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Waiting, Waiting, and Hopefully Writing

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.

By J. Parrish Lewis

J. Parrish Lewis was born and raised in Maryland. In his youth there, he and his brother had many adventures in the dogwood forests near his home. His nostalgia for these adventures has strongly influenced his characters, their relationships, and their perspective on the world they inhabit. He moved to California’s coast to earn his degree in communications and now lives with his family in the San Joaquin Valley. Lewis is profoundly deaf and uses American Sign Language to communicate. He enjoys hazelnut coffee, captioned movies, and walking his dog.

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