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| Awaiting the big news -- |
Today’s
report is from Saturday, June 25, the first-ever Dog Ears Book tweet fest. Will
there be another? I suppose it could happen, but it would be hard to top
yesterday’s for thrills.
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| Logging on.... |
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| Treats! |
The
tweeting occasion took place far from Northport, down in Orlando, Florida, at
the national convention of the American Library Association. ForeWord Reviews
was there to announce their 2016 Indiefab awards, and Even in Darkness, the novel by Barbara
Stark-Nemon of Ann Arbor and Northport, was a nominee in a couple of
categories. ForeWord would be tweeting from Orlando, Barbara would receive the
tweets and Facebook announcements, and so she proposed re-tweeting results from
her favorite bookstore, as a few other nominees around the country were also
doing. Being
Barbara, she not only brought laptop, iPad, and iPhone but also what my fellow blogger Gerry Sell calls “excellent treats.” My technological role was limited
to sharing a Facebook post Barbara tagged me in. I could handle that.
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| Thrills! |
We
didn’t have a big crowd, but the moment Barbara logged on and saw her award –
right away, no waiting! – she read it aloud, and she, Clare, and I screamed in
delight. You should have been here. I’m sorry you missed it. Barbara won the Gold (first prize) in literary fiction, and Bronze (third) in historical fiction! Over the top excitement!
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| Sharing the excitement |
Our
giddy delirium lasted quite a while, and several browsers who wandered in
caught the fever and bought copies of Even in Darkness to take home. Then
when the decks cleared, Barbara and I went down to Northport Brewing to relax and chat at an outdoor table with a couple of cold pints. That was a first for me, too. Finally!
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| Relaxing, enjoying.... |
4 comments:
To say this event was an author thrill is an understatement! Thank you so much to Pamela Grath and Dog Ears Books for hosting.
I wouldn't have missed it for ANYTHING, Barbara!!!
I really SHOULD have driven in for the event! Such a wonderful honor for your work Barbara. Congratulations again.
I confess. I don't understand tweeting. Though people have tried to teach me. And I'm supposed to be tweeting for truck stuff. Still. It just seems redundant. In a short sort of way. But, having said that, I'm glad you all had fun and if I had been there I probably wouldn't have finally understood!
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