The 22nd review to appear on Amazon is one of my favorites. And my favorite line of the whole thing is:
“Finding Angel is full of intriguing characters–so much so that when you’re not reading it, you’re still thinking about them. Where are they? What are they doing? What will happen next? That’s reader engagement, people.”
To read the entire review, click HERE. Oh, and btw, there are now 23 reviews posted!
My first speaking engagement as a published author will be this weekend! I’ll be talking about my journey to publication and sharing about Finding Angel. If you’re out this way, stop by!
Here are the details:
Location: Bloomingdale Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, FL 33596-6204
Date: Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Time: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
I will have copies of my novels and anthologies available for purchase.
Most interviews focus on similar questions, but I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by someone who has read a lot of my short stories as well as Finding Angel. He dug in and really asked some awesome questions–things about Finding Angel and my writing in general that you won’t find anywhere else!
Check it all out on “Jeff Chapman’s Writing.”
There are now TWO contests in which you can vote for Finding Angel:
The Grace Awards are open for reader nominations. A short–very short!–email is all it takes to cast your vote. Details can be found HERE.
The Family Fiction Readers Choice Awards is even easier to enter–just a simple form to fill out. You only vote in the categories you want to. Click HERE.
In both instances, remember–Finding Angel is YA and fantasy 
. And in the Family Fiction awards I fit “favorite new author” as well (er, I hope!).
A reader has chosen Finding Angel as her “Book of the Year” for 2011. Big contests are awesome to win, I’m sure, but it is truly heartwarming to have a “real” reader declare that my novel was her favorite out of all the books she read in a year. I am honored.
So, thank you, Heather Titus!
And for the rest of ya’ll, head on over to Heather’s blog, Magical Ink, and enter to win a copy of Finding Angel.
The Grace Awards are reader-driven. Please follow THIS LINK to read how to cast your vote for Finding Angel in the Young Adult category. Your vote could be the one that ensures this award and a whole slew of new readers for Finding Angel. No pressure, though 
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I was thrilled to see that Finding Angel has gotten seventeen reviews so far on Amazon, almost all of them five-star. This is from the latest one:
The author respects her young character, (and her readers) by infusing Angel with just the right amount of intelligence and self-reliance as she puts the puzzle pieces of her anything-but-ordinary life together. The fantasy and magic are woven into the story so deftly that they never take center-stage but seem completely “natural”. You learn as Angel learns, but what it all means is what keeps the pages turning.
