Blogoversary Giveaway!

Just today I realized that I have been blogging on Blogger for three whole years. My Blogger blogging anniversary was last week on the 7th, and so this is a perfect excuse to hold a giveaway that I was saving for a rainy day!

I thought I would do a survey and ask a few interesting questions that might  help me with making this blog more reader friendly.

I always like filling out forms, so I assume you do too!  I'm sure you're also curious as to what you can win in this giveaway.

It's a book. Let me tell you about it!


During the Reign of Terror, there were many things that were strange or unusual. One of these oddities was the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel.  This seeming phantom of a man rescued the French nobility from the horror of the guillotine and smuggled them to England where they would be safe.


The story centers on a young French woman know as "the cleverest woman in Europe", and her husband, one of the wealthiest men in England. She does not have the married life she had hoped for, yet in the midst of her personal turmoil comes a betrayal that ends with a shocking turn of events. Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and what happens to the young French woman, Margurite Blakeney? 

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I first read The Scarlet Pimpernel after I received it as a gift for my 16th birthday, and ever since then it has been a favorite with me and my sister! I have even read a few of the sequels which are just as exciting as the first. If you have read the first book, definitely try to look up some of the sequels.

As an exciting gift to you, I have four used, paperback copies of The Scarlet Pimpernel to giveaway! They are in excellent condition, with only a black mark through the bar code on the back. 

Yes, four copies! That means four readers get to win this wonderful adventure for their own libraries!

Mandatory Entry


Fill out the Blogoversary Survey! Make sure to leave a comment on this post after you finish, otherwise it doesn't count.


Optional Entries
Leave a comment for each additional entry.

1. Follow Defective Compositions.
2. Tweet about the giveaway, and include @Eyebright17 in the tweet.
3. Post about the giveaway on Facebook.
4. Put the giveaway button in your sidebar.

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The Giveaway will be open until September 21st.

What Are Your Thoughts On The Subject?

I have read so often that to be a good and successful blogger, you should pick a subject and stick to it. If you are going to be crafty, stay crafty. If you are going to be political, stay political, etc. If you feel you must branch out to something different, have a different blog. That's what they say.

The first thing you need to decide when you build your blog is what you want to accomplish with it, and what it can do if successful.  -Ron Dawson

I agree, for the most part. If I go to a crafty blog, I go to see  crafts! I don't mind the occasional rabbit trail, because it adds variety, and insight to the keeper of the blog. I myself have had a separate photo blog, and several joint blogs covering crafts, writing, and others I'm sure.

Now I come to the question of this post. Do I have a theme or drive to my blog? Is there a particular subject that I write well, or that you, as the reader, enjoy the most? When you think of my blog, do you think crafts? Photography? Writing? What comes to mind?

A blog is what all “websites wanted to be” updated on a regular basis, contains content that is of interest to a select or target audience and is easy to update and change. - Unknown

As a side question, what do you think of having separate blogs for different subjects, and what do you think of combining all of your interests into one blog? What are your thoughts on the subject?

Ali's African Adventures

I wanted to take a few moments and direct you to a blog that really impresses me, in many ways. It is called Ali's African Adventures, and although she is no longer in Africa, her writings remain just as informative and touching as ever.

Ali worked on a Mercy Ship in West Africa, and her blog was devoted to that, sharing the experiences, and stories, of the people she met and helped there. Now she is traveling around the world, and as she shares about that adventure, it is just as touching.
Every time I visit her blog, I can not come away without desperately wanting to help, or wishing that I could somehow be there too, and be as emotionally charged with the welfare of the lost, the sick, and the hungry as Ali is.
It impresses me, and makes me look at my own life, and how little I feel I am doing. Even if I never set foot off of US soil again, Ali's blog inspires me to see what I can do around me, and I hope it does the same for you.

Find Me At Defective Compositions!

I have never really, truly blogged here on Blogger, because I have a blog elsewhere. Yes, it is true, and you can really find me at Defective Compositions. I would love for you to visit me there, so stop on by!