February 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · News

A few weeks ago, I entered The Goblin Road into Amazon’s annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) contest, after seeing that they accept self-published books AND that they now will have two grand prizes instead of one. That the new prize is for the category of Youth Fiction was just a thrill for me.

It’s a treat to be able to enter into ABNA, not just because of the slim possibility of winning a publishing contract with Penguin Press, but because they’ve made the process so easy and free of charge.

Now I just have to wait and hope for the best. I’d be happy to be a quarterfinalist, thrilled to be a semi-finalist, floored to be a finalist and joyously numb to win one of the two grand prizes.

Meanwhile, the sequel says: “Get back to work.”

1/2 of the sequel is done. The other half may require an evening of cheese pizza and coca-cola. It’s just a possibility.

Wish me luck and success!

J. Parrish Lewis

P.S. You might notice the page design has changed. This is now primarily an author site, with jparrishlewis.com as an added URL. The original TGR site is still all there. Click the “The Goblin Road” in the menu to go to the section focusing on the book.