Winning Without Winning

I lost today … and still won.

I learned this morning that I did not make the list of finalists for the inaugural Whistler Independent Book Awards. I had been thrilled to find my name on the list of 10 fiction nominees — the “longlist”— for whatsome are callingthe first major awards for self-published authors in Canada. Of course, when I learned of my nomination on July 4th,I briefly envisioned myself on the podium at the Whistler Writers Festival this fall, thanking the academy before deliver...