More IPPY. Maybe More Blogging. Maybe.
Thanks, everyone, for all the really sweet congratulations on the awards Lost Edens has received. And even more thanks to everyone for reminding me I should blog more often and maybe about things other than winning awards? (I'm looking at you, Joe Bernard.)Duly noted. Just let me write one more time about the wonderful IPPY awards. The awards are open to publishers who produce fewer than 50 titles a year and has international submissions, which made the awards party even more fun. We met some really wonderful people, some who had sold over 20,000 copies in just a few months and some who have sold just a handful in over a year but all had amazing books. I'm going to include a few of the winners I met here and if you see any that might be interesting then, heck, support an independently published author!
My dad, my book, my medal (silver, essay/creative non-fiction), and me. Thanks, again, Dad for making the trip.
Here's Tom French, his mother, and his sweet daughter. This is one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a long time. The book, River Views: A History of the Thousand Islands in 3-D, comes with a 3-D viewer so you can see old photographs in 3-D. It won a silver in the Regional Book Awards for the U.S. North-East. If you know anyone who likes history this would be a really nice gift.
Daryl Sahli and his wife, Karen, made the trip from Brisbane, Australia. They were the first people we met as we filed into the venue and they were so delightful. Daryl won a bronze in Military Wartime Fiction for his book, A Skirmish in Africa. Set in his native Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the 1970s.
Finally, Coleen Christian Burke who won a gold in Holiday for her book, Christmas with the First Ladies: The White House Decorating Tradition from Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Keep it in mind for a nice Christmas gift, yeah? My dad had a marvelous time chatting with her dad, pictured on the right, and I only overheard portions of the conversation but a good chunk was waxing philosophical about fax machines.
And there you go! I promise to post something mundane about Huey, or my bathroom renovation, or finishing my doctorate but first I'm going on vacation.
Until then.
My dad, my book, my medal (silver, essay/creative non-fiction), and me. Thanks, again, Dad for making the trip.
Here's Tom French, his mother, and his sweet daughter. This is one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a long time. The book, River Views: A History of the Thousand Islands in 3-D, comes with a 3-D viewer so you can see old photographs in 3-D. It won a silver in the Regional Book Awards for the U.S. North-East. If you know anyone who likes history this would be a really nice gift.
Daryl Sahli and his wife, Karen, made the trip from Brisbane, Australia. They were the first people we met as we filed into the venue and they were so delightful. Daryl won a bronze in Military Wartime Fiction for his book, A Skirmish in Africa. Set in his native Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the 1970s.
Finally, Coleen Christian Burke who won a gold in Holiday for her book, Christmas with the First Ladies: The White House Decorating Tradition from Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Keep it in mind for a nice Christmas gift, yeah? My dad had a marvelous time chatting with her dad, pictured on the right, and I only overheard portions of the conversation but a good chunk was waxing philosophical about fax machines. And there you go! I promise to post something mundane about Huey, or my bathroom renovation, or finishing my doctorate but first I'm going on vacation.
Until then.
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