Today I bring you 4 freebies -- free offers for ebooks, audiobooks and a serialized memoir, and I bring you an update on Beautiful & Terrible Things. (Feel free to forward this email to friends you think might be interested in the offers.) World Day of Social Justice But first, I want to mention that … Continue reading 4 Freebies: Ebooks, Audiobooks & Serialized Memoir
Beautiful and Terrible Things is now in Round 3 of AllAuthor’s January Cover of the Month contest! Competition promises to be fierce in this round. Only 24 of the 50 covers in the running make it to the final round and some of the leaders clearly have a massive following voting for them. If you … Continue reading How to Vote Anonymously for AllAuthor’s Cover of the Month
I've lost track of how many readers and authors have said they love the cover of Beautiful and Terrible Things. I love it too, and am so grateful to the design team at Black Rose Writing for the incredible work that captures the diverse cast and the book's "vibe" so well. If you agree the … Continue reading Like My Cover? Please Vote! And Other Random Updates
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
It's been a long journey -- more than seven months -- but I'm thrilled with the end result: The Wallace House of Pain has been awarded a First Place prize in the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) competition for 2023. For those of you who have been riding along on this entire journey, as my … Continue reading First Place Prize for “The Wallace House of Pain”
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
My novelette The Wallace House of Pain has made it onto the "short list" for the 2023 Shorts Book Awards competition sponsored by Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA). "Shorts" encompass short stories, essays, novelettes, novellas and short story collections. From here, finalists are named, and then the winners will be chosen. About The Wallace House … Continue reading “The Wallace House of Pain” Short-Listed for a CIBA Award
My little novelette, The Wallace House of Pain, is having a good month! Three weeks ago, I announced that this story of family strife and personal identity won an American Fiction Award in the novelette category. Today, I am thrilled to announce that The Wallace House of Pain has made it onto the "long list" … Continue reading Chanticleer/CIBA Recognizes “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
We are conducting a book giveaway contest to clear out inventory of my last novel, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and make way for the next one—Beautiful and Terrible Things, which is being released by TouchPoint Press very soon. Winners also receive a free novelette and other Bonus Materials. Fifteen copies of the paperback version of … Continue reading Book Giveaway: 15 Copies of “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades”