An Award and Another Winner!
To say that this week has been a whirlwind is an understatement. Not only did I launch a book, but I won an award for another!
A few weeks ago, I discovered I had been nominated for an Adirondack Literary Award by the Adirondack Center for Writing for my last novel, Bug Boy. My assumption was that it would go to someone else as it was my first time up for this award (and any award, for that matter) but I went to the ceremony anyway as it's an honor just to be considered. It was up in Blue Mountain Lake deep in the heart of the Adirondacks. That means two hours north of Albany and even an hour north of my place in Lake George!
As I said: deep in the heart...
When I got there, I discovered the Blue Mountain Lake Center was a quaint, old manor on a hill that slopes to the shore of the lake. What a cute spot. I also discovered that this center focuses on artistic events. Immediately, I wanted to move in. So awesome. It was cold and rainy so I did not get any outside photos, but inside was nice and toasty. They had a fire crackling and possibly the best oatmeal raisin cookies I've ever tasted.
Here are the books that were nominated for Best Book of Children Literature:
And here I am with two other nominees, Gary VanRipen and his son Justin, authors of the wildly popular Adirondack Kids series:
The children's literature award was the first one to be announced and to my surprise I was the recipient! Thank you so much to the judges and to the ACW for such an honor. Here I am receiving the award. Please note the awesome fireplace and how cute the podium is, which will draw your eye away from my wrinkly pants!
And for you award junkies out there, here is what it looks like:
It's handmade from wood and looks like an Adirondack chair! Awesome.
Now for our Wednesday and Thursday winners for either a signed hardcover or CD audiobook of Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto: @jemacleod and @jotreggiari ! Congratulations to both of you.
And the rest of you, there is still time to enter the contest! Just write a haiku on my blog OR tweet/blog/Facebook about the contest! Check out the specific details here. The contest runs through midnight TONIGHT!! So hurry!
A few weeks ago, I discovered I had been nominated for an Adirondack Literary Award by the Adirondack Center for Writing for my last novel, Bug Boy. My assumption was that it would go to someone else as it was my first time up for this award (and any award, for that matter) but I went to the ceremony anyway as it's an honor just to be considered. It was up in Blue Mountain Lake deep in the heart of the Adirondacks. That means two hours north of Albany and even an hour north of my place in Lake George!
As I said: deep in the heart...
When I got there, I discovered the Blue Mountain Lake Center was a quaint, old manor on a hill that slopes to the shore of the lake. What a cute spot. I also discovered that this center focuses on artistic events. Immediately, I wanted to move in. So awesome. It was cold and rainy so I did not get any outside photos, but inside was nice and toasty. They had a fire crackling and possibly the best oatmeal raisin cookies I've ever tasted.
Here are the books that were nominated for Best Book of Children Literature:
And here I am with two other nominees, Gary VanRipen and his son Justin, authors of the wildly popular Adirondack Kids series:
The children's literature award was the first one to be announced and to my surprise I was the recipient! Thank you so much to the judges and to the ACW for such an honor. Here I am receiving the award. Please note the awesome fireplace and how cute the podium is, which will draw your eye away from my wrinkly pants!
And for you award junkies out there, here is what it looks like:
It's handmade from wood and looks like an Adirondack chair! Awesome.
Now for our Wednesday and Thursday winners for either a signed hardcover or CD audiobook of Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto: @jemacleod and @jotreggiari ! Congratulations to both of you.
And the rest of you, there is still time to enter the contest! Just write a haiku on my blog OR tweet/blog/Facebook about the contest! Check out the specific details here. The contest runs through midnight TONIGHT!! So hurry!