Gold

Last Friday I learned that First Step had won its first award, a Gold Book Award from Literary Titan! You might recall that one of my previous books, Next Time, also won the same award. It’s nice to be a repeat winner, especially in two radically different genres. Also, I haven’t entered First Step in as many contests so far, so it’s nice to get a win under the belt, as it were. It’s not that I didn’t want to enter more contests, but it’s been a function of the submission window being open as well as a bit about finances and not doing it all at once. All that said, it’s quite an honor to win an award since it provides a nice gold-plated sticker of validation on my book. It lets me know that someone who judges books actually liked mine. I won’t say it makes it worthwhile for all that time I spent, since not much could do that other than having a hit movie made out of it, but it sure is a nice feeling. Links to Literary Titan, including the original review, interview, and awards page, are all on the First Step page on this site.