It was quite the surprise, but I am very happy to see that my book of Flash Fiction Short Stories, BISTRO, is one of the three finalists in this year’s New Brunswick Book Awards, organized jointly by the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) and The Fiddlehead. It’s great to see that self-published books can get recognition at the highest (for me) level. Thank you to all who are involved in organizing this annual book award.
Bistro is available online at
Here’s the link to the Writers Federation of New Brunswick / Fiddlehead New Brunswick Book Awards short list page
https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/announcing-finalists-new-brunswick-book-awards
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Thank you for the pingback. And thanks for visiting. Best wishes.
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On publishing it.
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Congratulation for your book”Bistro”,dear roger.
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Thank you, Aruna. The book has bee out for some six months now. I am working on a revised and expanded second edition.
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Good work.dear moor!! I will wait for it,dear roger
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Congrats, Roger, good work. I noticed the paperback and kindle versions have slightly different titles – was that intentional? Also your link from this page would work better if it opened as a new page, so you aren’t chasing folk away from your blog. Just sayin’.
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I didn’t realize that the Kindle and the paperback had different titles … so it wasn’t intentional. I wonder what happened? I think Bistro was the second book I put up, so I was by no means an expert at that stage. I am not a WordPress expert either. I would love to keep people on my blog … but I don’t know how to open the link in another page … oh dear … I came very late to technology … or should I say that technology came very late to me … Thank you for the comments and the great advice. I will see what I can do about improving my blog construction technique.
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Yeah, I know it’s a bit of a minefield. I use the odd bit of HTML on mine but the link bit is easy – just click the link options when you add a new link and there’s a wee box that says ‘open in new tab’.
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Thank you: I will try that. Meanwhile, I am trying not to watch the birds at the feeder so I can work on another text for CreateSpace … Think I’ll have to go back to the Imac for that.
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Thank you once again: I tried it and it worked. Two simple clicks and a chance to revise my own wording. Neat: and you don’t leave the blog page … wow!
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This is wonderful news! Well deserved for sure!
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Thanks, Meg. We’ll be congratulating you soon: you are doing a great job.
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Well, poems submitted. Three Empty Frames edited. Once the bread is broken we’ll get busy with the query process!
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First steps on yet another long journey … you have a well-wisher here in Canada, you know that.
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I do! And much appreciated!
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How wonderful Roger! Excellent news! The sun came out as I placed my order.
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Now that, Louise, is a very good omen: sunshine on order and to command. Thanks for the support. It means a lot to me.
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Hello, my friend, Roger: I’m so proud of you, and pleased for you. While it is nice to see independently-published books meet with recognition, let us not lose sight of the fact that this book was recognized for the work of quality that envelopes it. So, only the highest level of indie books (may) get recognized. Good on ya! Chuck
On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM, rogermoorepoetdotcom wrote:
> rogermoorepoet posted: “Quite the surprise, but very happy to see that my > book of short stories BISTRO is one of the three finalists. It’s great to > see that self-published books can get recognition at the highest level. > Thank you. Bistro is available online at https://www.am” >
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Thank you so much, Chuck. I celebrated with a bottle of champagne, shared with some friends. You’ll be next and you’ll be home soon. Best wishes, Roger.
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I just ordered a copy! I can review this one too…So excited for you, Roger!!!!!
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That’s super, Tanya. Thank you so much!
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My pleasure, Roger!
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Congratulations and best of luck! I’m thrilled for you, Roger! What a great testimony to the power of self-publishing!
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Thanks, Tanya. I am still a little bit stunned … more than anything, I am happy at the boost this gives self-publishing. yes, we little people can do it!
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Congratulations :)))
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Thanks, Janice. I am still taking it all in and trying to understand what it means. Funny to see it online and in print. You an warm your hands on my smile!
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I noticed that a poetry book of yours also made the shortlist 🙂
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I wish! That was my very good friend and excellent fellow poet, Robert Moore. I’ll have a go at the poetry next year.
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I must have been hallucinating :)) I could have sworn it was Roger. That explains why you didn’t mention it 😉
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He and I have been mistaken before: it’s the Ro and jump to the Moore!
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:))
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That’s brilliant news. Well done you!
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Thank you so much. It was quite the surprise. Self-published, too!
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I think that’s fab. It means that it’s totally legitimate to take this approach.
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The Writers Union of Canada voted to accept self-published books as genuine books about a year ago. It is a big step forward for the legitimacy of those of us who, for one reason or another, do not get taken up by the established publishing houses, many of whom(big or small) are unwilling to take risks beyond what is popular and what sells. Thank you so much for your support.
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