• YA Contemporary

    HEAVEN – the little story that could . . .

    What a pleasant surprise! HEAVEN was first submitted to Amazon’s Break Through Novel Award Contest back in 2011. It made the quarterfinals but didn’t go any further.  Though the ABNA Publisher’s Weekly reviewer liked the characters, the storyline didn’t grab them. Fair enough. It was shelved, but a decision was made to see just what the public might think, especially since the Vine reviewers on Amazon were very gracious and complimentary on the excerpt and blurb. Following up on a hunch (tastes are subjective after all) we decided to bring it back after a few tweaks in the story. However the excerpt under Free Chapter Views on this site and simultaneously  on Scribd.com have generated the most reads out of all the other excerpts wikkidsexycool.com lists as a free read. It was supposed to be out in July, but didn’t quite make it. September is more realistic. Looks like the editing won’t be finished until late October.

    Heaven

     

     

  • Blog

    Enter Lee and Low Books New Visions Award Contest!

    I missed the deadline last year, but Lee and Low Books are holding their NEW VISIONS AWARD for books featuring Middle Grade and YA protagonists of color in the genres of scifi, fantasy and mystery.

    http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_visions_award.mhtml

     

    Lee and Low Books New Voices Award 2012

     

    Lee and Low are also holding a contest for authors of Children’s picture books

    About the Award