Foreward by author Pauline Barclay: “The Sunshine Award is about saying ‘thank you’ to members of loveahappyending.com. Every member works in some way to promote this exciting new venture, and because of this it was decided it would be fun to create an award to highlight the activities of the people behind the scenes who make loveahappyending.com successful.
The August Award has been given to author Linn B Halton. loveahappyending.com is her brain child and Linn has worked relentlessly to make sure everything that happens behind the scenes runs as smoothly as silk – from the design and daily updating of the website, to the setting up of Twitter and Facebook. This is just a snapshot of what Linn is doing, but as she is already giving me a scary look I’ll stop there. So please can I ask you to put your hands together for our fabby August winner, the lovely Linn…………..”
As the first recipient of the Sunshine Award, handsomely delivered by the lovely Pauline Barclay, as with all traditional award ‘ceremonies’ there are a
few people I would like to thank:-
My mother and father, my husb…… – well actually, the people I really DO want to thank are all the wonderful people at loveahappyending.com who have helped shape this new website and brought it to life.
So a big ‘thank you’ to our lovely authors:-
Kit Domino, Janice Horton, Stephanie Keyes, Nicola May, Vickie Adair, Joanna Lambert, Jessica Strassner, Tricia Jones, Harry Leslie Smith, Kristina Mercier, Stephen Penner, Mandy Baggot, Richard F Holmes, Lavada Dee, Lauren Howell, Lun Kikogne, Sue Uden, Kathryn Brown, Sue Watson, Sue Johnson, Anna Bell, Chris Longmuir, Pauline Barclay, Janet Beasley & Patricia Sands
and our fabulous Associate Readers:-
Shaz Goodwin, Kim Nash, Louise Graham, Melanie Robertson-King, Sue Fortin, Nikki Bywater, Lindsay Gentles, Rea Sinfield, Kay Wilkinson, Cara Donovan, Dorothy Bush, Laura Seaton, Sarah Taylor & Susan Livingstone
All of these people have contributed their time, talents and skills to get this exciting, new interactive project out there via social media. They bring interesting articles to the website blog, support each other – some of our Associates also write, so there’s a lot of interaction – and really believe that reader power has a voice! We are now moving on – so media beware, we will be knocking on your door to talk to you about our project!
As the first recipient of this award (and because that therefore makes it extra special) I would like to take a liberty ….. I’ve decided it’s more like a bar of chocolate than a sculpture and because without all of you (and I mean YOU, our visitors too!) I wouldn’t be in a position to receive this lovely award, I would like to ‘share it’ and give a piece to each and every one of you!
Whether you are a visitor and come and read our daily blog, a group member who Tweets or posts on Facebook, a website Editor or a contributor (and I’m including our lovely guest Publishers here too) – you all deserve to share in my prize.
When the result of our first internal vote was announced, it put the biggest smile on my face! And whilst I’m a firm believer that there is no ‘I’ in team -my fellow loveahappyenders have made my day and for that I’m very grateful! It is a joy to be a part of this project – at the moment we have more ideas than time …. but we are not running out of steam and the future beckons.
So if you have some time and want to be involved – whether it’s website administration (behind the scenes), as an Associate Reader, or you are a writer who could also take on an Editor’s hat, then please get in touch. There is a waiting list of authors to join our website, but because of the spread of genre, age group of author and target audience, plus geographical split, it’s a case of waiting for a suitable vacancy to arise. However, because we regard our Editors as being instrumental in taking forward our project, if you have experience within the industry and want to get involved as an Editor and writer we will look at everyone who comes forward on an individual basis.
As the saying goes – ALL for ONE and ONE for ALL! Have a great day – read a book!