April 6, 2019
Awesome Indies Book Awards
After the untimely death of the Awesome Indies coordinator, Brian Sfinas, I took over the administration, rebuilt the website at http://awesomeindies.net and relaunched Awesome Indies as Awesome Indies Book Awards. Although we are attracting submissions in various genre, we are struggling to find suitably qualified assessors. In order to receive the Badge of Approval, a self-published book (or independently published book) must meet the editing standards found in traditional publishing and be recommended by two independent assessors.
A third assessor will then decide whether the book is worthy of the prestigious Seal of Excellence.
As Awesome Indies Book Awards does not charge a submission fee but relies on donations to meet expenses, we are not able to pay our assessors. Perhaps it is time to reconsider our submission and award process, so I would welcome any ideas or suggestions you may have. Ideally, this appeal will encourage a plethora of editors, proofreaders, publishing professionals or readers to join our assessment team!
November 23, 2018
Lies
and people who believe them.
December 27, 2017
Our “traditional” Boxing Day Dinner
I received a gift this Christmas Which money could not buy Five generations of our family Joined us on Boxing Day!
Daughter & her husband
have grandchildren of their own
And I sit in joy wonder,
to see the family grown
Our Grandson brings his girlfriend
Our Son brings children three
But they are far too big now
To sit on Granddad’s knee!
Greats and great great grandads,
Great Grandma’s, Mothers & Dads,
Nineteen sat at our table,
Our growing family …
And Joy abounds in this house,
That day and all year through
Yeah!
December 5, 2017
What is it like to have a Stroke?
You still have all the pieces, and hopefully, a few will stay in the boxes, but other pieces scatter on the treads. One or two might be lost forever by slipping through the gap between the carpet and the wall.
October 1, 2017
September 26, 2017
With truth, love endures
But lies often seem stronger
Lies cut wounds even deeper,
In time, the wounds will heal
but scars remain forever.
August 16, 2017
To my way of thinking, the only way to resolve a situation like this is when Persons ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ work together on restoring friendships, relationships and trust at the earliest opportunity but that only happens in fairy tales, because in real life, Person ‘A’ wants to retain his or her dominance over Person ‘B’ and can’t achieve that while Person ‘C’ is prepared to intervene.
Instead, Person ‘A’ works towards an understanding or reconciliation with Person ‘B’, but ensures Person ‘C’ is excluded from the process. In some (but not all) cases, Person ‘B’ is persuaded by Person ‘A’ to abandon the association with Person ‘C’, which effectively increases Person ‘C’s isolation.
January 31, 2017
Full marks for Never Say I Can’t – Judges Commentary in full …
Writers’ Digest 4th Annual Self-Published e-Book Awards.
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think that the human race’s need to rank and impose status would ever apply to recovering from stroke.
March 8, 2016
Penny for Them
receives
Awesome Indies Approval
Penelope is the privileged stepdaughter of Henry Kendall-Wilkes. News of his death brings her out of hiding, so thirty years after she was told a UK secret service agent needed her help, she is able to recount the story of espionage and deceit that put her life in danger.
In 1982, Penelope’s stepfather was a Minister in the UK Government. After Penelope threatened to expose his involvement in blackmail, he tried to kill her. However, with the Falklands crisis looming, the British Government needed his expertise, which protected him from prosecution.
At the same time, IRA terrorism threatened mainland Britain. After introducing himself as an MI5 operative, Jim Pansy asks for Penelope’s help to bring her father’s killer, Sean Moran, to justice and prevent an IRA atrocity, However, the simple task quickly escalates into an unforeseen pursuit for which she had neither training nor experience.
At last, Penny can reveal how the pursuit of a killer led her to romance, danger, and a bag full of diamonds.
“…you won’t want to stop reading until the last word…”
Adult content.