I was just nominated for the Lovely Blog Award by the lovely Writer Chick! Thank you for that, Annie.

The instructions are simple:

1. Thank your nominator, if you’d like.
2.  List 7 facts about you
3. Nominate 15 blogs for the award

So here goes:

Seven facts about me:

1. I once played the trumpet, but I never practiced enough.
2. My cat is named after 16th century Japanese swordsman extraordinaire, Miyamoto Mushashi.
3. My Musashi has had a blog for years, http://musashiguide.blogspot.com/, but has been oddly lazy about writing for it since I took up writing this blog…
4. My party trick is writing sestinas, or, failing that, stealth refrigerator poetry.
5. I have over 900 books, even with a yearly culling.
6. I can pretty much identify Buffy the Vampire Slayer quotes by season and episode.
7. I can still read some French and speak some Japanese, so basically, I have 1.8 languages.

+8. BONUS: This picture is what I did on Saturday: Boston ComicCon 2015!

Here are the blogs I will nominate:

1. How to Fangirl for Adults
2. Art-Colored Glasses
3. FEMINI
4. rachelmankowitz
5. BY LAUREN HAYLEY
6. annemichael
7. Wine and Cheese (Doodles)
8. Thomas H Brand
9. writingtutortips
10. heylookawriterfellow
11. Meredith With Her Mouth Open
12. Emily is an adult
13. Alycat
14. Luna, the Little Chomper
15. Author Matt Bowes and the Dog’s Breakfast