Notable Dates in JP McLean’s Writing Life
2023 December Ghost Mark makes the long list for the 2023 Paranormal Awards for Supernatural Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
2023 October Scorch Mark wins a gold Literary Titan Award
2023 August 4 Ghost Mark is now a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree
2023 April Ghost Mark is nominated for a RONE Award
2023 February Ghost Mark is a Finalist for The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
2022 December Blood Mark is nominated for a RONE award.
2022 November Blood Mark is a Finalist for the 2022 IAN Paranormal/Supernatural Book of the Year award
2022 September JP McLean is interviewed and featured on the cover of Books & Buzz Magazine
2022 September JP McLean joins Book Shepherd with her list of the Best Urban Fantasy Series With Kickass Heroines featuring Ann Charles, EE Holmes, Annette Marie, Charlaine Harris, and Victoria Aveyard. Find great book selections on the Book Shepherd’s Heros list.
2022 August 24 Ghost Mark earns a 5-Star Gold Literary Titan Award
2022 August 16 Blood Mark is a finalist for the Page Turner Awards
2022 August 3 Blood Mark earns the Editor’s Choice Award from The Reader’s House Magazine, London, UK
2022 June 6 Blood Mark wins Honorable Mention in the National Indie Excellence Awards
2022 April 29 Blood Mark wins Honorable Mention in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards
2022 April 24 Blood Mark is short listed for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards
2022 April 15 Blood Mark wins silver in the Global Book Awards
2022 March 2 Blood Mark is a Finalist in the Chanticleer 2021 Paranormal Awards
2022 February 21 Blood Mark is a Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards
2022 January 5 Blood Mark places third on Go Indie Now’s 2021 books of the year.
2021 December 16 Blood Mark hits the Amazon Best Seller Lists in three categories
2021 November 16 Blood Mark is long listed for the 2021 Chanticleer Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction
2021 November 3 Crimson Frost Novella is released
2021 October 19 Blood Mark is released
2021 October 4 Blood Mark wins 5-star Gold Literary Titan Award
2021 January 1: JP Signs with Creative Edge Publicity
2020 August Boone Park short story earns Honourable Mention from the Victoria Writers’ Society
2019 February 5: Lover Betrayed replaces The Gift: Betrayal
2019 January 22: PUBLISHED! Wings of Prey, the 6th and final book in The Gift Legacy
2019 January 08: PUBLISHED! Deadly Deception, the 5th book in The Gift Legacy
2018 December 25: Lethal Waters Replaces Penance
2018 December 21 Secret Sky places second in Kobo Writing Life’s 2018 cover contest
2018 December 11: Burning Lies replaces Redemption
2018 November 29 Secret Sky won Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy cover
2018 November 14 Secret Sky is selected by Kobo as one of their top 10 Fantasy covers for 2018. 2018 November 27: Hidden Enemy replaces Revelation
2018 November 13: Secret Sky replaces Awakening
2017 June: The Gift Legacy books are rebranded and updated with new reviews (WindStorm)
2016 November: Betrayal Published (WindStorm)
2016 November: Awakening earns Honourable Mention at the Whistler Independent Book Awards
2015 December: Redemption re-edited, re-published (WindStorm)
2015 November: Revelation re-edited, re-published (WindStorm)
2015 October: Awakening re-edited, cover updated, re-published (WindStorm)
2015 April: Penance Published (WindStorm)
2013 November: Redemption Published (Friesen)
2013 October: Awakening cover updated (Friesen)
2013 June: Revelation published (Friesen)
2013 March: Awakening cover panned in Joel Friesen’s Book Cover Design Awards
https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2013/04/e-book-cover-design-awards-march-2013/
2013 January: Finished writing what was then the third and final book of The Gift Trilogy
https://jpmcleanauthor.com/2013/01/08/amarone/
2012 October: First book signing event
https://jpmcleanauthor.com/2012/10/21/book-signing-success/
2012 September: The Gift: Awakening published (Friesen)
2012 July: First public reading
https://jpmcleanauthor.com/2012/07/28/first-public-reading/
2012 July: Started my WordPress blog
2012 May: Created JP McLean Books Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/JPMcLeanBooks