Bit like birthdays and Christmas…
Some days are just like that, aren’t they?
A bit like Christmas and birthdays?
Today was one such.
I love Fridays because I go to my embroidery group, and it’s a forerunner to the weekend – no busy-ness, no appointments, just a kind of ‘aaahhh’ day.
But this Friday was a little bit extra-special.
A priority parcel arrived from the USA.
I opened it to find a box…
Inside the box was tissue with a gold sticker…
Inside the tissue was treasure untold!
This was my prize for Michael, Book Three of The Triptych Chronicle, in the 2018 Chaucer Award from the Chanticleer International Book Awards.
Inside was a Congratulations card first and foremost. And the beautiful rosette. Gold stickers to place on the print editions a quirky ‘should be writing’ bracelet (and yes, I should be) , a cute badge, a bookmark, a sticker, a pen, and two bonus prizes.
Seriously – extra GOOD Friday!
The rosette is slightly different to last year’s, but one has to look hard to spot it. Guillaume, Book Two of The Triptych Chronicle won the Chaucer last year, as well.
I can’t help comparing the difference in me showing last year’s award to this year.
When last year’s rosette arrived, I had just been discharged after a week in hospital with liver sepsis, after a gallbladder operation. Bit healthier this year!!!
But back to Fridays and the surprise. We’d already celebrated the award when we found out about it earlier in the year…
…but I decided to make a coffee cake in honour of the moment, anyway.
It’s just come out of the oven and has yet to be iced with thick coffee icing.
I’ll let you know what it tastes like 😉 .
Brilliant, Prue – congrats 😀
Thanks Nicky. The validation has been really super.
Congratulations, Prue! That is something few authors achieve. Enjoy your celebration coffee cake!
Thank you Anne. I’m really happy about it and the box of goodies is filled with some very interesting stuff about which I will contact you privately.
Congratulations!
Thank you, Barbara.
Congratulations, Prue. I have your books on my Kindle and look forward to reading them.
Thanks so much, Shirley. Hope you enjoy.
There’s an amusing story to the development of The Gisborne Saga. I never dreamed it would become a series. It began as a very lighthearted fan-fiction on my blog – a deconstruction of the Robin Hood myth, making Guy of Gisborne front and centre with a whole new story of his own. I wanted him to have the potential to be a decent (if misunderstood) chap. And I didn’t want Robin Hood to be mentioned at all!
It developed and in so doing introduced me to one of my favourite characters of all time – the inimitable Tobias the minstrel, who appears in 5 of the 6 books of The Gisborne Saga and The Triptych Chronicle. Tobias is my best imaginary friend! 😉