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Mark David Gerson’s Medal-Winning Writing Book Honored in Statewide Competition



Mark David Gerson’s The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to… Continue

Mark David Gerson’s win, for The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy, was announced on November 21 at an Albuquerque awards banquet designed to honor authors in more than 30 categories from New Mexico and beyond.



His award, in the statewide contest, was in the Fantasy/Science Fiction category.



The MoonQuest, Gerson’s first novel,… Continue

Los Angeles, CA -- The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy by Mark David Gerson was named a Gold Medal IPPY winner today in the international Independent Book Publisher Awards



"The quality of this year's entries is totally amazing," says the IPPY press release, "and judging was difficult, as we saw better designed books, read higher quality writing and were exposed to a more sophisticated concepts."



The MoonQuest won in the Visionary Fiction… Continue

The self-published winner of Canada's most prestigious literary humor award now has a publisher. (See "Self-Published Author Wins Prestigious National Award," May 1.)



Douglas Gibson Books, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, beat out the two other Canadian publishers who had expressed interest in… Continue

According to this morning's Globe and Mail newspaper out of Toronto, a debut novel self-published by its author after he couldn't attract an agent or publisher, has won Canada's most prestigious award for literary humor: the CAN$10,000 Stephen Leacock… Continue

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Mark David Gerson

The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy by Mark David Gerson has been named a finalist in the Visionary Fiction category of the 2007 Best Books Awards. The national awards, sponsored by USA Book News, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, were announced today in Los Angeles.





This is the second award for… Continue

Just discovered a great way to let the world know about your book-related events:
http://booktour.com.

It's free and also makes it possible for bookstores and community groups to contact you about potential readings.

There’s a difference between a good idea and the right idea, between an idea that is anyone’s for the taking and one that is uniquely yours, one that’s right for you, right now.





Ask yourself, before you launch into a frenzy of research and writing: Is this what I’m called to write? Is this the call of my Muse, the story only I can tell? Or is this anyone’s? Is this another good idea or is this The Right Idea for me?



Anyone can take a good idea and give it shape and… Continue