June Accountability Check-In… and Something Special for 12x12ers

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Is June over already? How did that happen?

I have a bit (not much) to report as I check in on my accomplishments for the month, and I’m going to do it a little differently this time. Darlene Foster has been sweet and generous, and has given me TWO blog awards this week, the “One Lovely Blog Award” and the “Reader Appreciation Award.” Thank you so much, Darlene!

Because of these awards, 12 x 12 participants will definitely want to read to the end of this post to see how my celebration of the half-way mark for 12×12 concludes today.

Since, like many of these blog awards, one of the requirements is to share seven things about oneself, I am going to do my check-in as my seven things. Click the magic words to find out what I did this month!

1. Yes, I did complete a picture book manuscript (first draft only) for the 12 x 12 challenge. It popped into my head out of the blue, because of what was going on in my own life that day, and quickly put itself on paper. So I’m 6 for 6 in 12 x 12.

2. I had four awesome interviews on my blog this month, Emma Walton Hamilton, Imogen Ragone, Brian Sibley and Julie Hedlund. I have no idea how I’m ever going to top them. If you haven’t already read these interviews, I urge you to do so. They absolutely blew me away!

3. Thanks to beginning to read the book Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder, I finally got a handle on how to write my adult novel, and that has been my major writing focus this month.

4. I had a chance to do a guest post on Jennifer Young’s blog, and I so enjoyed talking about resources for emerging writers.

5. I spent much more time the second half of the month shopping for appropriate clothes to wear to the Stony Brook Southampton Children’s Literature Conference in July than I did writing. That’s life. One must have clothes, and when one is not-slim and not-tall, finding flattering clothes is sometimes more of a challenge than one would wish.

6. In my check-in post for May, I said that in this month’s check-in I would take a look at my progress on my year’s goals as set out in January. I think it would be a good idea to hold off on that… perhaps as we start September and are looking toward the “home stretch.” Too much serious reflection at this time of year seems out of place, somehow.

7. Speaking of summer, this blog will be on hiatus for the next three weeks (or so) and I may be making some changes to the posting line-up when the blog and I return. Enjoy your July, whatever it holds for you!

 

And now, in celebration of the half-way point of 12 x 12, instead of awarding the “One Lovely Blog Award” and the “Reader Appreciation Award” to just a few bloggers, I want to award it to

all the participants in 12 x 12 in 2012.

You are all awesome, and I’m so grateful to be a part of such a creative, supportive group. Thank you!

Just as Darlene did, I’ve combined the rules of the two awards, so here are the rules for recipients:

  • Thank the person/people who nominated you and link back to them in your post
  • Share 7 things about yourself
  • Nominate  six  to ten  blogs you admire
  • Contact your chosen bloggers to let them know

And here are the lovely badges:

 

Have a wonderful summer, all of you! Thanks for reading! See you when my blog is back from hiatus.

 

30 thoughts on “June Accountability Check-In… and Something Special for 12x12ers”

  1. Angela Brown

    Congrats on the blog awards. You are a hard working blogger so well deserved.

    Sounds like your goals are moving along swimmingly! That is awesome. Keep at it and thanks for being a positive inspiration. 🙂

    1. Beth

      Thanks so very much, Angela! And thanks for being such a regular, insightful, encouraging commenter on my blog!

  4. patientdreamer

    Congrats on your achievements Beth. Enjoy your time on Long Island, I know I did. If you have time check out the Hamptons and Sag Harbour, you will love them. All the best!

    1. Beth

      Thanks, Diane. The conference is in the Hamptons, so I’ll get a taste of the area even at the conference, then I have a couple of days after the conference is over for exploring. (And I have a ticket to a play at Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor on the Sunday night. It’s a remount of the first play ever done in the theatre, 20 years ago.)

  6. Pam

    Congratulations on everything you’ve accomplished, Beth! Way to Go! Tickets to the play, eh? I know you’re excited about that. I hope you have an amazing time at the conference. Congratulations on the awards and thanks for sharing them. You have such a generous spirit.

    1. Beth

      Thanks so much, Tina! I found some clothes that will, I hope, look presentable at the conference, but a definitively “lovely outfit” continues to elude me…

  8. Darlene Foster

    Thanks for the mention Beth. I think it is wonderful that you have passed on these awards to your fellow 12×12 participants. I think you have acconmplisehed a lot. Enjoy the summer!

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  13. Hannah Holt

    Have a great blog-cation and an enjoyable conference. (I’m sure your outfit is perfect… A lovely outfit for a lovely person!) You have had a busy month! Whew. I’ll look forward to your starting up again in a few weeks. Til then, congrats on your six manuscripts and best wishes for six more.

  14. Dana Carey

    Wow, Beth! You’ve done a lot! Congrats all around. Have a great time at your conference– I’m sure you’ll look smashing! 🙂

  15. Julie Hedlund

    You are on a winning streak, Beth – congratulations! Enjoy the conference, and we’ll try to wait patiently to hear all about it when you get back. Thanks again for your patronage of 12 x 12 AND for hosting me this week!

  17. Susanna Leonard Hill

    Congrats on the awards, thanks for a lovely post, and have a GREAT TIME at the conference where I’m sure you will look lovely no matter what you’re wearing 🙂 I can’t wait to hear all about it. And if you want to tai e a detour whilst you are in the Empire State, let me know 🙂

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