Attributions

Images and/or photos in the blog title and certain posts are the copyrighted property of 123RF.com, its contributors or its licensed partners and are being used with permission under the relevant license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from 123RF.com. Floral fonts in the blog title has been designed/modified using assets from rawpixel.com/Freepik.com under the free licensing agreement.

Monday, September 2, 2024

Book Awards 2024

The Readers Favorite Book Awards 2024 results are finally out. Unfortunately my first novel HAVAH did not win any. I suppose that is kind of expected, just as the organizers said:

Our contest has become one of the largest in the world, with thousands of entries from over a dozen countries, and this was our largest contest ever. Such high numbers created fierce competition and as a result, thousands of wonderful books could not be chosen.

On a positive note, I did win a lucky draw prize, though:


Is that a good thing? Maybe. At least it's a consolation for all the hard work put into my first attempt at writing a sci-fi novel. Who knows what that would lead to in the future. Will I write a sequel? I'm not sure at this point in time, though I had already put in the effort to create a synopsis and book cover.

We'll see how things go in the next few months, and whether inspiration will propel me to get started or not.

 

Baby, Oh Baby!

About a month ago, I decided to claim my book price and give BookBaby Publishing a go at producing the print and electronic versions of my n...