Apr 5, 2020 | My Publications
I had some great news a few days ago: my illustrator, Dimitris Fousekis, called me late at night, sounding really excited: our children’s book, Whisker Smile (available only in Greek for now) had won the prestigious IBBY award! Whisker Smile is our second...
Mar 15, 2018 | My Publications
You know how I feel about blowing my own trumpet, but this news I had to share: the wonderfully supportive Caleb And Linda Pirtle recently listed Pearseus among the 100 Indie books you should read before you die! To use their own words: Great works of literature are...
May 31, 2017 | My Publications
I had some great news the other day: Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings, my thesaurus of beats that convey emotions, was an award-winning finalist in the prestigious 2017 Independent Press Awards in the Writing and...
Oct 14, 2016 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Earlier this week I received some wonderful news. Musiville was an award-winning finalist in the Book Excellence Awards, in the Children’s Fiction category. Check out the list of winners and my feature page on their site! Musiville A group of animals has evolved...
Jan 2, 2016 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
You may remember my recent post, Help Needed: Nominate Runaway Smile for the Best Indie Book of 2015. You very kindly responded to my request, and nominated my work. In total, over 10,000 books were nominated this year, and now the results are in. At #47, we find...
Dec 23, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
I woke up to wonderful news! Runaway Smile has just been announced as the winner of the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award, in the Young Adult Fiction category. A lovely gold medal has been awarded (see below), and the book will be included in the Gelett Burgess...
Aug 9, 2015 | Events and Giveaways
A very special win for this blog is its recent 3rd place award in the first Annual Bloggers Bash, for most Informative Blog. A huge thank-you to everyone who voted for me. To be honest, I never expected to win – not when competing against such worthy opponents,...
Aug 2, 2015 | My Publications
I just received the wonderful news that my children’s book, Runaway Smile, was selected as a ‘Children’s Fiction’ Finalist in the 2015 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. The book is still in the running for the Outstanding...
Jul 30, 2015 | Events and Giveaways
You all know how much I love short stories, right? Well, enough to have published two collections so far, Infinite Waters being the latest one. I recently entered a new short story of mine in a competition organized by Almond Press. While on their Dystopian Stories...
May 23, 2015 | My Publications
I got some exciting news yesterday, which I wanted to share with all of you! USA Book News announced the winners and finalists of THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (IBA) on May 21, 2015. Runaway Smile, my children’s book, was an award-winning finalist in...
