Image by Artturi Mäntysaari from Pixabay
“Transient” has been nominated for a Best of the Net award in creative nonfiction, and I am so honored. The response to this piece has blown me away and helped me feel validated as a writer in a time when I really needed it.
Additionally, the stunning featured photograph that accompanies the piece was nominated for best art, so congratulations to artist Stephen Ground! I could not have picked a more perfect image for my story than his gorgeous “Sentries.”
Winners for Best of the Net are announced in January.
In other news, my first attempt at self-publishing has gotten off to a surprisingly good start. I uploaded my young adult cozy mystery MURDER BY MILKSHAKE to the new Kindle Vella platform more out of curiosity than any real hope it would take off. When Vella launched a few days ago, I was shocked to see the book on their front page—one of a few dozen featured stories chosen from thousands.
At the time, it was listed under a pen name and I hadn’t bothered to pay anyone for a cover (yikes!). I quickly remedied that situation and now the book looks lovely with an image from midorix on Fiverr; I told her I needed something with ice cream that was murder-y but cheerful at the same time, and she delivered splendidly, don’t you think?
I’ll post more about my cozy soon. For now all I can say is that I’ve never had as much fun writing a book as I had writing this one, and if you decide to read it (the first three chapters are free), I hope you have fun, too!
Congratulations, Elizabeth! I remember reading “Transient” several years ago when it won an HM in the WOW contest. I’m thrilled it got nominated for the Best of Net! Maybe they’ll nominate for a Pushcart, too. 🙂 That’s great news about your cozy. I’ll have to check out Vella, and I admit, I hadn’t heard about it, so definitely keep us updated on how you like it. Cheers to your successes!
Thank you, Angela! It’s great to hear from you. Yeah, I don’t think many people know yet about Vella. It will be interesting to see if it takes off. I’ll keep everyone posted! 🙂
Transient is amazing – Congratulations. It looks like Vella isn’t available in Canada yet so I’ll have to wait til it makes its way here. Great to see so many exciting things happening for you!
Thank you so much, Trish! Yes, the Vella launch is pretty limited at the moment, but hopefully it will soon be more available. I think it took a lot of people by surprise!