An honor to be nominated by Eric Beetner

 Do you try to read the books that are nominated for major awards? Do you second-guess the nominations or do you usually find you agree? 

Well, this is prescient timing. It just so happens that I recently learned my novel, The Last Few Miles Of Road, has been nominated for an ITW award for Best Series Novel. It was a complete blindside shock to me and I’m extremely grateful.

It also makes it hard to let my cynical side free and admit that I don’t put a whole lot of weight behind an award nominatio...