it is bright and sunny one moment, and the next it’s pouring rain during certain times of the year. I’ve been caught outside many times in the rain. I love watching the rain, listening to the rain and I love the feel of it coming down on me. (I run for shelter if I hear thunder or see lightning though)
9. What country would you like to visit that you have not yet been to? Japan, Thialand, Australia, Chile. I love to travel.

10. What makes you grumpy? I tend to get a bit cranky when I’m tired, hungry or when I haven’t gotten enough sleep.

11. What’s your ‘Go to’ switch to make you feel better on a gray day? Read a good book, watch a funny movie, dessert, music, play with my dogs, call a friend.

And now for the moment we’ve all been waiting for, drum roll please…my nominees are:

Kerry Connelly – Author Kerry Connelly

Ashwin Kumar – My World…My Words

Urvashi Vasishtha – Urvashi’s Den

Mak Lind – Beautiful Freaks

Debra Alamond – Love & Pain Collide

Laura Hebbeln – Diary of Laura

Dyane Forde – Dropped Pebbles

Rebekkah Ford – Wandering Thoughts of a Writer

Peter Licari – The Deliberate (Belligerent) Literate

Robert Price – From A Clogged Mind

AJ Long – AJ Writes / Hub Pages