One humble brag, two new podcast interviews and one opportunity for avid readers to take part in developing the next great reading app, all coming to you today. Wallace House of Pain Recognized...Again Taking deleted scenes from the full-length novel Beautiful and Terrible Things and turning them into a novelette called The Wallace House of … Continue reading What’s Your BookDNA?
I am humbled to report that my new novel Beautiful and Terrible Things has received two more book awards. This is in addition to two awards previously received. It's certainly beginning to feel like Christmas around here for me! Shelf Unbound Names BATT One of Five Finalists Shelf Unbound, an award-winning book review magazine that reaches … Continue reading “Beautiful & Terrible Things” Wins 2 More Book Awards
Contemporary novel Beautiful and Terrible Things has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the Fiction-Social Issues category of the 2024 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Contest. This award means a lot to me for two reasons. The first is that Readers' Favorite, which is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on … Continue reading Social Issues Aspect of “Beautiful & Terrible Things” Recognized
My version of March Madness--any brackets are the punctuation kind. 🙂 A lot of exciting things happened in March on the book front. Here are three tidbits I have not yet shared on this blog, and one ICYMI. The Wallace House of Pain Advances to the Finals for Chanticleer My novelette about a troubled father-son … Continue reading March Madness
I'm happy to share two new reader reviews of my award-winning novelette, The Wallace House of Pain. Both readers gave the short fiction work five stars, for which I am grateful. I am especially grateful to hear that my story resonated so strongly with this first reviewer; nothing makes an author more appreciative than knowing … Continue reading New Reader Reviews of “The Wallace House of Pain”
I don't usually post twice in a week -- that's why I call this blog a space for "semi-occasional" news. But it's been a good week for my novelette/play The Wallace House of Pain. A few days ago, I announced that the script for the play has been published in a literary journal. Today, I … Continue reading “The Wallace House of Pain” Wins American Fiction Award