Happy News!
My apocalyptic epic, Endemic, won two awards recently! The novel won the science fiction and horror category at the New York Book Festival and I just found out it won a Literary Titan Award. This is my tenth award for my writing, but it never gets old.
Endemic tells the story of Ovid Fairweather, a misfit haunted by her past who, guided by her dead therapist, makes her way through the end of the world as we know it. Ovid is a nerdy book editor who used to work in traditional publishing and has some sassy takes on her former profession. I suspect that amused the judges. Despite her many quirks, our protagonist is relatable in that she’s been pushed around a lot and she’s fed up with all that. Aren’t we all?
For a more in-depth review, read what Literary Titan had to say about it here.
You can also read my interview with Literary Titan at this link.
Or, best of all, start your binge read of Endemic now
(available in ebook, paperback, or hardcover).
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Congratulations! The awards are good for the source of the writing – whether they’re marketable or not. But a little external validation never hurt an author, and is essentially peer recognition, which makes them even better.
I did remove one ‘Finalist’ award in a contest that will not be mentioned, because writer-friends have been excited to find they were finalists. When I looked deeper into it, becoming a finalist was basically a reward for knowing how to capitalize and punctuate – there were so many finalists it was a joke. Lost all of its sheen for me.
Amazing you! Congratulations, well deserved!