Thursday, February 3, 2011

Stylish and Versatile Blogger Tag

I received this from Hannah Marie of Distant Hoofbeats. I was featured on her blog a while ago, and this newest tag requires me to tag fifteen others and list seven random things about myself. Well, here goes.

The Tagged:

‣ Eimmac/Ranger/Trouble of FlintClan
‣ Primrose of Fiercepack
‣ DeutschGirl_95 of The Art of Escape
‣ Spyre of TwilightClan
‣ WCL92 of Haven Grove
‣ Amber of CinderClan
‣ Cheryl Wang of Inklings
‣ Warriors101 of TwilightClan
‣ Dawnstar of Fiercepack
‣ Celestah/Solar of NightPack
‣ Emily (formerly Ruby Flute) of Newly Turned Mutant
‣ Olivia (or Olive Tree) of Horsefeathers
‣ Shadowflower of the Life of A Canadian Girl
‣ Stargaze of Icestar's Warrior Cat Blog
‣ Alado/Mint(y)paw of Fiercepack

(I'm not sure that all these people come on here, or even know that this blog exists, but as soon as I start advertising, hopefully they will!)

The Facts:

1) I love running. Unfortunately, my school does not have a track, but I go to a track camp in the summer. Hopefully, I'll go to a school that has a track soon.

2) I am terrified of clowns. They are the one thing in this world that truly scares me.

3) I have soooooooo many storiesthatIhavestartedbutnevereverfinished. It is a great disappointment to myself, maybe someday I'll take the time to go and finish them.

4) Three books that freak me out (AKA, made me think for a while) are: Unwind (Neal Shusterman), 1984 (George Orwell), The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)

5) When I'm bored, I raid my or my parents' closets and dress up like various characters from my stories.

6) I love chocolate. Except not dark chocolate.

7) My first blogger name was Skyheart.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Poll Results

The poll results are in. Here they are:

Caption: 2 (22%)
Writing/Poetry: 6 (66%)--WINNER!
Followers: 0 (0%)
Random Raffle: 1 (11%)

The writing/poetry contest is the winner! The caption contest and raffle were a close second and third, and no one voted for the followers option. So, we are doing a writing/poetry contest. The assignment is this: write a short story or a poem about Akire meeting Healer Dawkins (the roaming healer who visited Lloches sometimes, and whose apprentice Akire aspired to be) for the first time. Here are some rules/details to help you:

‣ To enter your submission, either post it under here, or send it to my email (erika_purdy@my.ethelwalker.org).
‣ Your entry cannot be more than 500 words long.
‣ Akire was 7 when Healer Dawkins first visited Lloches.
‣ No copying others!
‣ Things I am looking for: good spelling/grammar, good character representations (Akire-wonderstruck, Healer Dawkins-kind, Ryda-doubtful, Xerin-encouraging, Athan-bored), attention grabbing (for stories, this means a good plot line, for poems, description and detail), foreshadowing (ex: Ryda shooing Akire away from Dawkins a little too quickly, Dawkins asking Akire if she wants to be a Healer, Athan wandering off after Emilie, etc)
‣ No outrageous stuff! (wraith attacks, etc)
‣ But, be creative!
‣ Have fun!!!

I would also like to do a caption contest sometime in the future (maybe as a Part Three thing?)

About Me

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I am an energetic, fun loving girl who enjoys reading, running, and hanging out with my Blogger and real life buddies. I am a fledgling writer (mainly because I suffer from a critical condition of writer's block), who's favorite genres to write are fantasy, sci-fi, and sometimes historical fiction. I also am a BIG daydreamer, and can often be found by a window, fantasizing about a story that I have seen or read. I am also a huge quotist, meaning that I randomly shout out lines from shows and movies that most people haven't seen. Names I have copyrighted are: Akire, Kayana, Azza, Stella, Zyll(ah), Ayla, Kirwan, Jetstorm, Burnfang, and Flickerclaw.