Comments from Authors/Publishers
259 Comments from Authors/Publishers
'I've entered The Wishing Shelf Awards for a few years now (without winning, I hasten to add) and always enjoy doing so. Many 'awards' feel as though they are run for profit - but TWSA is not one of them. The award is administered efficiently and pleasantly by the organiser, who himself is a noted author of childrens' books. As the judges are not appointed but groups of actual readers of different ages, the results reflect genuine reader experiences of the books entered. The feedback from these groups is not a few trite lines but real responses to the work and is invaluable to any author who wishes to improve their craft. I can't recommend TWSA highly enough.'
'I highly recommend The Wishing Shelf Book Awards and Editorial Reviews to any author who wants to improve his or her craft. Where indie authors are concerned especially, it can be difficult to navigate through the minefield of improvement. Well-meaning family and friends are often too terrified to tell you how to improve your work, and many editorial review establishments shy away from "the dreaded self-published author". Knowing that Wishing Shelf is run by authors (who know the difficulties of writing a book) and readers (your target audience!) you're guaranteed to get honest, well-rounded feedback that's useful in so many ways.'
'It has been a lovely experience being a finalist. Having these reviews to share on social media will give the book (and me) a nice boost & help me set up book two - as the reviews really pick out the content and the threads I’m moving forward with for book two ï¸Seeing that 15/16 would read another book if wrote one is very encouraging!
Thank you for all you do to support authors.'
“The Wishing Shelf Award has been enormously helpful to me. Not only is it backed by a professional organisation that one feels one can trust with its team of avid actual readers and reviewers behind the scenes and the extraordinarily efficient communication from the organiser keeping the writer continually up-to-date, but you get the sense that the reader is absolutely honoured in the process. Just as the best meal cannot be hurried in its cooking, the process of sifting and sorting and reviewing a writer’s work is given the time and care and diligence that is needed to assess their work to the highest standard. So glad I found you! Thank you for being such a trustworthy presence amid all the hype and disingenuous presence online these days.â€
As a first-time publisher and author, I needed to gain a context of my writing style and content. I entered my debut book, Kindness, Kale & Kettlebells: A journey to self-awareness into The Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards and received reviews and feedback from authors and readers. My book was read by nineteen people who scored it on editing, writing style, content and cover, and some judges wrote individual reviews, which I found incredibly helpful. A book rating and review were placed on Amazon, Goodreads and BookBub. The Awards are run by Edward (Billy Bob Buttons) who is an award-winning author himself. Through his efforts and example, the Awards are home to a group of writers, who understand the challenges that indie authors are confronted with, and offer one another support in this exciting field of disruptor publishing.'
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