Out of 5000 entries for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Falling made it to the top 250! That made me a quarter-finalist. Not bad, huh? If you asked me when I first wrote Falling if I would dare to submit it to a contest and think that it’d advance any round, I would have said no. But it never hurts to try, so I did. I’m glad I did. It is incredibly validating – not that I look for outside validation – but it’s nice that I’m not the only one enjoying the book. Yes, I know others do. Some of them have even posted reviews on Amazon. I’ve gotten the emails asking “What’s next? I need to know!” Ah, spoiler requests… Be careful what you ask for, I might just tell you. Or rather, tell you enough to make you want more!
Published on May 10, 2012 19:06