I was happily surprised to find that my first Western novel, 'Brings The Lightning', has been nominated for the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance's Book of the Year contest for 2017.
This nomination came completely out of the blue, and needless to say, I'm very pleased by it.
Here's where you come in. Those nominated depend on their readers and fans to vote for them in the contest. If you've read and enjoyed 'Brings The Lightning' - and if you consider it worthy of the award - would you please visit the survey page for the 2017 award, and vote for it? I'll be most grateful for your support. Also, if you have your own blog or social media account(s), I'll be very grateful if you'd please mention this competition there, and encourage your own readers to vote for me. Voting closes at the end of March 2017.
I might add that there are some wonderful books nominated for this year's award. If you think one of them is a better candidate than mine, by all means, please vote for it. You won't offend me in the least by doing so! Whoever wins this year's competition will, I'm sure, be worthy of the accolade.
Thanks, friends.
Peter
21 comments:
You received my vote - it was a great job of story-telling.
Done. Looking forward to Book Two.
That was easy. Yours was the only book on the list that I had read.
Done and done. :-)
Gotta think about this one a bit. John Ringo and John Wright's books are both excellent.
Peter?
You received my click, but that poll appears to be very vulnerable
to click-abuse.
@tweell: Yes, they're both very good indeed. Pick your favorite and vote for them. I'll do the same.
A lot of great books there, had to stop and think a bit before I voted. I ended up going your way based on the accessibility of your writing. While I truly loved Iron Chamber of Memory by John C. Wright it just isn't a book I can hand to someone to read. The same applies to several of the other books, excellent books but limited in their appeal to wider audiences.
Anybody I hand Brings the Lightning to is going to be happy, western fan, gun geek or not.
Done. Currently you're #1 with exactly 2x as many votes as next runner up. And while there were several other books I liked on this list, none of them were exactly books the author was taking a risk to write. Writing a western in 2016? That's audacious and bold, virtues I think Libertarians will appreciate.
You have some good competition there, but I was able to vote for "Brings the Lightning" with a clear conscience.
Haven't read it yet, but based on your blog, it's worth a read and a vote....
Done, this morning. My browser was acting up at the time, and I couldn't launch the comment window.
Done, Peter. It was a great read.
Voted for you, struggled a bit with you or Ringo, but decided I liked Brings the Lightning more.
Done. Your book was the only one on the list that I have read.
Tossup between you and Ringo. Went with you as while Grunge is a fine romp, Brings The Lightning is truly enjoyable and rich with both action and history.
Will note that once you vote the posted link does not allow you to return to see the latest rankings.
This may get you to the results:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-G7FBTZKG/instant
Looks like my two favorites are leading!
Done! Looks like you're in the lead so far.
Done. You have 50 votes, Peter, out of 100 votes total.
Done. Thoroughly enjoyed your book!
Done! Good luck!
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