{"id":571,"date":"2013-01-03T11:27:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2013-01-03T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:31:37","slug":"blog-of-the-year-2012-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/03\/blog-of-the-year-2012-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog of the Year 2012 Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but 2012 went by too fast and was an amazing year. I met an endless number of wonderful writers and read so many great stories that they wrote. Some even got agents! And I couldn&#8217;t be more proud x) This lovely award was bestowed upon me by my dear compadre, <a href=\"http:\/\/addictivestory.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meg<\/a>, better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/markedforpower\" target=\"_blank\">Markedforpower<\/a> to you twitter fantatics. Her blog is a great place to go for thought provoking topics on writing and I love all the pictures she uses (she makes them herself)!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Blog of the Year Award banner 600\" src=\"http:\/\/addictivestory.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/boty-banner600.jpg?w=600&#038;h=184&#038;fit=600%2C184&#038;resize=580%2C178\" width=\"580\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yay, what a B E A uuuuuutiful award!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rules:<\/p>\n<p>1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the <strong>\u2018Blog of the Year 2012\u2019 Award <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen \u2013 there\u2019s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required \u2013 and \u2018present\u2019 them with their award.<\/p>\n<p>3 Please include a link back to this page <a title=\"\u2018Blog of the Year 2012\u2019 Award\" href=\"http:\/\/thethoughtpalette.co.uk\/our-awards\/blog-of-the-year-2012-award\/\"><strong>\u2018Blog of the Year 2012\u2019 Award<\/strong><\/a><b> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/thethoughtpalette.co.uk\/our-awards\/blog-of-the-year-2012-award\/\">http:\/\/thethoughtpalette.co.uk\/our-awards\/blog-of-the-year-2012-award\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>and include these \u2018rules\u2019 in your post (please don\u2019t alter the rules or the badges!)<\/p>\n<p>4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the \u2018rules\u2019 with them<\/p>\n<p>5 You can now also join our Facebook group \u2013 click \u2018like\u2019 on this page <strong><a title=\"Facebook Blog of the Year group\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BlogoftheYear\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Blog of the Year 2012\u2019 Award Facebook group<\/a> <\/strong>and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience<\/p>\n<p>6 As a winner of the award \u2013 please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award \u2013 and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar \u2026 and start collecting stars\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For me, the person who deserves the <strong>Blog of the Year 2012\u00a0Award<\/strong> is a no brainer. The posts are insightful, the content is hilarious and the gifs&#8230;.oh the gifs! I am certain you&#8217;ll agree that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fizzygrrl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fizzygrrl Blog<\/a> is a hands-down winner! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fizzygrrl\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Heacock<\/a>, aka the funniest, fizziest and fuzziest girl on the web has a rockin&#8217; blog. From funny stories about her adventures in motherhood to tales from the query trenches and agent insights, Summer has put together a go-to blog for any writer. Check it out, subscribe, check it out again and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Have a Happy New Year! I&#8217;ll bet 2013\u00a0will be\u00a0as awesome as we all hope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but 2012 went by too fast and was an amazing year. I met an endless number of wonderful writers and read so many great stories that they wrote. Some even got agents! 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