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05/2010-Charlsie Russell is pleased to announce that Epico Bayou has garnered Loblolly Writer's House its third Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) taking home the silver (2nd place) in regional fiction (South) for 2010. The annual IPPY contest highlights the best books in independent publishing, this year honoring 347 books out of 3,890 enties. For more on the Jenkins Group and its annual contests (there's more than one) go to the Independent Publisher website. Thank you Jim Barnes and the Jenkins Group, your staff, and judges for sponsoring this prestigious contest. Already announced, Epico Bayou (July 2009) won Rebecca's Reads Spring 2010 Written Art Awards in the Mystery Category. The Written Art Awards is a biannual literary award founded to pay tribute to authors who are self-published or have had their books published by a subsidy publisher, small press, university press, or independent book publisher. Loblolly Writer's House/Charlsie Russell is a self-publisher and would like to thank Rebecca's Reads, not only for liking Epico Bayou, but for providing a positive venue for the little guys and gals to promote their writing. 04/21/10-Charlsie Russell blogged about her self-publishing experience at Savvy Authors. Check it out.05/24/08-Wolf Dawson won the gold medal in the romance category of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) . 05/14/08-In addition to her second consecutive placement in the annual IPPY Contest [The Devil's Bastard is a 2007 Bronze Medal winner], Ms. Russell is proud to announce Wolf Dawson's first-place, gold-medal finish in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards showcasing small presses, independent publishers, and self-published authors. The historical romantic suspense set at the close of Congressional Reconstruction in Mississippi once again made its big splash in the romance category, but also finaled in the historical category of the same contest. 6/07-On the fourth of this month Charlsie Russell was thrilled to find a five-star review from Midwest Book Review on Wolf Dawson also at Amazon! 05/07-The Oxford So & So, a small magazine of Southern nostalgia owned and operated by Mr. Richard Burns in Oxford, Mississippi, pubished a feature article by Charlsie Russell regarding her genealogical search for her great-great-grandfather, Phillip Sherrod Young, a Confederate Veteran hailing from Pontotoc County. This wonderful, homegrown periodical is not published online (or I'd link you there), but it can be ordered from: Oxford So & So, PMB #177, 1739 University Avenue, Oxford, Mississippi 38655 for $4.00 an issue. The gist of Ms. Russell's article can be found in the Newsletter section of this website, but if you're interested in Mississippi history, lore, or just a plain, down-to-earth read, check out the Oxford So & So. Special subscription rates are also available. E-Mail: Oxford So & So for more information. 05/07-On the eighth of this month Loblolly Writer's House learned that The Devil's Bastard had finaled in the Romance Category of the 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards. 5/07-Wolf Dawson was finally released and is on sale at select book stores throughout the state. In addition you can order the book online from Amazon and Cover to Cover Books in Natchez. 03/07-Charlsie Russell is proud to report that her history article on the James Willing raid(s) against British West Florida during the American Revolution was picked up for publication by Common Patriot a wonderful little magazine on the American Revolutionary War. If you get an opportunity, check out Common Patriot's website. For the record, you'll find Ms. Russell's article on James Willing in Issue IV, Volume I. Copyright Notice "Loblolly Writer's House Site" Copyright © 2006 by Charlsie Russell All rights reserved on all material on all pages in this site, plus the copyright on compilations and design, graphics, and logos except as noted. For information on reprinting material from this site, please contact |
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