Official Announcement: I’m as Odd as Franz Kafka

I’ve just completed an online MBTI test. This personality test is based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which you can read about here

My test results classed me as INFP (I=Introverted, N=Intuition, F=Feeling, P=Perception). Being introverted isn’t always easy, but I’m immensely cheered to know with which writers, poets, and playwright I share this personality type.

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka

George Orwell
J R R Tolkien
C S Lewis
Virginia Woolf
A A Milne
J K Rowling
Franz Kafka
Edward Allan Poe
Neil Gaiman
Ray Bradbury
H P Lovecraft
Sylvia Plath
John Milton
William Blake
Hans Christian Anderson
Homer
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
William Shakespeare

All I can say is, now I have an excuse for writing strange stuff. It’s in my personality!

Many thanks to the ENFJ (E=Extroverted, N=Abstract, F=Feeling, J=Judging) Christy Birmingham for drawing my attention to this test in her post http://poeticparfait.com/2013/11/21/personality-types-are-you-like-nelson-mandela-too/

Gary Bonn talks about WriterLot, where I’m guest storytelling!

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This is what Gary has to say about his dynamic international group  WriterLot and about my story Picture This …

A couple of years ago I had mad idea – why not get a bunch of writers together and set up a site that would enable people to access a free bit of writing for their coffee break/wind-down time/bed-night-story time, or whatever?

I sent out an open invitation and grabbed the first fourteen writerly respondents. An international group from seven different countries. ‛Right – we’re going to put out one piece every day – that means one every two weeks for each of us.’

What could possibly go wrong?

As it happens – nothing. I’m still dazed by the discipline everyone has shown (especially me) and frequently dazzled by the writing. WriterLot are a fun, friendly and supportive group.

We challenge each other… “Gary, you’ve never written from the viewpoint of a frog – deal with it”, Gary, write a story that changes genre half way though – but the reader won’t notice”, uh… what?

We love guest writers and it’s wonderful to have Sarah Potter with us. We hope she’ll come back again and again. Take a look at the piece she’s provided and be swept away into a beautifully (and very accurately) described world, which brought back my nightmares of psychiatric nursing.

Thank you, Sarah!

Gary Bonn

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Thank you, Gary, for your kind comments and for inviting me to guest post on your website. There are some really talented regular contributors on writerlot.net, so do check them out after you’ve read  Picture This.

Woot! I’ve Been Nominated for Blog of the Year Award, 2013:-)

Blog of The Year 2013 Award

Many thanks to skolender for nominating me for the Blog of the Year Award 2013. Do check out his art blog at http://skolender.wordpress.com, which is full of wonderful paintings by the great man himself.

The instructions for this award are simple:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2013’ Award

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

3 Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them – (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)

4 Come over and say hello to the originator of the ‘Blog of the Year 2013’ Award via this link – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/

5 You can now also join the ‘Blog of the Year’ Award Facebook page – click the link here https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear/ and share your blog posts with an even wider audience.

6 And 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 start collecting stars…

Blog of The Year 2013 Award

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 – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

My nominations for Blog of the Year Award, 2013

Cindy Knoke  – photography

boy with a hat  – writing

Ese’s Voice   – photography, haiku, and haibun

Jaycee68 – life journal and fearless opinions

Writing Between the Lines  — storytelling through travel photography and words

The Why About This  — words of encouragement and photography

lead.learn.live. —  inspirational words and pictures, quotes, music, human psychology

Harvesting Hecate — thoughts on creativity, writing, and magic

Graphite Bunny —  short, quirky prose

Harcourt 51 — haiku, photography, reflections on life

digginwivdebb — allotment diary

The View Outside — writing

Ralphie’s Portal — humour, poetry, and comment (serious or tongue-in-cheek)

Poetic Parfait — poetry, music, and inspiration

skolender — art