A little belated, but for those who are interested, I’m reading “Twas the Night Before Christmas” this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCCEZR3nAi0.
First in Category, Red City Review, Young Adult
I have some wonderful news, Curses of Scale won first in Category for Young Adult in the Red City Review Awards 🙂 Congrats to all the other winners, which you can take a look at here: http://redcityreview.com/2018-winners/ . To say I am happy, is an understatement. This is the first award for COS.
Now, back to writing!
Interview with Darrel Nelson
Darrel Nelson was kind enough to interview me for his blog. The format is a little interesting, a sort of after-the-review, follow up. I think it is a rather interesting read, with his own take on my answers https://darrellbnelson.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/s-d-reeves/.
Launch of YouTube channel
Sometime ago I mentioned that I was working on narrating some short stories, mostly old Southern Tales and what not. Well, I am happy to announce the launch of my YouTube channel, Evercharm stories. Starting it off with a classic: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Take a gander, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSt2TQsNihI
Picture Review of Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander, Book
Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander is difficult to get into. The language can be daunting, the point of views change, and there’s enough naval terminology out there to sink a reader’s interest before it even gets launched. Yet, as I started to craft the HMS Sophie from a hunk of limewood (a fiction of a ship, and Jack Aubrey’s first commission), I realized that I might actually be enjoying the book.
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Couple of Awards
Double whammy of results this month! Just found out that Curses of Scale is a finalist for both the Reader’s Favorite Awards, and the Red City Review Award Contest 🙂 Will find out the winners for the latter in September, keeping my fingers crossed!
