Liebster Award

November 20, 2011 by Pat Bean

I have been nominated for the Liebster Award by Kathryn Johnston at 4amWriter.com. And now I have rules I’m supposed to follow.

First is to link back to her in appreciation. OK I’m lost. I know how to go to her blog and I know how to comment and say thank you, but no one has yet told me what button to push to link. That’s the kind of computer user I am. Tell me which buttons to push and I can do anything.

And no thank you, I don’t want to know why or anything else about computers. My brain is already overloaded with too much data.

The second rule of the nomination is to nominate five of my favorite bloggers for the award. Only five? Whine, whine, whine. Kathryn chose blogs about writing, because like me she is deep in NaNoWriMo. It sounds like she and I are within about 100 words of each other and both well on our way to reaching the goal.

The bloggers we choose are supposed to have less than 300 followers. But how am I to know how many followers other bloggers have. I only recently discovered that I now have 80. It’s that “tell me what button to push again” thing.

Two of my top favorite bloggers are photographers. Life in the Bogs by Robin http://bogsofohio.wordpress.com/ and Martina’s Photography Designs http://photosbymartina.wordpress.com/

I’m an avid birder so I’m going to nominate Judy’s Jottings for spot No. 3 http://judysjottings.wordpress.com/

No. 4 goes to A Year on the Road http://allevenson.wordpress.com/ Al’s a full time RV-er like me, and a writer as well.

For the “how in hades am I going to choose only one more blog,” spot I’m nominating Jim’s Notyethere http://notyethere.wordpress.com/ because I enjoy his poetry, photos and our back and forth conversations. Now I have to go let them know I nominated them. That’s also a rule.

The final two rules are simply to bask in the love of supportive bloggers and have fun and spread the karma. Since I don’t have to push any buttons these are easy.

Thank you very much 4amwriter – and now that the fun is over, it’s back to NaNoWriMo. Well, except for those of you whom I have nominated for the Liebster Award. You now have rules to follow. For clarity, below is exactly how they were described to me.

The Rules are:

Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
Reveal your top 5 picks for the award and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
Post the award on your blog.
Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogsphere – other bloggers.
And, best of all – have fun and spread the karma.

Posted in Writing | Tagged 4amwriter, nanowrimo, pat bean, postaday2011 | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on November 20, 2011 at 10:23 pm | Reply 4amWriter

You crack me up. I had no clue how to link this, that, and the other thing either until I played around with it and it just kinda happened. It looked like you posted the badge though–and that was one step I couldn’t figure out immediately.

So, I think you did a splendid job!
- on November 21, 2011 at 2:51 am | Reply Pat Bean
  
  I simply saved the badge as a picture with left click on the mouse and then inserted it. Is there another way?
  
  Keep writing … Pat Bean https://patbean.wordpress.com
on November 20, 2011 at 10:56 pm | Reply Kathy

Gee, you’re good! It took me three months to figure out how to get a badge from someone else’s blog to mine. Congratulations on your Liebster.
- on November 21, 2011 at 2:49 am | Reply Pat Bean
  
  I simply saved it as a picture by clicking on the left mouse button, then inserted it into my blog. I don’t think that’s linking Keep writing … Pat Bean https://patbean.wordpress.com
on November 21, 2011 at 5:09 am | Reply photosbymartina

Thank you so much Pat, I am honored and thrilled for you to think so highly of my work to present me with this award. This is my first award of this type so I will take time to follow the guidelines and make a post and try to figure out the linking again. I appreciate your kind words and for taking your time to view my photography. 🙂
on November 22, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Reply fhhakansson

Congratulations! 🙂 You do have some lovely pictures here.
on November 22, 2011 at 5:46 pm | Reply Liebster Award | notyethere

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on November 24, 2011 at 5:40 am | Reply Liebster Award – Bloggers Supporting Bloggers « Judy’s Jottings

[…] What a surprise to have WordPress notify me that someone had commented on a recent blog post with the following message: “Hi there! I really enjoy your blog. I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award. You can read all about it on my website:” […]
on November 24, 2011 at 5:45 am | Reply judysjottings

Thanks for your nomination, Pat. And, since your blog is my number one favorite, I have nominated you back!