Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
Oh, OK.
There is this.
Which surprised me rather. Not only did I not ask for any nominations, I was even a little negative on twitter about the whole award concept – it doesn’t seem to have a lot to do with how good your blog is, but a lot more to do with how much begging for votes you do. And when the nominations were opened, my timeline was suddenly full of begging, what’s more, it was being RTed all over the place too. Not good.
I note with interest that the MaDs this year have introduced a judges pick into their shortlists:
After four weeks, we�ll count up all the nominations and the four blogs in each category with the most nominations will become finalists. Our judges will also pick one blog for each category that they would like to see in the finals � we think this will give smaller, or newer blogs a chance to shine even if they don�t get quite as many nominations as bigger, more established sites.
An interesting step, and I hope it does help to make the process a little less just a grab for votes. I’ve also seen suggestions from the MaDs that ppl should post rather than tweeting – not going to help all that much when various ppl then auto tweet their posts, or get their tribe to do it for them 😉
I blogged on the topic of awards last year. I’ve just been back and read it, and yup, I’m still in the same place. I’d still love to win. I still have an eclectic blog that doesn’t fit easily into any other categories. (Still waiting for that life coach sponsored category for disorganised blogger with the best of intentions. Could they be twinned with a house decluttering and organising company please? Then I’d have more time to be organised on the blog, honest…) And I’m still not going to beg. I have even less time to spend on it all atm, given the new arrival (who is just stirring, deciding he might be hungry again. Gonna rename him bottomless pit. Oh, if only he were bottomless. Then I wouldn’t have to deal with his rear end and its prodigious output…)
Where was I?
Distracted by a baby, who’d a thunk it.
Ah yes, awards. I’d love to win. I’m not going to beg. There are better blogs and bloggers out there, probably who can be more convincing about themselves, their lives and their desires than I can be as well. And what is the Change category for the BiBs about anyway? Don’t quite understand. But thank you for the nomination. And I’m already practising my “I’m very happy for the winner” smile. (Though as I can’t afford the ticket for BritMums live, I’m not going to have to do it in person. Which is one silver lining I suppose.
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