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Feedback from The International Page Turner Book Awards 2024

I donโ€™t usually enter competitions, but I decided it wouldnโ€™t hurt to submit one book from both of my genres. I decided on Abigail Returns and The Fairy in the Kettle Gets Magical, and then I pretty much forgot about it.

So, you can imagine how blown away I was when I got the email telling me Iโ€™d been named as a finalist! It was such a surprise, and this is the feedback I received that encompasses both genresโ€ฆ

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚’๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:

– ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.

– ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

– ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

– ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

– ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜.

– ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—น๐˜†.

– ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€.

As you can imagine, this feedback means the world to me. I write what I love, and itโ€™s given me a huge boost as I prepare for 2025.