Natasha Boyd's Blog - Posts Tagged "cbr"
Deep Blue Eternity wins an award ...
A few months ago I was notified that my book Deep Blue Eternity was a FINALIST in this international writing competition run by Chanticleer Reviews and Media. I was pretty excited, and a little skeptical it was some kind of mistake, because apparently there were about 5 or more rounds of increasingly competitive judging, and sudden death type culling, and somehow I made it to be a finalist.
Then to find out that Deep Blue Eternity was announced as a FIRST IN CATEGORY TITLE, is beyond what I could imagine. I love this book. I love it and I hate it.
I love it because I adore Tom and Liv and the world they live in. I love their story and their slow fumble toward intimacy and trust.
I hate it because writing it was an emotional journey and people viewed it as my ugly stepchild of a book because it didn't conform to this light and fluffy Eversea world I'd created.
But over time it had readers who didn't read Eversea first and who appreciate the story on its own merit. Who don't compare it to anything. They allow it to live and breath on its own, and take it at face-value. I'm guessing the judges of this competition did that too. I couldn't be more honored by this award.
http://www.chantireviews.com/2016/03/...
Then to find out that Deep Blue Eternity was announced as a FIRST IN CATEGORY TITLE, is beyond what I could imagine. I love this book. I love it and I hate it.
I love it because I adore Tom and Liv and the world they live in. I love their story and their slow fumble toward intimacy and trust.
I hate it because writing it was an emotional journey and people viewed it as my ugly stepchild of a book because it didn't conform to this light and fluffy Eversea world I'd created.
But over time it had readers who didn't read Eversea first and who appreciate the story on its own merit. Who don't compare it to anything. They allow it to live and breath on its own, and take it at face-value. I'm guessing the judges of this competition did that too. I couldn't be more honored by this award.
http://www.chantireviews.com/2016/03/...
