As I mentioned last time, Maggie over at Maggie Madly Writing gave me the Irresistibly Sweet Blog award, which is very exciting indeed. There are four rules for this award:

1. Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
Thank you very much, Maggie. This was a complete surprise to me, I can tell you.

2. Share seven random facts about yourself.

Hmmm…

1. I always write with fountain pens, from a company called Lamy.
2. There are two characters in the story I’m writing now that I’ve been writing about for around forty years.
3. I am a devoted fan of the CMOS (Chicago Manual of Style).
4. I have never been west of Iowa or south of South Carolina.
5. I try to walk at least a couple of miles every day.
6. I was across the street from the World Trade Center on 9/11/01.
7. I had my first library card when I was three years old.

3. Pass the award along to 15 deserving blog buddies.

Glad to.

1. Alexis at Bunny Ears & Bat Wings
2. victanguera at I Had the Write Idea
3. Theresa at Ink Stained
4. Kristan at Kristan Hoffman
5. Laura at Laura Stanfill
6. Mandi at Mandi Kang
7. Klaus at movie reviews in about 100 words or less
8. Dave at My 2,500 Movies Challenge
9. Natalia at Natalia Sylvester
10. Tiyana at Seven & a Half First Drafts
11. Sonje at Sonje Jones
12. Farah at Spasi
13. Liz at stufflizreads
14. Bryna at The Everyday Epic
15. Gracie at The Handiest Girlie of All

4. Contact those buddies to congratulate them.

I’m gonna do that right now.