Drugged and Dragging

The heroes and heroines in my books are tough and brave.  It is fantasy after all.  Some of you know I had ankle surgery yesterday.  Today I'm dragging and still trying to shake off the anesthesia.  I don't do well with any kind of meds.  I'm actually taking only ibuprofen but not because I'm tough or brave or stupid about pain. I just get really sick taking any kind of narcotics.  I'd rather be in pain than sick in my stomach.
The good news is that without the mind-fogging narcotics, I'll hopefully be clear-headed enough to keep working on my WIP.  And I'll have a new perspective on my characters' physical discomforts.
For more on dealing pain to your characters please visit the group blog I share a few other members of Pennwriters.  The Susquehanna Writers can be found here.  I'd like to hear your opinions on how TV, Movies and Books handle pain and injury.

Sweet, Sweet Prizes

It's here! Blogmania!  Link over to The Susquehanna Writers and take a chance to win a prize worth more than $100.  Books, chocolate and wonderful things for readers and writers.  From there you can link to other blogs, make comments, join as a follower and have chances to win even more prizes.

Blogmania is a drive to bring more traffic to blogs by bribing people with terrific gifts with no risks involved.  And hopefully some of those newcomers and will stick around and help our group blog grow.  I've donated the first book in The Solonian Chronicles, The Greater Good.  I hope whomever wins it wants to read the next three book in that series.  I've also donated a copy of The Keepers of Sulbreth.  With the next book in that series due out in January, I'll be doing lots of promotion over the next few months.  Stay tuned.  Please hope over and follow The Susquehanna Writers.  Maybe you'll win.

I've won some terrific books in a few contests sponsored on blogs and some other neat items.  Have you ever won and if you have, what was the best prize you ever received?

Blogmania!

The Susquehanna Writers, a group blog composed of local Pennwriters, is going to be part of Blogmania.  Every blog involved in this yearly event will offer terrific prizes.  All prizes must have a minimum value of $100.
Later this week I'll have a picture of the basket put together as a group effort by my colleagues.  I contributed copies of The Greater Good and The Keepers of Sulbreth.  Hopefully I'll not only interest some new readers but we'll draw more followers to our young blog.  Cate Masters is running her own giveaway as a leadup to the September 14th and 15th event. 
I want to thank Cate for all the work she's done to set up our blog and give her due credit for its success.  I can't wait to see how many new followers we get.
How many blogs are you part of?  Are they all your individual blogs or are you part of a group? Have you found contests and giveaways to be successful ways of bringing attention to your blog?

Circle of Friends Blog Award

I've strived to be more vigilant on not only posting on my own blog but also in visiting my friends' blogs. So far I've succeeded in being more active and I've also discovered more blogs and made some new friends to go along with the old ones. (old in years of friendship only, not actual age)

Helen Ginger is such a friend. She blogs everyday and always includes interesting links and has many interesting guests. Yesterday she graciously gave me a Circle of Friends Blog Award and I'm proud to pass it along. Please visit these friends and maybe you'll meet some more interesting characters and learn something new.

Cate Masters

Jon Sprunk

Vicki Smith

Please stop by and meet some of my friends and perhaps we can all make our circles bigger.