The Colorado Independent Publishers Association held their annual EVVY awards this past weekend.

While Newton’s Ark did not win a major prize, it did win a Merit Award.

It is always pleasing to have strangers who have no reason to tell me anything other than the truth say that my first novel is actually worth reading. I’ve always thought so (although my writing has continued to develop as I complete the sequel and I can now see a number of ways in which Newton’s Ark could be improved), but it’s hard to judge  your own work objectively when you have invested so much time and effort and are so close to it.