Another Day, Another Review, Another Award, Gee Wiz!
Seems like all of a sudden Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein is back in the news. How good is that! Here’s a new review, calling Requiem “strange and fascinating” from Raven’s Range. The reviewer, Linda Moore, says she “found it very difficult to put the book down.” I’ve heard that before. I mean, really. There’s an audience out there that can’t stop reading once they start—people who shut themselves in their room until they finish it. I love hearing that. It amazes me. Of course, I couldn’t put it down either, which may be part of the reason it took me so long to write it: I didn’t want to stop being part of that world. That has really come home to me now that Mary Shelley has made an appearance in The Appassionata (book two of La Belle Quartet). It’s a much older Mary Shelley, she’s in her forties, but still she fascinates, especially in the company of George Sand.
The ‘award’ (discussed below) is my nomination for the 2008 Book of the Year Award from ForeWords Magazine. Requiem is a finalist for the Historical Fiction category and in the running for their Editor’s Choice Prize and Book of the Year Award. Winners will announced May 29th at Book Expo America in New York. Cross your fingers and wish me luck, but it’s wonderful being a finalist. We made the short list. Yeah! for Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein.
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