Bronze

First won another award while I was on my brief hiatus. It was kind of funny since I found out from my sister, who also won an award for her book, Milspouse Matters. She texted me one day and congratulated me on winning a Bronze Medal from Readers’ Favorite. I checked my emails and said no, that must have been from December when they gave me a 5-star review. Fortunately, my sister is patient with my sometimes intentional stupidity and sent me the link to the awards page. Sure enough, there was First in the SF category. I admitted my wrongness but still thought it odd that I hadn’t received any notification. She said she won a Gold Medal from them a few years ago for her previous book and never received an email. In this case, a couple of days later I got an email saying I needed to log into the Authors’ Area on their site since winners had been announced. Once I did that, I found a ton of follow-up as well as the opportunity to provide my address for stickers and a medal. Sure, I thought, a cheap plastic medal, but the stickers will be nice to have for my books. When I returned from vacation, the shipment had arrived. And the medal ain’t cheap. It’s a real metal medal, substantial and like something I’ve received for running marathons. Very nice to have and once again, an honor to win another award for my book. If you’re keeping track at home, I also entered Next Time in the contest but didn’t win for that book this time around. One out of two isn’t bad.