Michael phoned from Grand Cayman to tell me I should open my email. So I put down my chopsticks (we were eating sushi), left my mama perched in front of the BBC’s Emma, and toddled upstairs to the computer.
And, oh, my, there it was, with “Drumroll Please” in the subject line.
One of my stories won first place in the Marlene Awards for women’s fiction.
I’m still fanning myself and grinning. Perhaps I’ll share some of the judges’ comments later. At the moment, I’m hugging them close.
(Yoohoo, Marlene judges, thank you soooo much!!)
Fantastic news, Normandie! I was expecting good things to start happening for you. You deserve them.
Jean
Jean, Thank you so much! What a lovely thing for you to say.
Hurrah!I’m so proud of you, girlfriend. 🙂 I love when God yanks the rug out from under us, plants us on our butts and then annoints our feet with the desires of our hearts! And the best for you is yet to come!
Love the image, Linda. The best is yet to come for each of us. Amen? Amen!
Wonderful! I’m so happy for you!
Thanks, Bryn!
Wonderful, Normandie! I didn’t know this. Congratulations!!!!
I think Terry forgot to mention this in his list of glories. The most fun thing about the winning is that it reconnected me with an old friend from thirty years ago when I wrote to one of the judges to thank her for her words.The old friend is a friend of hers!