I've won an award... :)

The Liebster Blog award! "Liebster, for those of you who cannot speak German, means "friend" and is aimed at those who have fewer than 200 followers. Right now I have less than 200, but someday I'll have more.  At any rate, here are the rules...
 - Link back to the person who gave you the award.  Check out her blog here.

- Pick five other people to give the award to and notify them on their blog.
- Post the award on your blog.
- Bask in the camaraderie of the most supportive people on the Internet—other writers.
- And best of all—have bloggity fun and spread the love.
It will also be fun to follow the blogs back and join more than the other winner blogs who accompany yours.


The winners are...drum roll, please......

Mandi Tucker Slack, author of "The Alias," a gripping suspense novel with a touch of romance and a sprinkling of religion. Just a sprinkling, enough to wet the pallet. :) Check it out!!

Terron James has written The Beholder series, which I have yet to read...but I'm sure they're fabulous!

Stephanie Peterson Abney reviews books and writes...and is darn good at it. :) Check it out!!

Paulette Inman (Pendragon) binds books and writes! Check it out!!

Roseanne Wilkins writes and has a fun blog full of book reviews and other random writing thoughts.

GO CHECK OUT THESE BLOGS AND FOLLOW THEM!!! Sorry...ahem...didn't mean to yell.Pass on the love and lets see how many followers we can help others get.

Tamara

Hanging with author Brandon Sanderson

Who got to hang with Brandon Sanderson, you ask? Why, that would be ME. Saturday I attended Polaris 25, a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention in Toronto (I happened to be visiting my brother, who lives 25 minutes away). It's one of those conventions where people dress up as their favorite characters and walk around. I went because one of my favorite authors was going to be there and teaching some panels about writing. Brandon Sanderson. His panels rocked; I got so much good advice from them! After his panels, he had booked 4 hours of Magic, a card game that he loves with a capital L. I love trying new things, so I stuck around, learned, and watched him play and chatted. It was fun! I got some great pointers on writing, and found Brandon to be fun and laid-back. Such a fun, worthwhile time!

He was posing with a close-mouthed smile, so I told him to show some teeth. HA! He sure did!

Such a nicer smile. ;)