Yesterday I received some pretty exciting news.

We Hope for Better Things is a finalist for the 2019 Christy Award in the General Fiction category! That’s amazing!

I don’t think I have a chance of winning (and that’s not false modesty–if it were in the First Book category, I would think it had a chance) because it is up against books from some pretty hard hitters in the Inspirational Fiction world, people who have already won multiple Christy Awards, are bestselling authors, and who’ve even had a novel made into a movie. But to even be a finalist is incredible.

Winners will be announced November 6th in Nashville.