Flashback Fridays, Six Flags Great America, & the Final Days of the YA Book Giveaway

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, I worked at a Six Flags park as a ride operator on these two rides:

 

 

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I had an oh-so-fun time in the two summers I was there. There are a number of songs that remind me of that carefree time, and this is one of them. How apropos given the theme of the song. So this is for all my old friends from SFGA (some of whom I am fortunate enough to still know today).

 

 

 

Don’t forget to enter my YA book giveaway, which ends tomorrow. Check out the details here.

Blog Awards and Giveaway

I used to work as a Ride Operator at Six Flags Great America. On slow days, some of the rides (usually the non-roller coaster types) experienced lulls with nearly empty queue lines. Occasionally, the same riders looped around to ride over and over again.

I liken Friday’s #queryclinic to one of those rides on one of those days with me being the only rider. So—for the time being—#Queryclinic, the Ride will close due to LOI (or lack of interest).

But to make Friday a celebratory day nonetheless, I have decided to share two blog awards I recently received:

The Versatile Blogger Award from Shawna at My Journey.

If you have not yet visited Shawna’s blog, you absolutely need to head over there. She blogs about her writing journey with grace and humor. I know she is destined for great things.

and

The Creative Blog Award from Nutschell at The Writing Nut.

Her blog is filled with information and insightful posts. I could spend hours perusing her site. It is a must-see! So head on over to visit her, as well.

Thank you both for bestowing the awards upon me. I am very grateful and honored!

Also, I am offering a YA Book Giveaway in celebration of 100 posts/100 Followers. All you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment. So click here to enter. The giveaway ends Wednesday, July 6^th.