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Creative Process Blog Tour Award

30 Mar 2015 2 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

Awarded 23-3-15

Cool! Another award I have not heard of before! Thank you to Yashika for giving me this tour award!

There are a few rules here :
1. Pass the tour on up to four other bloggers.
2. Give them the rules and a specific Monday to post.
3. Answer four questions about your creative process which lets other bloggers and visitors know what inspires you to do what you do.

Q1. What I’m I working on at the moment?
Q2. How does my work differ from others in my Genre?
Q3. Why do I write or create what I do?
Q4. How does my writing/creative process work?

4. Compose a one time post on a specific Monday( date given by your nominator).

It occurred to me, while reading the rules that there was not a specific reason for the reward, but I chose my 4 as I WANT to know what makes you blog, I enjoy your posts, and want to know more about the WHY!!

The 4 Bloggers I nominate for this one are…
Gales Mind
Window With A View
DOMESTICATED MOMSTER
My Glamour Temptation

My answers to the questions…

Q1. What I’m I working on at the moment?

Writing wise, I have a story I have been working on for a fair few years, but it has been sporadic with the time I have to spend bringing up my family! Honestly! It really gets in the way of my writing, this motherhood and family business!! 😛
Q2. How does my work differ from others in my Genre?

I don’t know quite how to define my own writing, it is from the heart, most definitely, and I try to add a personal tough to all, whether it be fiction, a poem, or my own thoughts…I don’t believe I actually have a genre, but if I ever did get published, it would be either in children’s literature, or my own genre..Chick Pea Curry Lit!
Q3. Why do I write or create what I do?

I have all these words rushing around in my head, on a regular basis! And using this blog I have finally found a release! I hope that what I write is something to make you smile, laugh, think, and maybe even intrigue!
Q4. How does my writing/creative process work?

I don’t believe I actually have a process, as such… my best poems have come to me, as an event is happening, and I find a rhyme in my head which builds, and builds! the same with other writing, fiction or other personal posts. Its like a seed is planted, then it flourishes then and there. I have to write straight away, or it goes! I find planning quite hard with my writing. I am a very organised person, Virgo by birth. I make LISTS! but with writing, I am much more impulsive, and I think that’s what makes my words more readable…

I would like you to, if you accept the award, to post your acceptance and answers on Monday 6th April!

The Real Neat Blog Award …

27 Mar 2015 28 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Real Neat Blog Award

Always an honour to be nominated for an award from you awesome lot!!!
This time its the Real Neat Blog Award, and I’ve been nominated by Mboki at Learning Web Development. Thank you so much!

Awarded 27/3/15

And these are the rules:

1) Put the award logo on your blog.

2) Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.

3) Thank the people who nominated you, linking to their blogs.

4) Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs.

5) Let them know you nominated them (by commenting on their blog etc.)

So, I have displayed the logo… and again, a huge thanks to Mboki!!!!!!!

My questions

Tell us one thing that the world doesn’t know about part of the world you are coming from.

Hmmm…. ooh! I don’t know! Well, ok, my area was one of the first places in England to have a Sikh temple established, as when the initial migration happened, of Sikhs from the Punjab, to England, they came by boat and would dock here! Now we have one of the biggest temples in Europe!

If you have to choose three days sleep or three days without sleep what will be your choice?

Three days without sleep, I could keep awake, but I couldn’t make my self sleep!

If you chose to sleep tell us why, if not then what will you be doing in those three days?

Oh as a working mum there is so much to do, I would be cleaning, cooking, spending time with the family, reading, watching things I miss usually, and probably blogging or browsing my reader a lot!

Who is the most important person to you right now and why?

Not one person, there is one entity which is the most important to me, my family. Without them, I am nothing, and I couldn’t choose between my spouse or my children!!

Does your blog represents who you are in real life?

Absolutely it does! I write what I think all the time, and so I guess that is a 100% true representation of me! – Though sometimes I might hold back, knowing there are a lot of people I know that are reading too….

What was the most challenging thing when you started to blog?

I think it was working out what I wanted this blog to be about, then I realised I am Jill of all trades, master of none, so I wanted to be able to write allsorts, and that’s exactly what I did!

Quality or quantity?

Very dependant on what you are thinking of…. but essentially a little bit of good quality is better than a whole ream of rubbish, I guess! Damn! I’d better stop posting so much!!!

And so to nominate…..
The Indecisive Eejit Funny funny blog!
Mihran Kalaydijan Beautiful music…
Real Mom Of Long Island Another mom blog that is fantastically funny!
Baffled Baboon Randomly funny blogger!
Angels Whisper 2-11 Gorgeous Kitty Shots!

And my 7 questions… (This is almost harder than choosing the nominations!)

If you could change anything about yourself, what would you change?
Where did your blog name come from?
What is the meaning of your name?
Tell me your dream date!
What is your favourite type of music?
Which single person has inspired you the most in life?
Sweet or savoury?

And there we have it! Please don’t feel obligated to accept the award, it’s just a small way of showing my appreciation to a few blogs I enjoy! If you have already received it, either be like me and have it again (after all, you don’t see them super stars giving back Grammies, or Oscars, saying “Oh no thank you, I got one last year!”) or just feel appreciated!

CBA, Again! Yup, you guessed it, Creative Blogger Award!

26 Mar 2015 14 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

Awarded 26-3-15

I am honoured to have been nominated again for the Creative Blogger award, this time by Jane at Cupid Or Cats. Thank you so much!!

So go the rules (…… oh and I chose a different version of the award image, to pretty it up a little!)

Thank and post the link of the blog that nominated you
Display the image loud and proud!
Share five facts about yourself to your readers
Contact all of your nominees and notify them of their award. You can pick as many blogs as you like, but five is the minimum.
Pass these rules on to them

So the thanks are done, but you can never thank enough, so thank you a TONNE Jane!

My award image is up there, loud and proud as I said!

Five facts about me that I (may or )may not have disclosed already… (damage limitation!)

I seriously can’t wrap presents! I wish I could pay for someone to make them look attractive, but they end up covered in half a roll of sticky tape! That, or I cut the paper short and have to do patch up jobs!!!
I once won a raffle, and the prize was £500 of travel vouchers… my mum asked for the cash instead, and being such a lovely sister, I gave half to my brother. the first £25 I spent on a mini jogging trampoline… I was a young teenager at the time, and you know what, I still have it here with me, nearly 3 decades later!!!
When I had m hair cut in a bob, with the curls, I was told I looked like Jennifer Grey, of Dirty Dancing fame…

You Decide!!!

I was a chronic nail biter when I was young, and I am gutted now! My nails used to be lovely, then I totally ruined them!!Please people! Refrain from ruination of the nail!!!!!!!
I LOVE CUDDLY TOYS!!!!!!!

And my nominees are…

Yadadarcyyada
Nutsrok
Down Home Thoughts
All Things Chronic
Kelzbelsphotography

As I say everytime, please don’t feel obliged to take part, it’s just my way of appreciating some more blogs, and sharing that appreciation, as someone, Jane, has done to mine!

Happy Blogging all!!!

The Best Words-On-The-Go Blogger!

26 Mar 2015 16 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Best Words on the Go Blogger, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

Caitlin at The Teen Daydreamer has set me an interesting challenge with this award!

Awarded 26-3-15

The rules say that you have to nominate 5 blogs, notify them of the award and then pick a title from one of the blogs’ recent posts and write them in a short story.

Hmmm.. this should be fun!

Nominations ready?!

The Summer Rain
LindaGHill
Sunset Dragon
Arwenagornstar
Climacticrhyme

Story
Let me dream a little dream… Maybe I’ll wake up and it will come true. Let me dream a modern fairytale, set in a mansion, with a park size garden. swimming pool, and all. Inside, all the mod-cons, several rooms, amazing kitchen, bathrooms to die for, and staff, of course… I wouldn’t want to spend all the time cleaning it! A charming, handsome prince, pandering to my every whim, invitations to all the parties, a whirlwind of a social life…….
Let me wake up and see if it’s come true… Could it be? Could it? No, not yet… well the Prince part is true at least! Oh well, I can dream…….

I hope you like my rather quick effort! And I hope that was ok, Caitlin!

CBA – no, not Can’t Be Arsed, Creative Blogger Award!

22 Mar 2015 17 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

Awarded 22-3-15

Seriously you guys! Another one?! My head is gonna be so big, I wont be getting gout of this house soon!

This time huge thanks to the Cornfed Contessa for this lovely award. Thank you a HUGE bunch for this, seriously! Your support means a lot to me!

So the rules…

1. Contact all of your nominees and notify them of their award. You can pick as many blogs as you like, but five is the minimum.

2. Give a shout-out to the blogger that nominated you and post a link to their website.

3. Share five random facts about yourself.

4. Display the Creative Blogger Award image above your post.

5. Pass along these rules to the nominees.

5 facts about me…

I’m a bad Indian… I cant eat chilli!
I once cut my hair off at the scalp at the front to make my small forehead bigger… regretted it when the hair came sprouting back!!
I LOVE mangoes! Alphonso Mangoes, from Mumbai are n=my absolute FAVOURITE!!!!
I once ripped open an advertising board at a bus top and nicked the Southern Comfort Poster inside for my friend… it was bigger than me! (Naughty, I know… don’t know what came over me!!!)
I wanted to teach since I was 7, and the then head girl at our school, Jo Duck, came to do work experience with us… it was then that I realised teaching was something you could choose to do, and that was what I wanted ever since!

And my nominees…

1) Sunset Dragon
2) Unheardunspokencogitationum
3) The Mad Hooligans Chrolicles
4) John Coyote
5) The Return Of The Modern Philosopher

Enjoy these blogs peeps, and thanks one again to my lovely nominator!!

❤