div style=”text-align: left;”I recently reached my first blog milestone – 100 followers! I’m really excited, especially considering I’ve only been blogging regularly since December. As a THANK YOU to all of you (seriously – you rock), I’m going to give one of you a bspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size:large;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color:#FF6600;”/span/span/bspanspanb$25 Amazon.com gift card/b! /span/spanThere are so many amazing new releases that you could buy with this gift card. Like ia href=”http://www.amazon.com/Where-She-Went-Gayle-Forman/dp/0525422943/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1302004379amp;sr=8-1″Where She Went/a/i. And ia href=”http://www.amazon.com/Wither-Chemical-Garden-Trilogy-DeStefano/dp/1442409053/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksamp;ie=UTF8amp;qid=1302004407amp;sr=1-1″Wither/a/i. And ia href=”http://www.amazon.com/Between-Shades-Gray-Ruta-Sepetys/dp/0399254129/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksamp;ie=UTF8amp;qid=1302004452amp;sr=1-1″Between Shades of Gray/a/i. I could go on, but you get the gist. /divdivbr //divdivI’ll keep the rules simple. You just have to be a follower of this blog and fill out the form at the bottom of this post. You get an extra entry for tweeting. I’ll select a winner using random.org. The deadline is bSunday, April 10 at 11:59 Eastern Time/b. Good luck, and thanks again for following!! You all make me feel so happy to be a writer and part of this community. /divdivbr /Since this post is all about the blogger love, I thought it would be a good time to thank a couple of lovely ladies for passing on blog awards./divdivbr //divdivThanks a href=”http://readingwritingandribaldry.blogspot.com/”Girl Friday/a for passing on the One Lovely Blog Award spanspanand /spana href=”http://aleezarauf.blogspot.com/”Aleeza/aspan for the Versatile Blogger Award! You girls are so sweet and anyone who isn’t reading your blogs needs to!/span/span/divdivspanspanbr //span/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; “a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P0aphERwPOk/TZp8i4MPyGI/AAAAAAAABvU/F-z_9sjeJp4/s1600/Versatile-Blogger.jpg” onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ipd1I1dC9Vg/TZp8imeX_aI/AAAAAAAABvM/IBCKHybsepk/s400/OneLovelyBlog%255B1%255D.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591918821219237282″ style=”cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; ” //a /spana href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P0aphERwPOk/TZp8i4MPyGI/AAAAAAAABvU/F-z_9sjeJp4/s1600/Versatile-Blogger.jpg” onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}”img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P0aphERwPOk/TZp8i4MPyGI/AAAAAAAABvU/F-z_9sjeJp4/s400/Versatile-Blogger.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591918825975040098″ style=”cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; ” //a /divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “/span/divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color:#0000EE;”/span/divspanspanbr /I’m supposed to write 7 things about myself for the Versatile Blogger Award so here goes:/span/span/divdivolliI’m basically lactose-intollerant (I say basically because I can eat some dairy in moderation with the help of lactose pills). It SUCKS. #ilovecheese/liliI want to adopt a puppy and can’t wait until I have time for one. I really want one of a href=”http://www.pluspets.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/French-Bulldog3.jpg”these/a. So cute! /liliMy current fave writing snack is a chai tea latte (with soy) and a a href=”http://www.lepainquotidien.com/”Le Pain Quotidian/a apple muffin. YUM./liliI’m so excited that it’s spring but I’m not looking forward to summer. I hate the gross NYC heat. /liliMy new favorite writing tool is a href=”http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/”Pomodoro/a. Have you tried it? It’s doing wonders for my productivity. /liliThe last book I read was ia href=”http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7283851-the-boyfriend-list”The Boyfriend List/a/i by E. Lockhart. I loved it./liliMy 5 year college reunion is in June. I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years!/li/ol/divdivspanspanI’m passing these awards to…/span/span/divdivspanspanbr //span/span/divdivspanspanbOne Lovely Blog Award/b/span/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://www.jenniferhillier.ca/”Jennifer Hillier/a (Her novel CREEP comes out this summer and her blog is great. Check out her 4-part prison visit series – fascinating stuff!)/span/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://www.robynbradley.com/robyn-bradleys-blog/”Robyn Bradley/a (She has a few eBooks published and always posts interesting topics on her blog.)/span/span/divdivspanspan/span/span/divspanspana href=”http://www.stinalindenblatt.com/”Stina Lindenblatt/a (A talented writer and photographer who posts tips for both on her blog.)/span/spandivspanspan/span/spana href=”http://deborahburns.blogspot.com/”Deborah Burns/a (She has a lovely blog, and wrote an amazing post recently about the kind of writer she wants to be. Check it out!)/divdiva href=”http://seepamwrite.blogspot.com/”Y(A)? Cuz We Write!/a spanspan(Quita and Pam are great! I really enjoy their posts.)/span/spanbr /divdivspanspanbr //span/span/divdivspanspanbVersatile Blogger Award/b/span/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://lydiakang.blogspot.com/”Lydia Kang/a (She has the best drawings and I learn so much in her Medical Monday posts.)/span/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://inkslingergirls.blogspot.com/”The Ink Slingers/a (Not just because I guest posted there. I love the variety of topics and discussions on their blog!)/span/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://myfleet-footedself.blogspot.com/”Sophia Richardson/a (/span/spanspanspanHer Genre of the Month series is great!)/span/spanspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=” color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:13px;”/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://paranormalpointofview.blogspot.com/”Lisa Gail Green/a (She gives wonderful writing advice and is so supportive of others.)/span/span/divdivspanspana href=”http://laurapauling.com/”Laura Pauling/a (I only recently discovered her blog and her posts on the craft of writing are fantastic!)/span/span/divdivspanspanbr //span/span/divdivspanspanCongrats all!!/span/span/div/div/divdivspanspanbr //span/span/divdivbTell me: what’s your favorite writing snack?/b/divdivspanspanbr /br /iframe src=”https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dEEwa2szYUY5UHp5YjE3YXRJbEJKTXc6MQ” width=”760″ height=”639″ frameborder=”0″ marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″Loading…/iframebr /br //span/span/divdivspanspaniPsst: Don’t forget to enter the a href=”http://ghenetwrites.blogspot.com/2011/04/ya-cafe-april-fools-joke-contest.html”YA Cafe April Fools joke contest/a for a chance to win a *signed* copy of R.L. Stine’s BITTEN. The deadline is tomorrow!/i/span/span/div