7 x 7 Link Award and ROW80

Fun!

Thank you to Trisha for the 7 x 7 Link Award!


So I've gone through four years (!) of blog posts and found the following: a quote about Tolkien and orcs by Joanna Bourne, a fly-by comment about myself writing romance that was oh so wrong ("I guess writing romance has had it, now that I've gotten those two fan-based novels out of my system and don't seem to be writing any new, adult stories..."), a question about bringing snails to Constantinople, a dream about being a snail, thoughts on serendipitous character naming, and a review of Lady Chatterley's Lover that was very pleasurable to re-read, if I do say so myself.

I also seem to have learned a lot about blogging after the first two years, when I was merely throwing words into the dark - and at a select few friends. I'm glad to be part of a wider community now!

But the award actually specifies that you link to seven types of blog post:

Most beautiful
I'm not sure it's beautiful, but here's the longest sentence I've ever written.

Most helpful
Not sure I've ever had any helpful posts. I have, however, had a few posts where I've asked for help:

On the other hand, I did contribute two posts to the Your Neck of the Woods contest by Marsha Moore (aka Talli Roland), one on Istanbul and one on Montreal.

And I have a recipe for börek, featuring Charlie Sheen's mug.

Most popular
And I thought this one, a guest post by Talli Roland, might be.

Most controversial
It wasn't at the time, but for better or for worse I'm bringing it back into the light: the post where I critique Ariana Franklin and Jason Goodwin.
Hmm, there's a spelling mistake in that post. And one more each in two other posts. Tsk!

Most successful

Most underrated
Also my kitchen mystery story, which I wrote in elementary school.

Most prideworthy
Something about having twenty story ideas under my belt...

I'm adding an extra one:

Most frustrating
I mentioned that I woke up, in New York City, with a fully fledged idea for a mystery.
But I didn't write down the idea! Now I can't remember the details, anymore, unfortunately.

Since I originally saw the 7 x 7 award on a number of Aegean bloggers' sites (Ayak's Turkish Delight, Turkeys for Life, Being Koy and Glynis Smy), I'll pass it on theme-wise as well, to fellow Compuserve forumites:


As for my ROW80 check in, I've been doing really well, making corrections/changes to Out of the Water based on beta readers' reviews, as they come in. And I've got my query letter and synopsis ready to go. Also, my essay on the lavender fields is up! It's hard to believe that summer's over already...

Comments

Anonymous said…
Eep! Guess I'd better figure out something to post!

Thanks for passing this along!
Deniz Bevan said…
Ooh, you saw it already! Can't wait to see yours :-)
Trisha said…
I hate it when you have a brilliant idea like that and it flees your mind before you can write it down!
Tia Bach said…
Sounds like you are chugging along on ROW80... and what a detailed and awesome award. Congrats!
dolorah said…
Hi Deniz. Although it looks like I'm a new follower, I've been by several times - I guess I just never clicked the button.

I've read you last few posts, but only commented on Ren 3. I really need to get back to that beta read . .

I hope you had a great weekend :)

.......dhole
Nas said…
I went to read all your links! Thanks!
S.P. Bowers said…
Thanks for the award. It will be interesting to see what I come up with since it's a fairly new blog.
Congrats on blogging for 4 years. It must've been interesting to reflect on all of those posts.

Congrats to the new blog award recipients.
Anonymous said…
hi there
Im just hopping around all these blogs form the PIF Blog fest. You have a new follower. I will try and stop by as much as I can.
Eve :)
Nadja Notariani said…
Congrats on your award! I just love Ayak's blog stories. The one about riding the bus is still my favorite of hers. Anyhoo...now I'll have to read all your oldies but goodies. Ha.
Deniz Bevan said…
It's an awful feeling, Trisha! But I might have it in some notebooks somewhere...

Thanks Tia, Donna and Nas!

Looking forward to it, Sara :-)

Thanks for coming by, Theresa!

Ooh, thanks for the follow Donna and Eve!

I love Ayak's stories too, Nadja!
Talli Roland said…
Wow, four years of blog posts!

Cool to see both the 'me's' there. :) Thanks, Deniz!
Deniz Bevan said…
Thanks for coming by Talli*2!
Zan Marie said…
OOOPS! I'm sure you told me about this, but I sure missed it, so a belated thanks, Deniz. I'll have to think about it...I'm not sure I have all these category of posts. ; )
Deniz Bevan said…
I might have forgotten, Zan Marie! Will go let Aven and Tara know, too, think I forgot to shout out to them...