Silk a Finalist In Its Very First Contest!

What a thrill to find out that Silk received an award in the category of historical fiction in an international contest!

Inspired by a writing friend’s success at an entirely different writing competition, I submitted the revised version of Silk for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021. How did I choose that one from the many?  Well, it was the next one (recommended by some book publicist) due from among the ones I looked at! So, in a big rush, I did something I don’t know if I’ve ever done before—I paid extra for fast shipping to send the three required copies to them! (In my case, they were advanced reader copies, of course.) It always helps me to have deadlines so that I’ll get a move on things.

Speaking of deadlines, the contest has had a profound effect on another very pertinent one—because the organization will be publicizing its winners, Silk’s release date has been bumped up to June 30^th!  The e-book is now up for pre-order on Amazon—so do go ahead and reserve your copy if you read a Kindle and would like to ensure it’s delivered as soon as it’s released. As it becomes available with other vendors, I will try to keep you posted. If you prefer to own a paperback copy, mark your calendar for June 30^th, when it will be available to order.

So, I suppose one might say that the Next Generation Indie Book Awards has lit a fire under my butt not once, but twice!  Very efficient of them.  But it’s quite alright. I’ll bear such difficulties gladly. In fact, the day I found out about the award, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much .