Boone Park receives Honourable Mention
Boone Park is a short story I wrote a few years ago. I’m thrilled to announce that it recently won Honourable Mention in the fiction category from the Victoria Writers Society. It will be published in the Victoria Writers’ Magazine this December.
I wrote Boone Park on the heels of visiting elderly relatives as they lived out their final years in residential care homes. It’s a powerful story because it reflects some of our fears about aging and the institutions we’ll count on when our inevitable turn comes.
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Speaking of updates, the latest news on my Christmas short-story project isn’t award-winning. Quite the opposite. I’m afraid neither of the two stories I’ve started writing will be complete this year. I guess that means two lumps of coal in my stocking.
But if you’d like to treat yourself to a decidedly not-short, not-Christmas story, Secret Sky is just a click away. Get your copy from Kindle with one click right here. And if kindle or ebooks aren’t your preference, click on the bookstore tab for other purchase options (or just click on the covers below).
That is such great news!
Congratulations!
I buy all my books at a second-hand store, unfortunately. Since I read fast, Indigo is kind of out of reach. I also cannot read e-books and some other digital editions. I love the experience of a real book and I think I always will.
It’s interesting that I have never seen any of your books donated for such stores, it must be people who buy them, love to keep them. That happens with serious writers who have something unique to offer.
That’s so sweet of you to say, Inese. I, too, love second hand bookstores – they’re especially good for when I want to try a book from an author new to me, or a genre I’ve not tried. Perhaps one day I’ll have enough short stories to offer them in print. Thanks for stopping by.
Congratulations, JP – that’s exciting! 🙂
Thanks!
Wow JP! you’re on a roll… congratulations are in order yet again! I see no reason for lumps of coal in your stocking, but it is sad for your fans that we will have to wait till next year?
Thanks, Sally!
Congratulations! It’s funny sometimes how pieces we wrote ages ago wind up with recognition. 🙂
Indeed. And thanks.
I love this story! Fabulous.Congratulations!
Thanks, Diana. I appreciate that.
Congratulations!
You’re a fantastic story teller and I’m happy your talent has been recognized.
I’m looking forward to reading Bone Park.
Great cover, BTW.
Thanks, Jasna. It was a lovely surprise. Glad you like the cover.
Wow! Congratulations, J.P.! Well deserved, you write such fantastic stories. I qwould love to read “Bone Park” as I am in the midst of people making a decision to ‘transit…’ I thought I was on your list.
Thanks, Giselle. If you’re on my list, you may have already read Boone Park. I’m sending out a newsletter shortly with a download link. Enjoy.