New Year's Updates

I'm trying to get better organized this year--hey, don't laugh! There's a first time for everything. ;)

One of the things I'm trying to organize is my blog, or should I say my blogs. I have more than one since I write in various genres. This one is my default "real me" and non-fiction web site where I've actually try to advertise my editorial services. It's not working too well, so that's going to have be re-thought out and revised. But one of the first things I want to re-vamp is my author bio page.

It's tough to know what all to put in and what to put out. I've always kept mine short and sweet. (Just go to the top and click on the "About me" link and you'll see.) I've been asking folks online for feedback, and they suggest that I add things like "Why do I write?" and "What are my inspirations?" 

I don't know. Those sound rather conventional to me. I'm weird. I'd rather go with funny or goofy or plain unusual. But would that scare off more potential readers than it would draw in? That's the crux of the matter.

So, I'll be considering what all is necessary, not necessary, or just plain scary to add to my bio page this week. I'll also be preparing another pleasant surprise for next week. (Fingers crossed!) I want to make this blog a place where readers and writers feel welcome and can gain some useful information at the same time. 

If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below. I'd like more comments this year. I know some people are reading what I post since I have those stats, but the interaction of leaving comments and conversing with me would be nice for a change. So how about it?

Here's to a Happy and Healthy 2014 for everyone!

Cindy

I've been nominated for a Stylish Blogger Award

I always thought I had class. ;)

Style? Well, that depends on who you ask. My daughters are always saying things like, "You're not going to wear that, are you?" So, being nominated for a Stylish Blogger Award is quite an honor, even if I had to beg my handsome hubby to do so. ;)

Check out his wonderful blog, The Hetzenberg Chronicles, and you'll see he's someone with style and class to spare.

As part of the award, I have to tell you seven things you don't know about me. Hmm...where to start? My life's pretty much an open book!

1.) I'm allergic to onions. This is sad, because I actually do like the way they taste, but they don't seem to like my digestive tract anymore. I'm ill if I even get a whiff of them lately.

2.) I am part Blackfeet and Cree. The other parts are primarily Scots-Irish and German-French. Call me "Heinz 57".

3.) I was a Girl Scout for ten years. I have a pin somewhere to prove it, too!

4.) I have never watched a complete episode of Seinfeld. After about five minutes I'd start yawning and inevitably switch the channel or watch a DVD instead.

5.) I could handle driving on the left side of the road in England, but those British drivers? They're insane speeders and road hogs! (Handsome hubby is excluded from this description of British drivers. He drives quite well.)

6.) I have lost count of how many times I've seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's probably somewhere near the triple digits.

7.) I once was a mezzo-soprano. I could easily hit an "F" above high C and sustain it at one time. (This is probably a great surprise to people who have heard me speak or sing in recent times. I'm most definitely a "bass" singer in the Sweet Adelines now. That would make me a very low alto. I enjoy singing the guys' tenor line on Christmas songs, too.)

Now my nominations for the Stylish Blogger Award... First up, AJ's Wargames Table, another great (and frequently updated with helpful hints) blog by a near and dear friend of mine. Secondly, I'll nominate Celine's Dreams, because I know for a fact that this chick has class! ;)