Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008

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Michele L. Tune

I know it was more than coincidence that I happened upon an amazing ezine as I was searching for writing markets last year. Excited to find a new market to submit my work to, I quickly sent off a query to the editor. It wasn’t long before I heard back with an acceptance. Boy, what a nice surprise that was! I had been wading through rejection letters (trying not to let them get me down) so when I read that this editor loved my piece and wanted to buy it (and pay for it right away via PayPal), I was overjoyed!

That editor ended up publishing a few articles of mine. She was always professional and a joy to work with. She also started a blog, which I began reading religiously. She shared markets, writing gigs, information, and much more. I’m still following that blog (which eventually merged with the write-from-home.com website/ezine and it’s always fun and informative.

So, the other day when we were chatting in her comments, I mentioned I thought I’d been reading her blog since it was first born and she said she thought I was the first one who ever commented and she wanted to make me something for sticking with her so long. I had NO CLUE what she’d end up making. If you know Amy at all, you know what I’m talking about! But I was elated when I received an e-mail with the subject line: Punk Duck Award. She made me an award and I love it! I’ve displayed it in the sidebar (proudly). I’m honored to be a Punk Duck!! Thanks, Amy!

Be sure to check out Amy Derby’s Punk Duck Series. It’s awesome! Maybe she’ll consider you a Punk Duck, too!

So, how has your week been? Have you been enjoying our guest bloggers? Would you like to be a guest blogger on the cyber highway? Jump in the comments and spill the beans!

Hope you’ve been having lots of success writing the cyber highway!

It does, doesn’t it? Have its rewards, I mean. Sure, it’s not always easy to find the time to blog and we don’t always feel like cranking out a post. Sometimes our blogs go neglected until they’re collecting cyber cobwebs and our faithful readers e-mail and tell us something like: “hey, you haven’t updated in a week/month! When are we going to get a new post?” And so we feel guilty that we’ve let life get in the way of our passion for the blogosphere…

If only there were more hours in the day we could spend loads of time writing blog posts, visiting and commenting on other fantabulous blogs, and even discover new ones we never knew about. But life is busy and hectic and crazy and sometimes it has to come first, regardless.

I know you wonder where all my rambling is going. It’s going somewhere, I promise. This Arte Y Pico award, the one you see in this post, was presented to me by Grandy, over at Functional Shmunctional. This lady is amazing. Since the first time I visited her blog, I knew I’d have to return again and again. Her posts are like Pringles–you can’t have just one! I love this lady. She’s brilliant and her posts reflect her colorful personality beautifully. There’s never a dull moment with her and I’m just so honored to have crossed cyber paths with her.

When she presented this award to me, here’s what she had to say:

Michele over at Writing the Cyber Highway ~ This lady can really make you think, and feel. Isn’t that what writers do? Well, Michele will make you put the words into a sentence and push you to get the words written. She is quite a mentor and cheerleader to me. Thank you sweets!

Ah… *wipes tears*

Thanks so much, Grandy! Even as a creative writer, I can’t find the right words to express my gratitude and appreciation. Thanks, blogging buddy. You’ve made my day!

I can pretty much guarantee (if you like hilarious entertainment) that you’ll want to subscribe to her feed. She doesn’t have a lot of confidence in her writing abilities yet, but I personally think she’s quite talented and knows how to captivate her readers. She’ll keep you hanging on every syllable ’till the very end of the post and you just have to jump right in and comment. She responds to every single comment she gets–and they’re usually always in the double digits!

One of the rules is to give this award to five other bloggers. Since I try to keep up with about a gazillion blogs and I’m not quite sure who already has it, feel free to grab it up and post that I gave it to you. Just be sure to come by and leave a link to your post in the comments so I can check it out! And to anyone who has given me an award and I haven’t posted about it, my sincerest apologies. I’m not the best at remembering and posting about these things. But this one grabbed my heart. I knew I had to accept this award because Grandy’s words about me were just so sweet and touching.

Here’s to awards for writing the cyber highway!