My book has been nominated for an award! I have been nominated for a few awards over the years but this one means A LOT as it is nomination by people from within the infertility community, I am SO excited and SO honoured.
"The Best Book award is given to an author who has written and published a book that covers one or more of the following topics: coping with infertility, choosing a family building option, mind/body techniques as it relates to infertility or personal relationships and infertility."
I don't think I stand a hope in hell of winning as I am up against Alice Domar whose work just about every infertile has read (I have a copy of her book on my book shelf), but it is still a great honour to be nominated.
"The winner of this award will receive two (2) tickets to the Night of Hope, September 13, 2011 in New York City."
If I win, I am going so going to New York to attend the function. I have never been to America (can you believe that) and I am dying to go to New York so this will be my excuse to spend 100000000s on an air ticket. EEEEK, I am so nervous/excited omgimightgotonewyork!!
I know I am getting away with myself here as the chances of me winning are very remote, but I am so excited! Wow, what an honour.
Go vote for me so that I can go to New York. I need to visit America so that I can see what you Americans are really like, in person. And to understand finally WTF your obsession is with bacon. (We have bacon here, we have it for breakfast. We do not write about it, blog about it, make ice cream flavours based on it. I have never understood the American bacon obsession)
Vote here: http://www.resolve.org/vote
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Voted. Break a leg. You'll also discover that Candian Bacon = ham.
Posted by: Sue | 24 June 2011 at 12:34 PM
Congrats on the nomination, Tertia :)
Posted by: Marcia (123 blog) | 24 June 2011 at 12:36 PM
Wow! Congratulations and good luck! New York City is amazing!!!
Posted by: Heather | 24 June 2011 at 01:01 PM
I voted for you, because i also want to know about the bacon thing. If you win, you will post your bacon findings on your blog, right? Right?
Posted by: Jacki Janse van Rensburg | 24 June 2011 at 01:50 PM
MMmmmmmm .... bacon. Tasty, tasty, bacon.
MMMmmmmm ....
Where was I? Oh, yes, I voted. Go Tertia!
Posted by: mar | 24 June 2011 at 02:25 PM
Well done! Voted. Holding thumbs! :)
Posted by: Happy Troll | 24 June 2011 at 02:44 PM
Awesomness!!!! of course you will win.
Posted by: Black Troll | 24 June 2011 at 03:16 PM
Congrats! I will so vote. Multiple times. You better blog your bacon findings because I am also fascinated by the Americans and the bacon thing...
Posted by: Julia | 24 June 2011 at 06:17 PM
I'll vote for you ONLY if you visit Walmart and take many pics of the wierd Walmart shoppers! You must have seen the link...
Posted by: Ursula | 24 June 2011 at 07:19 PM
Yes, I also want to know about the bacon... But not in an obsessive way.
Congratulations on the nomination. I experienced NYC for a total of 6 hours at what was effectively 4am for us, after not sleeping for over 24 hours. My husband moaned the whole time, but I was transfixed by the awesomeness of just being there!
Posted by: Hanlie | 24 June 2011 at 09:26 PM
I voted for you, because I love both BACON and your book! Chocolate covered bacon..yummmmmmm
Posted by: gillian` | 25 June 2011 at 04:03 AM
About the bacon. I'm an American and I do love bacon. It is awesome. (Although the ice cream thing is weird) I noticed that when I went to London, what they called bacon was not 'American bacon'. It was more of a ham/procuitto breakfast meat. Perhaps your bacon is different too. Oh, and there is definately a debate over how to cook the bacon. Fried up crispy (my fav) or limp and chewier. And some places cook better bacon than others, so if it is all greasy and gross, don't write it off completely. So, now that I have contributed to the perception of our craziness over bacon, I will go vote so you can experience it first hand.
oh, and if you do have the same bacon, please explain your indifference?!?
Posted by: Elizabeth | 25 June 2011 at 03:40 PM
How very cool!!Good luck!
Posted by: Jeanette Verster | 25 June 2011 at 05:22 PM
Voted for you! Congrats on all of this!
Posted by: oneoftwomommies | 25 June 2011 at 08:55 PM
VOTED!!!
Posted by: jane | 26 June 2011 at 07:36 PM
I just voted for your book. I've got my fingers crossed because you have made such a difference for and inspired so many people to keep trying (including me!).
And, bacon makes everything better! :)
Posted by: Melissa in TN | 26 June 2011 at 07:53 PM
Congrats and have voted. Just because Iw ant to know about the bacon thing. Nah! Just joking. Loved your book too.
Posted by: cat@juggling act | 27 June 2011 at 02:32 PM
Voted. Holding thumbs!
Posted by: BiancaW | 27 June 2011 at 03:08 PM
Having done three fertility cycles in South Africa, I can definitely say they do NOT have American bacon!
And I do hope you win, Tertia, because I live only three hours from New York, and I'd *love* to see you again. :-)
Posted by: Beth | 28 June 2011 at 05:59 AM