Last  month, I was chuffed to be tagged for ‘The Inspiring Bloggers Award’. So to be tagged again, this time for ‘The Sunshine Award’ is awesome.

The Sunshine Award is a lovely sunny flower that bloggers give to other “bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere”.

For someone who writes pretty dark stuff most of the time, a sunny flower appearing on the page is a rare thing indeed. It’s not often I get to talk chocolate milkshakes and fluffy bunnies (which is what most of my ‘real’ life consists of), so here we go…

 

As with most awards, ‘The Sunshine Award’ comes with a few simple rules:

(1) Thank the person who gave you the award in your blog post.

(2) Do the Q&A below.

(3) Pass on the award to 10 – 12 deserving and inspiring bloggers, inform them and link to their blogs.

 

So firstly, I’d like to say a huge thanks to fab blogger and historical romance author, Shehanne Moore who very kindly tagged me for this award. And here’s the Q&A:

 

Favourite Colour: Red. But I also like purple.

Favourite Animal: I love bats. I think they’re amazing. We’re very fortunate to have Pipistrelles in the garden and I’m often out there on warm evenings with my bat detector. I was very privileged a while ago to have handled a Bechstein (which is very rare bat here in the UK), when I went to visit a bat carer. You can’t see the scale in the picture, but he was tiny and sooo cute.

I also adore rabbits and have had house bunnies for fifteen years. Over the years, all of my pets have come from backgrounds of neglect/abandonment/mistreatment. It’s brilliant being able to turn that around and make them trust again. Here’s my current boss, Tilly, sitting alongside her mum during an episode of The Vampire Diaries. She wasn’t quite as enthralled as me! Either that or she’d just seen Damon…

Favourite Number: I’ve always had a thing about the number 7. I’ve no idea why. I prefer odd numbers to even.

Favourite Non-alcoholic Drink: I drink a lot of water, indulge in Pepsi Max and also LOVE chocolate milkshakes. Here’s my favourite… (which is a photo from the night I signed my book contract. Yep, I’m wild.)

Facebook or Twitter: I’ve not been on Facebook overly long. I only have a Fan Page and not a personal profile which limits what I can do, but it’s great to chat to people there. I’ve been on Twitter longer and love chatting there too. Oh, I’ll just chunter away anywhere…

Your Passion: Writing. It always has been. As you’ve probably guessed, I also feel strongly about animal welfare.

Giving or getting presents: I’m a big kid when it comes to presents – either suits me!

Favourite Day: Any day where I get to write all day. I love that feeling.

Favourite Flowers: I love all types of lilies, but I’m going to be patriotic and pick daffodils as they’re my national flower. I may live in England now, but I’m still a proud Welsh girl. They’re a Spring flower so we’ve got loads in the garden at the moment, as you can see…

I’m now going to pass the award to…

The TVD crew for making Tuesday nights so much fun:

Tracey Rogers (now you have a blog, there’s no escaping!)

Rae Rivers

Alexa Fiennes

Aimee Duffy

Incy Black

Jane Hunt

Alison Lodge

Fiona Chapman

And for being a constant ray of sunshine, I’d also like to tag:

Amity Grays

Tima Maria Lacoba

Michelle Smart

Tim Pryor