March Blog Challenge Day 19

March Blog Challenge

Day 19: what five blogs do you read and why

March 19, 2013

Top 5 Blogs I Follow

5.) Recently I found Aunt Mary’s blog for children. I think this is a great resource http://easyway1234.blogspot.com/ to find activities for children and to teach your kids how to follow and utilize a blog.

4.) Julie Palmer’s Domestic Goddess http://domesticgoddess40.blogspot.com/ I desperately want to be able to organize and coordinate my home. I follow this blog in the hope of learning some great tips and advice so that things could run more smoothly in my home.

3.) Donna http://www.girl-who-reads.com/ this is a great resource for indie e-authors. You can get involved with reviews; take part in guest blogging and so much more. I really like this blog because it is a great compilation of information.

2.) Roxanne Rhoad’s Roxanne’s Realm is a great blog for fantasy book reviews. I secretly dream of Roxanne writing a review and spotlighting my series one day http://roxannesrealm.blogspot.com/

1.) Taylor Lavati’s The Curse Books blog http://thecursebooks.blogspot.com/ & http://spoilerprincess.blogspot.com/ I started reading Taylor’s blogs because she was the first person to give me any advice about my blogs and she even wrote a review for my book.

Until next time or the next… dream

K.E.Nowinsky

March Blog Challenge Day 18

March Blog Challenge

Day 18: where are you happiest?

March 18, 2013

Thinking back of where I have been happiest, my answer would have to be Castaway Cay, Disney’s own private island. Over 10 years ago I went on a Disney Cruise Vacation with friends. We spent a couple days in the Walt Disney World parks; we were booked at The Boardwalk, a resort near Epcot. Then a couple days on the Disney Cruise Lines, I believe we were on the Wonder.  We stopped at a couple places; the first was where the resort Atlantis is. It is an amazing place with great excursions, underground aquariums, and mystical swimming lagoons.  When we were there Ricky Martin was filming a music video and we were unable to complete the entire aquarium tour.  But, my favorite was Castaway Cay. I usually don’t like beaches, the sand wasn’t course or hot; the sand was cool and cushy on my feet. On their beaches there were hammocks, it was very relaxing, and with the scenery very beautiful.  We snorkeled, swimming with great fish, and even a sea turtle. There were sunken treasures to explore, like a statue of Captain Mickey.  There is also an old WWII air field strip that you can walk, they had an old airplane fashioned with Donald Duck. You could also get massages in personal outside cabana’s (I couldn’t afford to do this) but it looked amazing. I joked that this would be my heaven – the cool sand, relaxing in the hammock, and nothing to worry about besides the passing storms. I’m sure there are new things added to Castaway Cay since I was there so many years ago. One of the popular features was Mount Rustmore. If you have never been, definitely put it on your places to visit, it is well worth it!

Until next time or the next… dream

K.E.Nowinsky

March Blog Challenge Day 17

March Blog Challenge

Day 17: When and why did you start blogging?

March 17, 2013

When I was looking into ways to promote my book and to get my name out there, the suggestion was to blog. So, last month I researched free blog sites and enrolled in Blogger.  It was really exciting and it took me a while to learn certain things (and still learning) but I think I am getting the hang of it. The March Blog Challenge has really helped me to find structure and blogging topics. I finally realized too how to organize the different topics. At first I was putting everything on one blog site (goingoffdreams.blogspot.com), and then when I decided to branch out I added three more sites. My personal life and experiences (testimonyinlife.blogspot.com) I put into one site, I am still working on structure. The other sites keep me busy and I haven’t really been able to write as much as I would like for the site titled Faith Warrior. One site that I wish more people would comment and interact with is Wait Watch Wonder (waitwatchwonder.blogspot.com). Here I write about movies and TV shows, something I have always loved.  Of course, goingoffdreams.blogspot.com is entitled Going off Dreams: the journey, here I write about my experiences in writing my first book.

Since I started blogging I realized it is a great way to cultivate many things, like writing techniques, and inner therapy. It is a place you can write whatever you want, people may or may not respond, and either way it’s out there and off your chest. This is one thing that I do need to work on – how do you get your readers to comment and interact with your posts?

Any questions, comments, or concerns are always welcomed. I know I am far from perfect and truly appreciate constructive criticism.  I appreciate you taking the time to read this; I look forward to hearing from you soon! Please – spread the word and share my blogs – Much love J

Until next time or the next… dream

K.E.Nowinsky