THE NEWS
My good friend Lily Lawson (read my interview of her here) took me by surprise with her annual 'Lilys', her various writing awards. Here's her list and of course I was thrilled to be overall 'writer of the year' (Lily reads a lot of books!) Thank you, Lily!
Highlights of 2021
Seems I was busy. Overall it's been a good year with these happenings as my 'literary' highlights:
A win and various listings/commendations in five competitions - these are good to have as objective validations of ability/appeal, so very pleasing.
Published Keepers and Dragon Gift - both of which get excellent reviews. Sales are erratic, but I'm sure you good people spreading the word will help smooth that over time!
Read 9,276 pages of novels (40 books) according to GoodReads, not including beta reads for friends and my own books.
Set up this newsletter and am steadily growing subscribers. Thank you!
Despite Covid, was able to continue some work in schools with Dean Scribblers and we produced two anthologies of the children's work.
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