1. Mrs Tribble’s ‘Wine and Roses from Outer Space’

http://rosewinelover.com/

Why? Because I really passionately believe in the good that this blog does. I find the stories told on this blog to be encouraging and empowering and important. I am interested in autism and epilepsy and I find this site to be a practical approach to these issues.

2. Lily Wright

http://lilywight.com/

I like the assortment of good things that this lady posts. I especially like the articles on Middle Earth surfacing at the moment. Go check them out

3. Marc Shuster’s ‘Abominations’

Welcome…

I like Marc’s blog because Marc is a fellow writer like myself and because he supports indie and small print publishers. great job, Marc!

4. Stephen Ormsby’s Author Website

http://stephenormsby.wordpress.com/

The series of author interviews Stephen is conducting are really interesting. One with Margo Lanagan was particularly memorable.

Business resumes as normal on this blog on sunday, when I look at a crash hot genre in speculative fiction, steampunk! Happy reading!

http://rosewinelover.com/

The Blog of the Year Award has simple rules.

Here are the ‘rules’ for this award:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.

3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/ and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)

4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them.

5 You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience.

6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

Which means that you can check out your favourite blogs, and even if they have already been given the award by someone else, then you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

For more information check the FAQ on The Thought Palette.

I will consider my nominations and write about each blog tomorrow. Meanwhile, happy reading!