My historical novel, Spirited Away - A Novel of the Stolen Irish, made it to the Quarter-Finalist level in this year's ABNA contest.
That means my novel made it through the first two rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. The original 10,000 entries were judged, and only 500 Quarter-Finalists were selected.
Heady stuff!
Although Spirited Away did not make it into the ABNA semi-finals, it did earn not only a review of the entire novel by Publishers Weekly, but: a positive review! (to see it, click on the "reviews and accolades" button above)
Along the way, an excerpt of the book was also reviewed by Amazon-selected reviewers. Most of their comments were encouraging, too.
Now my challenge is to find the best ways to use the Publishers Weekly review to promote and market the novel.
I just love the ABNA contest!
That means my novel made it through the first two rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. The original 10,000 entries were judged, and only 500 Quarter-Finalists were selected.
Heady stuff!
Although Spirited Away did not make it into the ABNA semi-finals, it did earn not only a review of the entire novel by Publishers Weekly, but: a positive review! (to see it, click on the "reviews and accolades" button above)
Along the way, an excerpt of the book was also reviewed by Amazon-selected reviewers. Most of their comments were encouraging, too.
Now my challenge is to find the best ways to use the Publishers Weekly review to promote and market the novel.
I just love the ABNA contest!