A Tiny Award

I just got an email that my book is among the Literary Titan's monthly 4-star award winners. It's a lovely honorable mention type of a thing (ah, so eloquently put...). It was great to wake up to such an email, and it's all the more wonderful as I don't write in my first language. It took me years to get the nerve up to self-publish because I have a bad tendency to constantly second guess myself so this is invaluable encouragement for me.
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Published on January 03, 2021 00:45
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message 1: by Emerson (new)

Emerson Congratulations Aino - writing in a second language is a triumph all of its own x


message 2: by Aino (new)

Aino Lahteva Emerson wrote: "Congratulations Aino - writing in a second language is a triumph all of its own x"

Thanks :) I suppose the most important thing about all of this to me (both the little honorable mention/award and the reviews that have come in so far) is getting enough feedback to know that I can indeed get the story across in a manner the reader can enjoy despite using my second language.


message 3: by Gary (new)

Gary Stringer Wow, many congratulations Aino! Fantastic achievement. I hope you use this as encouragement for your future writing.


message 4: by Aino (new)

Aino Lahteva Gary wrote: "Wow, many congratulations Aino! Fantastic achievement. I hope you use this as encouragement for your future writing."

Thanks Gary, definitely will :) Just working on the sequels now. Though, obviously, I have to give a lot of credit to my editor who helped with polishing the text.


message 5: by Samuel (new)

Samuel Boyd Congrats! Happy for you.


message 6: by Aino (new)

Aino Lahteva Samuel wrote: "Congrats! Happy for you."

Thanks, Samuel. And thanks for accepting my friend request.


message 7: by Samuel (last edited Jan 06, 2021 05:12AM) (new)

Samuel Boyd No problem at all.


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