Liebster Award

I was recently nominated for this award by Sharon Ledwith, the author of the wonderful YA time travel series, THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS, released through Musa Publishing. She is also an awesome online friend and supporter.

BTW – Sharon has a kick-butt blog you should visit!

The rules for the Liebster Award are:

• Each nominee must answer the 11 questions.
• Create 11 questions for the next nominees to answer.
• Link back to who nominated them.
• Choose 11 people and link them in your post.
• Go to their page and tell them.
• No tag backs!

The totally awesome writers that I have nominated are (I’m going to cheat and only tag six):

Kendra S. Berni: http://kberni20.wix.com/kendra-berni

David Nye: http://www.unsupervisedtyping.com/

E.P. Marcellin: http://epmarcellin.com/buy-element-keepers/

Dianne Gardner: http://dragontargeseries.blogspot.com/

Marie Godley: http://marie-mariegodleybooks.blogspot.com/

Lisa Day: https://www.facebook.com/LisaDayAuthor

Q&A time:

Favorite Breakfast?

Waffles topped with peanut butter and syrup. Mmmm sin on a plate!

Beer or Wine?

Wine. And it must be Moscato.

Dog or Cat?

Dog. And I’m not talking about a little dog, either. I’m talking about Clifford.

Coffee or Tea?

Good ol’ southern sweet tea!

Winter or Summer?

Winter. I love snow.

PC or Apple?

PC.

What is your goal for 2013?

Market and sell thousands of copies of The Everafter Chronicles: Reign of the Night Creatures. Finish writing The Tree of Malice (The Everafter Chronicles, Book Two.) Make it to numerous best seller’s lists, and be featured on major news networks such as USA Today and Good Morning America.

What makes your day brighter?

Getting to spend time with my wonderful wife and son.

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

I’m an NCO in the Army, so I have quite a few. My biggest is probably procrastination. I hate it when people put off till tomorrow what can be done today.

How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus?

I still believe. :)

What do you write about?

I write MG/YA novels about adventures in alternate universes where mythological creatures exist and the sky is never the limit.

Evidently I have "One Lovely Blog" !

Okay, I'll play along. ;)

Thanks to the talented middle grade/young adult author Sharon Ledwith, I have been tagged with the ever popular One Lovely Blog Award. Please visit Sharon's awesome blog, and be sure to check out her The Last Timekeepers series!

Now, it is my duty as a recipient of this award to reveal seven random facts about myself. Here goes:

1) Contrary to what many of my online followers believe, I am not a very social person. In most conversations I am perfectly content with sitting back and listening to what others have to say.

2) I have a lucky baseball cap that has traveled with me around the world. It was with me during my first date, during the sand storms of Fort Bliss and during my adventure outings in Korea, Bahrain and Germany. I would seriously cry if I were to lose this hat!

3) My favorite times to write are either very early in the morning or late at night.

4) I am one of the weird Soldiers who actually LOVE the military. I love field exercises, going to the range, PT tests and everyday Soldiering. I truly believe that if I were to strike it rich tomorrow, I would choose to continue serving until I have done my 20.

5) I secretly dream of being a movie director someday. I'm a HUGE Spielberg fan. Did you know that I wrote, directed and played in my own full-length movie? Yeah! You can watch it HERE.

6) I currently have one son. (He just turned three months old, by the way!) I hope to have two more children: one more boy, and a girl. My wife keeps trying to convince us to shoot for four children. We'll see! :)

7) I don't like to play video games. (Well, except for the old NES version of Super Mario Bros., and a few ATARI games like Asteroid and Super Pit Fall.) I don't know why, I just get bored playing most games!


Okay, the following authors who I’ve chosen to receive One Lovely Blog Award are:

Virginia Lori Jennings

Virginia S. Grenier

Kendra S. Berni

 

Congratulations! Now you guys get to write a blog post listing seven random facts about yourselves and then nominate three other authors for the One Lovely Blog Award. Enjoy!

 

Everyone else, thanks for stopping by!

 

Happy Readings!

Casey Sean Harmon

www.caseyseanharmon.com

Updates...and Thanks!

In this post I will attempt to update you on some interesting things that are going on.

First off, I want to thank those of you who answered my call for help in my last post. It means a lot to me when my friends and fans care enough about my work to help me promote it, and I am forever grateful.

The three people (that I know of) who blogged about my book are: Kendra S. Berni, Elaine Taff and Jennifer Owenby. (Click on their names to access their blogs.) Again, thanks guys!

Next, I am pleased to announce that my Kickstarter campaign is up to 47 backers and $1,247.00 in pledges! And we still have 15 days to go until the event ends! I would like to say thank you to all of my faithful friends and fans who have pledged. Please continue to help me get the word out!

Speaking of my Kickstarter campaign, I have created a Facebook group open ONLY to those who have supported my project. Starting now until they receive their packages in the mail, I will post excerpts, behind-the-scenes details and illustrations--exclusive only to backers! This is just my way of saying thank you, and hopefully this will make the "Everafter" experience a little more special. :) So if you haven't already done so, pledge today to see what you are missing!

Today I conducted an interview with The Bavarian Times in reference to what it is like to be an author in the military. The article should be out sometime next week. Also, AFN (American Forces Network) will be filming a commercial to officially expose my "secret identity" (lol) this Sunday. Will keep you posted...

And last, I received news from my publisher a few days ago that I should be receiving my first copy of my book in the mail any day now. I can hardly wait! I will be posting pictures...

Again, thank you all for your support. This has indeed been an exciting adventure so far!

Until next time,
Casey Sean Harmon